MOW  . (1) To cut down See also:

• STANDING

standing See also:

• HAY
• HAY (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Heu, Dutch hooi; the root from which it is derived, meaning " to cut," is also seen in " to hew "; cf. " hoe ")
• HAY, GEORGE (1729—1811)
• HAY, GILBERT
• HAY, JOHN (1838–1905)

hay or See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn with a See also:

• SCYTHE

scythe or with mac)iinery See also:

• DRAWN

drawn by a See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse or See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power (see See also:

• REAPING (from O.E. rypan, rypan, probably allied to " ripe," mature, i.e. " fit for reaping "; the cognate forms are found in other languages)

REAPING) . The word in O.Eng. ismawan, a verb See also:

• COMMON

common to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, cf . Du. maaien, Ger. mahen; the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root is also seen in " meadow," Gr. aµav and See also:

• LAT

Lat. metere, to reap, cut, cf. messis, See also:

• HARVEST (A.S. hcerfest " autumn," O.H. Ger. herbist, possibly through an old Teutonic root representing Lat. car pere, " to pluck ")

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

Swedish and See also:

• NORWEGIAN

Norwegian muga, heap, cf . Swedish alimoge, See also:

• CROWD, CROUTH, CROWTH

crowd of See also:

• PEOPLE

people, Danish almuc . " Mow" is chiefly dialectal in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, where it is a common name, e.g. the See also:

• BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

Barley Mow, on the sign-boards of See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country inns . From these two words must be distinguished (3) " mow," a grimace, now obsolete or purely See also:

• LITERARY

literary, and generally found in See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination with " See also:

• MOP

mop," cf . " mopping and mowing " in See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• LEAR, EDWARD (1812-1888)

Lear, iv . 1 . 64 .

This is the same word as the See also:

• MODERN

modern Fr. moue, See also:

• POUT

pout, which is of obscure origin .