Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In agriculture, the furrow that remains open in the center of a ‘land’ or field in plowing.
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This system is a bit more particular, and hard for the careless plowman; but it overcomes that unsightly "dead-furrow" in the middle of a field and brings the "finishing-furrow" on the edge.
Hiram the Young Farmer Burbank L. Todd
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