From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Harrow \Har"row\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Harrowed} (h[a^]r"r[-o]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Harrowing}.] [OE. harowen, harwen; cf. Dan. harve. See {Harrow}, noun]
1. To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as, to harrow land.
Will he harrow the valleys after thee? --Job xxxix. 10.
2. To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex.
My aged muscles harrowed up with whips. --Rowe.
I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul. --Shak.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "harrowed": afflicted, agonized, clawed, convulsed, crucified, distressed, hurt, hurting, in distress, in pain, lacerated, lancinated, martyred, martyrized, on the rack, pained, racked, ripped, savaged, suffering, tormented, tortured, twisted, under the harrow, wounded, wrung
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