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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 947 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MOW . (1) To cut down See also:

standing See also:hay or See also:corn with a See also:scythe or with mac)iinery See also:drawn by a See also:horse or See also:mechanical See also:power (see See also:REAPING). The word in O.Eng. ismawan, a verb See also:common to the See also:West See also:German See also:languages, cf. Du. maaien, Ger. mahen; the See also:root is also seen in " meadow," Gr. aµav and See also:Lat. metere, to reap, cut, cf. messis, See also:harvest. (2) A stack or rick of hay, corn, and sometimes also of beans, peas or other crops. The word in O.Eng. is mega, miiha, and is cognate with See also:Swedish and See also:Norwegian muga, heap, cf. Swedish alimoge, See also:crowd of See also:people, Danish almuc. " Mow" is chiefly dialectal in See also:England, where it is a common name, e.g. the See also:Barley Mow, on the sign-boards of See also:country inns. From these two words must be distinguished (3) " mow," a grimace, now obsolete or purely See also:literary, and generally found in See also:combination with " See also:mop," cf. " mopping and mowing " in See also:King See also:Lear, iv. 1. 64.

This is the same word as the See also:

modern Fr. moue, See also:pout, which is of obscure origin.

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