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Definition of Ploughwright
1. Noun. A workman who makes and repairs plows.
Definition of Ploughwright
1. Noun. (chiefly British) alternative spelling of plowwright ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ploughwright
Literary usage of Ploughwright
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Illustrious Mechanics of Europe and AMerica: Translated from the by Edouard Foucaud, John Frost (1847)
"His first endeavours were the laughing-stock of his companions. But Grange^
struggled <.gainst all difficulties. Finding no ploughwright to put his new ..."
2. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"the ploughwright," a maker of ploughs ; cf. ... Catherine ploughwright.co.York.
W. 2. Manchester, I ; New York, ..."
3. Fleming and Tibbins -- Abridged: A New and Complete French and English and by Charles Fleming, J. Tibbins, Charles Picot, Judah Dobson (1852)
"... я», wheelwright's work, ploughwright'i work. ... tm carriage,
transportation, [ploughwright. ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"1579), heretic, was a ploughwright at Hethersett, Norfolk, five miles from Norwich.
In the Hethersett parish registers the name is spelt ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"Wreet [ree-t], a wheelwright, cartwright, ploughwright, &c. In E. and N. a general
carpenter is so called. Wreet, E. and N., v. to work at carpentry. ..."
6. Publications by Parish Register Society, London, London Parish Register Society, Florida State Historical Society, Deland, Deland Florida State Historical Society, Reparations Commission, North Carolina Historical Commission, Yorkshire Philosophical Society, Yorkshire (1896)
"Daug of Rowland Fairchild Ann Daug of John Walker Bapt Rob : Son of Rob: ploughwright
Bapt Nich: Son of William Hull Bapt. Hannah Daug of Rob: Mark Million ..."
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