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"Section M, N, and O"

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. '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.
m&?;ga.] 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.


Mow"burn` (?), v.


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