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MOWING
Etymology
Verb
mowing
present participle of mow
Noun
mowing (plural mowings)
The activity by which something is mown.
Land from which grass is cut.
Source: Wiktionary
Mow"ing, n.
1. The act of one who, or the operation of that which, mows.
2. Land from which grass is cut; meadow land. Mowing machine, an agricultural machine armed with knives or blades for cutting standing grass, etc. It is drawn by a horse or horses, or propelled by steam.
MOW
Mow, n. [Written also moe and mowe.] Etym: [F. moue pouting, a wry face; cf. OD. mouwe the protruded lip.]
Definition: A wry face. "Make mows at him." Shak.
Mow, v. i.
Definition: To make mouths. Nodding, becking, and mowing. Tyndale.
Mow, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Same as Mew, a gull.
Mow, v. [pres. sing. Mow, pl. Mowe, Mowen, Moun.] Etym: [AS. magan. See May, v.]
Definition: May; can. "Thou mow now escapen." [Obs.] Chaucer. Our walles mowe not make hem resistence. Chaucer.
Mow, v. t. [imp. Mowed; p. p. Mowed or Mown (; p. pr. & vb. n. Mowing.] Etym: [OE. mowen, mawen, AS. mawan; akin to D. maaijen, G. mähen, OHG. majan, Dan. meie, L. metere to reap, mow, Gr. 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. i.
Definition: To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay.
Mow, n. Etym: [OE. mowe, AS. m.]
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. t.
Definition: To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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