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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: HIG-HOR |
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HOE (through Fr. houe from O.H.G. houwd, mod. Ger. Haue; the root is seen in " hew," to cut, cleave; the word must be distinguished from " hoe," promontory, tongue of land, seen in place names, e.g. Morthoe, Luton Hoo, the Hoe at Plymouth, &c. ; this is t he same as Northern English " heugh " and is connected with " hang "), an agricultural and gardening implement used for extirpating weeds, for stirring the surface-soil in order to break the capillary channels and so prevent the evaporation of moisture, for singling out turnips and other root-crops and similar purposes. Among common forms of hoe are the ordinary garden -hoe (numbered 1 in fig. I), which consists of a flat blade set transversely in a long wooden handle; the Dutch or tlirusthoe (2), which has the blade set into the handle after the fashion of a spade; and the swan
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long curved neck to attach the blade to the handle; the soil falls back over this, blocking is thus avoided and a longer stroke obtained. Several types of horse-drawn
grain crops. The illustrations show two forms of the implement, the blades of which differ in shape from those of the garden -hoe. Fig. 2 is in ordinary use for hoeing between two lines of beans or turnips or other " roots." Fig. 3is adapted for the narrow rows of grain crops and is also convertible into a root-hoe. In the lever-hoe, which is largely used in grain crops, the blades may be raised and lowered by meansof a lever. The horse- drawn
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