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plough-mell
† plough-mell, plow- Obs. [f. plough n.1 + mell n.1] A mallet formerly carried on the plough for breaking up large clods; a plough-mallet.a 1450 Turn. of Totenham 151 in Hazl. E.P.P. III. 89 The chefe was of a ploo mell, And the schadow of a bell. 1523 Fitzherb. Husb. §3 Men that be no husbandes,..t...
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plough
▪ I. plough, plow, n.1 (plaʊ) Forms: see below. [Late OE. plóh (plóᵹ), = ON. plógr (in R{iacu}gsmál 10–11th c.); so Sw. plog, Da. ploug, plov; in OFris. plōch (EFris. plōg, NFris. pluwge), MLG. plōch, plūch, MDu. ploech (Du. ploeg), OHG. pfluog (MHG. pfluoc, Ger. pflug):—Teut. type *plôgo- or *plôho...
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Harvest festival
It was sometimes known as a "Mell-supper", after the last patch of corn or wheat standing in the fields which were known as the "Mell" or "Neck". hymns such as Come, ye thankful people, come and All things bright and beautiful but also Dutch and German harvest hymns in translation (for example, We plough
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