A knife or cutter attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard.
The part of a seed drill that makes the furrow for the seed.
The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
The act or operation of reaping.
The material cut off in this way.
The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
The act or operation of dividing with shears.
Tending to cut or tear.