Prong-hoe | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

Prong
·noun The fang of a tooth. II. Prong ·noun A sharp-pointed instrument. III. Prong ·noun A sharp pr...

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prong
a fork ; as a hay-prong, a muck-prong. North. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
prong
Synonymous with beam-arm or crow-foot (which see). ...

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Hoe
·vi To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe. II. Hoe ·noun The horned or piked dogfish. ·see <<Dogfish>>....

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hoe
See howe. ...

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High-hoe
·noun The European green woodpecker or yaffle. ...

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hoe-cake
A cake of Indian meal, baked before the fire. In the interior parts of the country, where kitchen ut...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
hoe-mother
, or homer. The basking shark, Squalus maximus. ...

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hoe-tusk
♦ Squalus mustela, smooth hound-fish of the Shetlanders. ...

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a hard row to hoe
A metaphor derived from hoeing corn, meaning a difficult matter or job to accomplish. Gentlemen, I ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.