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harrow

/ˈhæɹoʊ/ noun B2
  1. A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.
  2. An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.

Plural harrows

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We had, however, an aunt, my mother’s maiden sister, Miss Honoria Westphail, who lives near Harrow, and we were occasionally allowed to pay short visits at this lady’s house.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 41 · B2
You harrow up my very soul.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 120 · C1
If he is violent, we shall take you away to your aunt’s at Harrow.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 54 · B2
It is not necessary that I should prolong a narrative which has already run to too great a length by telling how we broke the sad news to the terrified girl, how we conveyed her by the morning train to the care of her good aunt at Harrow, of how the slow process of official inquiry came to the conclusion that the doctor met his fate while indiscreetly playing with a dangerous pet.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 68 · B2

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