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MOW

This article appears in Volume V18, Page 947 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MOS-NAN
MOW . (1) To cut down
standing
  hay or corn with a
scythe
  or with mac)iinery
drawn
  by a
horse
  or mechanical power (see REAPING). The word in O.Eng. ismawan, a verb common to the West
German
 
languages
 , cf. Du. maaien, Ger. mahen; the root is also seen in " meadow," Gr. aav and Lat. metere, to reap, cut, cf. messis, 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 Swedish and
Norwegian
  muga, heap, cf. Swedish alimoge, crowd of
people
 , Danish almuc. " Mow" is chiefly dialectal in England, where it is a common name, e.g. the Barley Mow, on the sign-boards of country inns. From these two words must be distinguished (3) " mow," a grimace, now obsolete or purely literary, and generally found in combination with " mop," cf. " mopping and mowing " in King Lear, iv. 1. 64. This is the same word as the
modern
  Fr. moue, pout, which is of obscure origin.


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