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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COLTER, n. The fore iron of a plow, with a sharp edge, that cuts the earth or sod.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil [syn: colter, coulter]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

US var. of COULTER.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]





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