'Mowing' definitions:

Definition of 'Mowing'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Mowing'

From: GCIDE
  • Mowing \Mow"ing\, n.
  • 1. The act of one who, or the operation of that which, mows. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Land from which grass is cut; meadow land. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'mowing'

From: 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).

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