PLOUGH, PLOUGHED, PLOUGHING, PLOUGHMAN
ADJECTIVES
1475 ► EARABLE capable of being ploughed; fit for tillage → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
NOUNS
– ARDAR † a plough …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– FOOT BURNER a walking plough …1958 US sl.
– FOOTWARMER a walking plough …1954 Can. sl.
– HALES † the two handles of a wheelbarrow or plough …1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SCOTCH CLIPPER a walking plough …1970 Amer. dial.
– SULL a plough …1607 Eng. dial.
– SULLOW a plough …c897 Eng. dial.
– ZILL a plough …B1900 Eng. dial.
– ARDAGH, ARDAWE † ploughing, the quantity of land that may be ploughed in a day or other space of time …1483
– ARDER † ploughing; the state of being ploughed up …1581
– CARUAGE ploughing …1610
– EAR †* the act of ploughing; a ploughing …c1460
– EARING † the act of ploughing; a ploughing …c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– EARTH † the act of ploughing; a ploughing …c890 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– IMPORCATION †* a making a ridge in ploughing land …1656
– LABOURAGE † ploughing; ploughed or cultivated land …1475
NOUNS, PERSON
1000 ► ACREMAN a cultivator of the ground; a husbandman, or ploughman → obs.
1000 ► EARTHLING a ploughman, a cultivator of the soil → obs.
1382 ► EARER a ploughman → obs.
1796 ► WAGONER the head among a farmer’s yearly servants; a carter; a head ploughman → Eng. dial.
1867 ► TAILSMAN a ploughman
1888 ► YOKEL the plough-boy who does the ‘yoking,’ or day’s ploughing → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► ARDUR a ploughman → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
1911 ► BONNET-MAN a ploughman → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BOWMAN a cottager; a ploughman; a cattleman on a farm → Sc. (Bk.)
VERBS
..888 ► EAR to plough, to till the ground → obs. exc. arch.
1623 ► IMPORCATE to make a ridge in ploughing of land → obs.
1798 ► LABOUR to till, to cultivate land; to plough → Sc. & Ireland