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mowing |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mow \Mow\, v. t. [imp. {Mowed}; p. p. {Mowed} or {Mown}; p. pr & vb n. {Mowing}.] [OE. mowen, mawen, AS m[=a]wan; akin to D. maaijen G. m["a]hen, OHG. m[=a]jan, Dan. meie, L. metere to reap, mow, Gr ?. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mowing \Mow"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who or the operation of that which mows. 2. Land from which grass is cut; meadow land. {Mowing machine}, an agricultural machine armed with knives or blades for cutting standing grass, etc It is drawn by a horse or horses, or propelled by steam. From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: 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).
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