j. merle coulter

Coul·ter

[kohl-ter]
noun
John Merle [murl] , 1851–1928, U.S. botanist.
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coulter (ˈkəʊltə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Also (esp US): colter a blade or sharp-edged disc attached to a plough so that it cuts through the soil vertically in advance of the ploughshare
 
[Old English culter, from Latin: ploughshare, knife]

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coulter
O.E. culter, from L. culter "knife, iron blade in a plowshare." As a surname (13c.), probably from Coulter in Lancashire.
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Coulter definition


(1 Sam. 13:20, 21), an agricultural instrument, elsewhere called "ploughshare" (Isa. 2:4; Micah 4:3; Joel 3:10). It was the facing-piece of a plough, analogous to the modern coulter.

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