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(), 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. Mow v. i.To make mouths. Nodding, becking, and mowing. Tyndale. Mow n.(Zol.) Same as Mew, a gull. 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 (m), v. t.[imp.Mowed (md); p. p.Mowed or Mown (mn); p. pr. & vb. n.Mowing.] [OE. mowen, mawen, AS. mwan; akin to D. maaijen, G. mhen, OHG. mjan, 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. i.To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay. Mow (), n.[OE. mowe, AS. mga.] 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.To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away. スポンサード リンク
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