English Dictionary: Coulter | by the DICT Development Group |
5 results for Coulter | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Colter \Col"ter\, n. [AS. culter, fr. L. culter plowshare, knife. Cf. {Cutlass}.] A knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard. [Written also {coulter}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Coulter \Coul"ter\ (k[omac]l"t[etil]r), n. Same as {Colter}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Coulter, IA (city, FIPS 16815) Location: 42.73331 N, 93.37031 W Population (1990): 252 (121 housing units) Area: 6.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Coulter (1 Sam. 13:20, 21), an agricultural instrument, elsewhere called "ploughshare" (Isa. 2:4; Micah 4:3; Joel 3:10). It was the facing-piece of a plough, analogous to the modern coulter. |