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Mew ,
n. [AS. m>w, akin to D. meeuw, G. möwe, OHG. m>h, Icel. mār.] (Zool.) A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.1913 Webster
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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,
v. i. To make mouths.1913 Webster
Nodding, becking, and mowing.
Tyndale.
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Mow,
n. (Zool.) Same as Mew, a gull.1913 Webster
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Mow,
v. [pres. sing. Mow, pl. Mowe, Mowen, Moun.] [AS. magan. See May, v.] May; can. “Thou
mow now escapen.”
[Obs.]Chaucer.
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Our walles mowe not make hem resistence.
Chaucer.
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Mow ,
v. t. [imp. Mowed ; p. p. Mowed or Mown ; 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. ἀμᾶν. Cf. Math, Mead a meadow, Meadow.]- To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine.
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- To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow.
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- 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,
v. i. To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay.1913 Webster
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Mow ,
n. [OE. mowe, AS. mūga.]- A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn.
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- The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.
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Mow ,
v. t. To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away.1913 Webster