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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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Mow, n. (Zoöl.) Same as Mew, a gull.
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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.
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2. To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow.
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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.
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Mow (mou), n. [OE. mowe, AS. mūga.] 1. A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn.
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2. The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.
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