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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}.
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Mow \Mow\, n. (Zool.)
Same as {Mew}, a gull.
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Mow \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 \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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Mow \Mow\, v. i.
To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut
grass for hay.
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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.
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2. The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is
stowed.
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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.
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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.
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Mow \Mow\, v. i.
To make mouths.
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Nodding, becking, and mowing. --Tyndale.
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