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Plew vs Plow - What's the difference?

plew | plow |

As nouns the difference between plew and plow

is that plew is (north america) beaver pelt while plow is (us).

As a verb plow is

(us).

plew

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (North America) beaver pelt
  • * 1967 , John Arkas Hawgood, America's Western Frontiers: The Exploration and Settlement , page 96
    • The cured "plew " of the adult beaver weighed about a pound and a half and at best would fetch from four to six dollars a pound at the mountain rendezvous
  • * 2001 , Armstrong Sperry, Wagons Westward: The Old Trail to Santa Fe page 7
  • *:"The days when a good plew fetched six dollars, beaver or kitten, is over," he grumbled. "The beaver trade's rubbed out, Lank.
  • * 2005 , Ralph Moody, Stanley Galli, Kit Carson And The Wild Frontier , Page 46
    • The price for a pint was a beaver plew' or an Indian buffalo robe. Coffee and gunpowder were a '''plew''' or a robe a pound, blankets fifteen ' plews apiece,

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    plow

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US)

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (US)
  • * 2013 June 18, , " Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
    • Government institutions seem prepared to continue plowing public funds into the projects. A Brazilian newspaper reported Tuesday that the national development bank had approved a new loan of about $200 million for Itaquerão, a new stadium in São Paulo that is expected to host the opening match of the World Cup.