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  10  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mew  \Mew\,  n.  [AS.  m?w,  akin  to  D.  meeuw  G.  m["o]we,  OHG.  m?h, 
  Icel.  m[=a]r.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  gull,  esp.  the  common  British  species  ({Larus  canus}); 
  called  also  {sea  mew},  {maa},  {mar},  {mow},  and  {cobb}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mow  \Mow\,  v.  i. 
  To  make  mouths. 
 
  Nodding,  becking,  and  mowing.  --Tyndale. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mow  \Mow\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Same  as  {Mew},  a  gull. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mow  \Mow\,  v.  [pres.  sing.  {Mow},  pl  {Mowe},  {Mowen},  {Moun}.] 
  [AS.  magan.  See  {May},  v.] 
  May  can.  ``Thou  mow  now  escapen.''  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  Our  walles  mowe  not  make  hem  resistence.  --Chaucer. 
 
  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]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mow  \Mow\,  v.  i. 
  To  cut  grass,  etc.,  with  a  scythe,  or  with  a  machine;  to  cut 
  grass  for  hay. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mow  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mow  \Mow\,  v.  t. 
  To  lay,  as  hay  or  sheaves  of  grain,  in  a  heap  or  mass  in  a 
  barn;  to  pile  and  stow  away 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mow 
  n  :  a  loft  for  storing  hay  [syn:  {hayloft}] 
  v  1:  cut  with  a  blade  or  mower;  "mow  the  grass"  [syn:  {cut  down}] 
  2:  make  a  sad  face;  "mop  and  mow"  [syn:  {pout},  {mop}]




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