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harrow

Agricultural implement used to break up the furrows left by the plough and reduce the soil to a fine consistency or tilth, and to cover the seeds after sowing. The traditional harrow consists of spikes set in a frame; modern harrows use sets of discs.

Harrow

Outer London borough of northwest Greater London; population (2001) 206,800. Harrow School (1571) is located here. Famous people associated with Harrow are R B Sheridan, Charles Kingsley, Robert Ballantyne, Matthew Arnold, and Anthony Trollope.



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A temporary compromise was effected between the two parties by the securing for James of a post as assistant-master at Harrow House, the private school of one Blatherwick, M.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
Byron hated Harrow until his last year and a half there; then he liked it.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
When the corn was sown, I had no harrow, but was forced to go over it myself, and drag a great heavy bough of a tree over it, to scratch it, as it may be called, rather than rake or harrow it.
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