Mowing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mowing \Mow"ing\, n.
     1. The act of one who, or the operation of that which, mows.
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     2. Land from which grass is cut; meadow land.
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     {Mowing machine}, an agricultural machine armed with knives
        or blades for cutting standing grass, etc. It may be drawn
        by a horse or horses, or propelled by a powered engine.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mow \Mow\ (m[=o]), v. t. [imp. {Mowed} (m[=o]d); p. p. {Mowed}
     or {Mown} (m[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Mowing}.] [OE. mowen,
     mawen, AS. m[=a]wan; akin to D. maaijen, G. m[aum]hen, OHG.
     m[=a]jan, Dan. meie, L. metere to reap, mow, Gr. 'ama^n. Cf.
     {Math}, {Mead} a meadow, {Meadow}.]
     1. To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine.
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     2. To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow.
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     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.
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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).