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A wry face. "Make mows at him." Shak.

To heat and ferment in the mow, as hay when housed too green.

See 4th Mow. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One who, or that which, mows; a mowing machine; as, a lawn mower.

The act of one who, or the operation of that which, mows.

Cut down by mowing, as grass; deprived of grass by mowing; as, a mown field.

A mower. [Obs.]

A mow or mass of hay laid up in a barn for preservation.

The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath.

To clip; to mow. [Obs.] Marston.

f an action as is performed at one time; a going and returning, as of workmen in reaping, mowing, etc.; a turn; a round. In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out. Milton. The prince . . . has taken me in his train, so that I am in no danger of starving for this bout. Goldsmith.…

liance; bold; undaunted. As confident as is the falcon's flight Against a bird, do I with Mowbray fight. Shak.

To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap. I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one. Ezek. xvii. 22.

To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap. Thy servants can skill to cut timer. 2. Chron. ii. 8

machine or part of a machine, or a tool or instrument used for cutting, as that part of a mower which severs the stalk, or as a paper cutter.

To cut, as with a scythe; to mow. [Obs.]

as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep. Once in three years feed your mowing lands. Mortimer.

orizontal bar, carrying slotted spikes, or fingers, through which the vibratory knives of mowing and reaping machines play. -- Finger board (Mus.), the part of a stringed instrument against which the fingers press the strings to vary the tone; the keyboard of a piano, organ, etc.; manual. -- Finger bowl or glass, a b…

A mow; a rick for hay. [Obs.] Tusser.

Having, abounding in, or decked with, daisies. [Scot.] Sweeter than gowany glens or new-mown hay. Ramsay.