Plural of harrower; multiple tools for breaking up soil, or multiple people or things that cause distress.
Simple plural of harrower with -s suffix, applicable across both the literal (agricultural tool) and figurative (distressing) senses.
Imagine a medieval farm where several harrowers are being dragged across fields to break up soil—now imagine the same word describing multiple sources of emotional pain. Medieval farmers might have appreciated the dark poetry of calling anxiety by the same name as their work tools.
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