The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mowing \Mow"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or the operation of that which, mows.
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2. Land from which grass is cut; meadow land.
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Mowing machine, an agricultural machine armed with knives
or blades for cutting standing grass, etc. It may be drawn
by a horse or horses, or propelled by a powered engine.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mow \Mow\ (m[=o]), v. t. [imp. Mowed (m[=o]d); p. p. Mowed
or Mown (m[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Mowing.] [OE. mowen,
mawen, AS. m[=a]wan; akin to D. maaijen, G. m[aum]hen, OHG.
m[=a]jan, 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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Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
Mowing
(Heb. gez), rendered in Ps. 72:6 "mown grass." The expression
"king's mowings" (Amos 7:1) refers to some royal right of early
pasturage, the first crop of grass for the cavalry (comp. 1
Kings 18:5).