IMPLEMENT used in THE MILL ON THE FLOSS -- sense 1

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implement

Used in

The Mill on the Floss

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Whence Mr. Stelling concluded that Tom's brain, being peculiarly impervious to etymology and demonstrations, was peculiarly in need of being ploughed and harrowed by these patent implements; it was his favorite metaphor, that the classics and geometry constituted that culture of the mind which prepared it for the reception of any subsequent crop. (not reviewed by editor)

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as in: implement the action

as in: a small implement

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