Mow (?), v. t. To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass
in a barn; to pile and stow away.
Mow (?), n. [OE. mowe, AS. m&?;ga.]
1. A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of
grain stowed in a barn.
2. The place in a barn where hay or grain
in the sheaf is stowed.
Mow , v. i. To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for
hay.
Mow (mō), v. t. [imp. Mowed (mōd); p. p. Mowed or Mown (mōn); p. pr. & vb. n. Mowing.]
[OE. mowen, mawen, AS. māwan; akin to D. maaijen, G. mähen, OHG. mājan, Dan. meie, L. metere to reap, mow, Gr. 'ama^n. Cf. Math, Mead a meadow, Meadow.]
1. To cut down, as grass, with a
scythe or machine.
2. To cut the grass from; as, to mow
a meadow.
3. To cut
down; to cause to fall
in rows or masses, as in mowing
grass; -- with down; as, a
discharge of grapeshot mows down whole ranks of men.
Mow , v. [pres.
sing. Mow,
pl. Mowe, Mowen,
Moun.]
[AS.
magan. See May,
v.] May; can. "Thou mow now escapen." [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Our walles mowe not make hem resistence.
Chaucer.
Mow , n. (Zoöl.) Same as Mew, a
gull.
Mow , v. i. To make mouths.
Nodding, becking, and mowing.
Tyndale.
Mow (?), n. [Written also moe and mowe.]
[F. moue pouting, a wry face; cf. OD. mouwe the protruded lip.] A wry
face. "Make mows
at him." Shak.
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