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   philhellene
         adj 1: characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things;
                  "the Philhellenic Society" [syn: {philhellenic},
                  {philhellene}, {Graecophile}, {Graecophilic}]
         n 1: an admirer of Greece and everything Greek [syn:
               {philhellene}, {philhellenist}, {Graecophile}]

English Dictionary: plowland by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
philhellenic
adj
  1. characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things; "the Philhellenic Society"
    Synonym(s): philhellenic, philhellene, Graecophile, Graecophilic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
philhellenism
n
  1. admiration for Greece and the Greeks and Greek customs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
philhellenist
n
  1. an admirer of Greece and everything Greek [syn: philhellene, philhellenist, Graecophile]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Philohela minor
n
  1. small long-billed woodcock; prized as a game bird [syn: American woodcock, woodcock snipe, Philohela minor]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
play along
v
  1. cooperate or pretend to cooperate; "He decided to play along with the burglars for the moment"
    Synonym(s): play along, go along
  2. perform an accompaniment to; "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano"
    Synonym(s): play along, accompany, follow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plowland
n
  1. arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
    Synonym(s): cultivated land, farmland, plowland, ploughland, tilled land, tillage, tilth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pull along
v
  1. pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance; "Can you shlep this bag of potatoes upstairs?"; "She pulled along a large trunk"
    Synonym(s): shlep, schlep, pull along
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Philhellene \Phil*hel"lene\, n.
      A friend of Greece, or of the Greeks; a philhellenist.
      --Emerson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Philhellenic \Phil`hel*len"ic\, a.
      Of or pertaining to philhellenism.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Philhellenism \Phil*hel"len*ism\, n.
      Love of Greece.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Philhellenist \Phil*hel"len*ist\, n. [Philo- + Gr. [?] a Greek:
      cf. F. philhell[8a]ne.]
      A friend of Greece; one who supports the cause of the Greeks;
      particularly, one who supported them in their struggle for
      independence against the Turks; a philhellene.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Woodcock \Wood"cock`\, n. [AS. wuducoc.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of long-billed
            limicoline birds belonging to the genera {Scolopax} and
            {Philohela}. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits,
            and are highly esteemed as game birds.
  
      Note: The most important species are the European ({Scolopax
               rusticola}) and the American woodcock ({Philohela
               minor}), which agree very closely in appearance and
               habits.
  
      2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.]
  
                     If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see
                     you Run your neck into the noose, and cry, [bd]A
                     woodcock![b8]                                    --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {Little woodcock}.
            (a) The common American snipe.
            (b) The European snipe.
  
      {Sea woodcock fish}, the bellows fish.
  
      {Woodcock owl}, the short-eared owl ({Asio brachyotus}).
  
      {Woodcock shell}, the shell of certain mollusks of the genus
            {Murex}, having a very long canal, with or without spines.
           
  
      {Woodcock snipe}. See under {Snipe}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Philohellenian \Phil`o*hel*le"ni*an\, n.
      A philhellenist.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\ (plou), n. [OE. plouh, plou, AS.
      pl[d3]h; akin to D. ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh,
      Icel. pl[d3]gr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug, plov, Russ. plug',
      Lith. plugas.]
      1. A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or
            other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for
            bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil
            for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining
            plow.
  
                     Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      2. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. --Johnson.
  
      3. A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.]
  
                     Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five.
                                                                              --Tale of
                                                                              Gamelyn.
  
      4. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
  
      5. (Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the
            edges of books.
  
      6. (Astron.) Same as {Charles's Wain}.
  
      {Ice plow}, a plow used for cutting ice on rivers, ponds,
            etc., into cakes suitable for storing. [U. S.]
  
      {Mackerel plow}. See under {Mackerel}.
  
      {Plow alms}, a penny formerly paid by every plowland to the
            church. --Cowell.
  
      {Plow beam}, that part of the frame of a plow to which the
            draught is applied. See {Beam}, n., 9.
  
      {Plow Monday}, the Monday after Twelth Day, or the end of
            Christmas holidays.
  
      {Plow staff}.
            (a) A kind of long-handled spade or paddle for cleaning
                  the plowshare; a paddle staff.
            (b) A plow handle.
  
      {Snow plow}, a structure, usually [LAMBDA]-shaped, for
            removing snow from sidewalks, railroads, etc., -- drawn or
            driven by a horse or a locomotive.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plowgate \Plow"gate`\, Ploughgate \Plough"gate`\, n.
      The Scotch equivalent of the English word {plowland}.
  
               Not having one plowgate of land.            --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plowland \Plow"land`\, Plougland \Ploug"land`\, n.
      1. Land that is plowed, or suitable for tillage.
  
      2. (O. Eng. Law) the quantity of land allotted for the work
            of one plow; a hide.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plowgate \Plow"gate`\, Ploughgate \Plough"gate`\, n.
      The Scotch equivalent of the English word {plowland}.
  
               Not having one plowgate of land.            --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plowland \Plow"land`\, Plougland \Ploug"land`\, n.
      1. Land that is plowed, or suitable for tillage.
  
      2. (O. Eng. Law) the quantity of land allotted for the work
            of one plow; a hide.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gurnard \Gur"nard\, Gurnet \Gur"net\n. [OF. gornal, gournal,
      gornart, perh. akin to F. grogner to grunt; cf. Ir. guirnead
      gurnard.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One ofseveral European marine fishes, of the genus Trigla and
      allied genera, having a large and spiny head, with mailed
      cheeks. Some of the species are highly esteemed for food. The
      name is sometimes applied to the American sea robins.
      [Written also {gournet}.]
  
      {Plyling gurnard}. See under {Flying}.
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