HAR'ROW, n. An instrument of agriculture, formed of pieces of timber sometimes crossing each other, and set with iron teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, and to cover seed when sown.
HAR'ROW, To draw a harrow over, for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed sown as, to harrow land or ground.
1. To break or tear with a harrow.
Will he harrow the valleys after thee? Job 39
2. To tear to lacerate to torment.
I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word
Would harrow up thy soul--
3. To pillage to strip to lay waste by violence. Not used.
4. To disturb to agitate.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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