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English Dictionary: Coulter by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coulter
n
  1. a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil
    Synonym(s): colter, coulter
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.
     
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