mow2 (mou)

t. [ heap, or ma in a barn: commonly with away. mow3t, v. i. [ME. mowe, mowen, inf. and pres. ind. plural of mayl: see may1. Cf. moun1.] To be able; may. See may1. For who is that ne wold hire glorifie To mowen swich a knyght don lyve or dye? Chaucer, Troilus, ii. 1594. But that may not be upon le e than wee mowe falle toward Hevene, fro the Erthe, where wee ben. ment in the mow through being placed there before being properly cured: said of hay or grain. Not only the straw, but the seed or kernel is injured by mowburning, this greatly impairing the nutritive value of hay or grain, and unfitting grains for malting. mower1 (mō'ér), n. [ 1. One who mows. And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his sithe. IMG:content-1037.png:[blocks in formation] in a mow. "And be off lying in the mowing , like a patridge, when they come after ye. That's one way to do busine ," said Hepsy. H. B. Stowe , Oldtown, p. 37. mowing2 (mou'ing), n. [Verbal n. of mow2 , v .] The proce of placing or storing hay or grain mowing3t, n. [Verbal n. of mow3, v.] Ability. It is opin and cler that the power ne the mowinge of shrewes nis no power. Chaucer , Boëthius, iv. prose 2. mowing (mo'ing), n. [ ; verbal n. of mows , v .] Grimacing; mocking. mowing-machine (mō'ing-ma-shēn"), n. A machine for mowing gra . The terms mowing machine, harvester , and reaper are in a measure inter While e entially the same machine, mowing-machine or mower is used for cutting gra and clover, and the reaper for cutting grain. Both mowers and reapers, more properly the latter, are harvesters. The mowing-machine is e entially a vehicle fitted with some form of gearing for transmitting the motion of the axle to a set of reciprocating knives. An arm projects from the vehicle and carries a series of points or finger-like guards, in and between which play a series of lance-shaped knives. This bar is made to travel close to while the shearing action of the row of recip rocating knives between the guards mows down the gra . A track-clearer or wing at the end of the bar guides the cut gra toward the machine, so that a clear track will be formed for the tread-wheel at the next pa age of the mower in the field. Mowers have one driving-wheel or two, and either a fixed and rigid cutter-bar or, more often, a bar hinged so that it can be turned up out of the way when not in use for mowing. mowl, n. A dialectal form of mold2 . mow-land (mo'land), n. [ mow1 + land.] Gra -land; meadow-land. [New Eng.] mowlet, v. A Middle English form of mold2. mowledt, mowldet, p. a. Middle English forms of mold2.