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    [Adjective]  | "har*row*ing" | \ ˈher-ə-wiŋ \


    1: acutely distressing or painful


    Origin: 1799 ;

     From present participle of {see: |harrow:3|harrow:3};

    [Verb]  | "har*row" | \ ˈher-(ˌ)ō \


    1: pillage, plunder


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English herwen, harwen{mat|harry|};

      * Note : See note at {harry|harry}.;

    [Verb]  | "harrow" 


    1: to cultivate with a harrow

    2: torment, vex


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English harwen, harowen, derivative of harwe, harow {see: |harrow:2|harrow:2};

    [Adjective]  | "harrowing" 


    1: hard to accept or bear especially emotionally;


      * e.g., " ... a harrowing portrayal of the ravages of war "





    2: intensely or unbearably painful;


      * e.g., " ... the harrowing amputations without any anesthetic that soldiers and sailors once were forced to endure "



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    [Verb]  | "harrowing" 


    1: to cause persistent suffering to;


      * e.g., " ... the villagers were gaunt and sickly, harrowed by years of disease and starvation "



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    [Verb]  | "harrow" 


    1: to cause persistent suffering to;


      * e.g., " ... the villagers were gaunt and sickly, harrowed by years of disease and starvation "



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     [ "Harrowing" ]

    1: Intense, dangerous

      * e.g.,  ... Williams: Man, takin' that hill was harrowing! 

     [ "harrow" ]

    1: Japanese English for 'hello'.

      * e.g.,  ... Japanese Gent - "Harrow taxi driver!!!" 


     [ "harrow" ]

    2: Upon leaving Heathrow airport many Japanese tourists, trying to greet the taxi driver, unwittingly ask to go to Harrow. This has resulted in many Japanese people in the town of Harrow.

      * e.g.,  ... Cabbi - "Blaady 'ell! You going there as well! Your people got some kind of convention goin' on there?" 

     [ "Harrowing" ]

    1: An action in which a tractor pulls a harrowbar across a field in order to smooth dirt lumps and disperse crop stubble so that planting can begin

      * e.g.,  ... The soil was ready for planting after the intense harrowing that it had experienced. 

     [ "Harrow" ]

    1: Home of a posh school with boys sniffing at other people and remarking rudely about them. Makes me laugh. Pupils think that everyone else are chavs

      * e.g.,  ... Harrow School pupil: *Sniff* I can smell the poverty... 

     [ "harrow" ]

    1: Japanese English for 'hello'.

      * e.g.,  ... Japanese Gent - "Harrow taxi driver!!!" 


     [ "harrow" ]

    2: Upon leaving Heathrow airport many Japanese tourists, trying to greet the taxi driver, unwittingly ask to go to Harrow. This has resulted in many Japanese people in the town of Harrow.

      * e.g.,  ... Cabbi - "Blaady 'ell! You going there as well! Your people got some kind of convention goin' on there?" 

     [ "Harrow" ]

    1: The best sports company ever! Field hockey, lacrosse, squash, paddle, ice hockey... Harrow is just awesome. Kinda expensive thoughh... but so worth it!

      * e.g.,  ... "Heyy. You are such a good lacrosse player now, but you werent yesterday. What Happened?" 

     [ "Harrow" ]

    1: Meaning "hi" or "hey", used on AIM and such. Created by Kayte :)

      * e.g.,  ... chick: harrow 

     [ "harrow" ]

    1: hello

     [ "The Harrower" ]

    1: The champion of champions in Ultima Online. After you kill all of the felucca champs in each dungeon and collect their skulls and place them on the altar in the star room this loser spawns in a random dungeon. you go with a raid party and beat his a$$ and then the true harrower spawns. this guy is a total loser who has tentacles surrounding him that do area damage and he can also teleport you next to him 4tpwn. couple this with the fact that enemy guilds always try to steal harry spawns from you b/c he drops stat scrolls, and you are in for a big pain in the a$$ fight.

      * e.g.,  ... ANYONE UP FOR A HARRY? No thanks, I dont have time to waste on a the harrower tonight I have better things to do than getting rez killed. 

     [ "Harrow" ]

    1: A shit school in Hong Kong

      * e.g.,  ... I am from harrow, the shittiest school in Hong Kong 

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