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Mow v. t. (past mowed; past part. mown; pres. part. mowing)

To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine.

To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow.

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. t. To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away.

Mow v. i. To make mouths. "Nodding, becking, and mowing."

Mow v. i. (past mowed; past part. mown; pres. part. mowing) To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay.

Mow v. (pres. sing. mow, pl. mowe, mowen, moun) May; can. "Thou mow now escapen." (Obs.) "Our walles mowe not make hem resistence."

noun

Mow n. (Written also moe and mowe) A wry face. "Make mows at him."

Mow n. (Zool.) Same as Mew, a gull.

Mow n.

A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn.

The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.

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"Mow" Quotes from Famous Books

... mow the thistles," pursued Marvel, without deigning to reply to Goodenough. "I will mow the thistles; their down I can contrive to work up into cotton, and the stalks into cordage: and, with the profit I shall make of these thistles, ...

— Tales & Novels, Vol. 2 • Maria Edgeworth

... and of the capitalists combined. The kings of commerce were then, more than now, a timorous and violent race, for then they were conscious of being usurpers. When they saw a Muenzer or a Kett—the mad Hamlets of the people—mop and mow and stage their deeds before the world, they became frantic with terror and could do nought but take subtle counsel to {556} kill these heirs, or pretenders, to their realms. The great rebellions are all that history now pays much attention ...

— The Age of the Reformation • Preserved Smith

... "They mow the field of man in season: Farewell, my fair, And, call it truth or call it treason, Farewell the vows ...

— Last Poems • A. E. Housman

... he can be on occasion. And polite— My! What a polish the Navy can give! He was so polite that I was awestruck at first, and it was two whole days before I felt familiar enough to dare to refer to the time that he dragged me down the hay-mow by my hair because I wouldn't ...

— Mary Ware's Promised Land • Annie Fellows Johnston

... this Baresark thou seekest—yes, and with all men who come within sweep of that great sword of thine. But remember this, lad: guard thy head with thy buckler, cut low beneath his shield, if he carries one, and mow the legs from him: for ever a Baresark ...

— Eric Brighteyes • H. Rider Haggard

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