mow
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Mew \Mew\, n. [AS. m?w, akin to D. meeuw, G. m["o]we, OHG. m?h, Icel. m[=a]r.] (Zool.) A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb. [1913 Webster]
Mow \Mow\, v. [pres. sing. Mow, pl. Mowe, Mowen, Moun.] [AS. magan. See May, v.] May; can. "Thou mow now escapen." [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Our walles mowe not make hem resistence. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
2.To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
Mow \Mow\, v. i. To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay. [1913 Webster]
Mow \Mow\ (mou), n. [OE. mowe, AS. m[=u]ga.]
1.A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn. [1913 Webster]
2.The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed. [1913 Webster]
Mow \Mow\ (mou), 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]
Mow \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. [1913 Webster]
Mow \Mow\, v. i. To make mouths. [1913 Webster]
Nodding, becking, and mowing. --Tyndale. [1913 Webster]