Ploughshare
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A ploughshare
or plowshare is a component of a plough or plow.
Ploughshare or Plowshare may also refer to:
Ploughshares or Plowshares may also refer to:
Ploughshare
A ploughshare or plowshare is a component of a plough or plow.Ploughshare or Plowshare may also refer to:* Operation Plowshare, United States project to use nuclear explosives for civilian purposes* vomer, facial bone in the human skull...
or plowshare is a component of a plough or plow.
Ploughshare or Plowshare may also refer to:
- Operation PlowshareOperation PlowshareProject Plowshare was the overall United States term for the development of techniques to use nuclear explosives for peaceful construction purposes...
, United States project to use nuclear explosives for civilian purposes - vomerVomerThe vomer is one of the unpaired facial bones of the skull. It is located in the midsagittal line, and articulates with the sphenoid, the ethmoid, the left and right palatine bones, and the left and right maxillary bones.-Biology:...
, facial bone in the human skull - pygostylePygostylePygostyle refers to a number of the final few caudal vertebrae fused into a single ossification, supporting the tail feathers and musculature. In modern birds, the rectrices attach to these....
, ossification in birds supporting the tail feathers - Ploughshare tortoise, Astrochelys yniphora, aka Angonoka Tortoise
- Ploughshare Wattle, Acacia gunnii
- Ploughshare vault, type of rib vault
Ploughshares or Plowshares may also refer to:
- PloughsharesPloughsharesPloughshares is an American literary magazine founded in 1971 by DeWitt Henry and Peter O'Malley in The Plough and Stars, an Irish pub in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since 1989, Ploughshares has been based at Emerson College in the heart of Boston...
, American literary journal - Ploughshares FundPloughshares FundThe Ploughshares Fund is a public grantmaking foundation that supports initiatives to prevent the spread and use of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and other weapons of war, and to prevent conflicts that could lead to the use of weapons of mass destruction. Ploughshares is a 501...
, for prevention of weapons of mass destruction - Plowshares MovementPlowshares MovementThe Plowshares Movement is an anti-nuclear weapons movement that gained notoriety in the early 1980s when several members damaged government property and were subsequently convicted.-History:...
, anti–nuclear-weapons group - Plowshares ProjectPlowshares ProjectThe Plowshares Project is a Peace Studies collaborative between Manchester College, Earlham College and Goshen College in Indiana.-History:The Plowshares Project was formed in 2002, and is funded by a four-year grant from Eli Lilly and Company...
, Indiana peace studies project
See also
- Swords to ploughsharesSwords to ploughsharesSwords to ploughshares is a concept in which military weapons or technologies are converted for peaceful civilian applications....
, converting weapons to peaceful civilian applications