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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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8 words match “MOWER”

MOWER n.
One who, or that which, mows; a mowing machine; as, a lawn mower.
CUTTER n.
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.
LAWN n.
ound (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown. Lawn mower, a machine for clipping the short grass of lawns. -- Lawn tennis, a variety of the game of tennis, played in the open air, sometimes upon a lawn, instead of in a tennis court. See Tennis.
MOWYER n.
A mower. [Obs.]
SCYTHEMAN n.
One who uses a scythe; a mower. Macaulay.
SITHEMAN n.
A mower. [Obs.] Marston.
SWARD-CUTTER n.
A lawn mower.
WHET v.
f stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a knife. The mower whets his scythe. Milton. Here roams the wolf, the eagle whets his beak. Byron.