Mew \Mew\, n. [AS. m?w, akin to D. meeuw, G. m["o]we, OHG. m?h, Icel. m[=a]r.]

(Zo["o]l.) A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.

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Mow \Mow\, v. i. To make mouths.

Nodding, becking, and mowing. --Tyndale.

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Mow \Mow\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Mew, a gull.

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Mow \Mow\, v. [pres. sing. Mow, pl. Mowe, Mowen, Moun.]

[AS. magan. See May, v.]

May; can. ``Thou mow now escapen.'' [Obs.]

--Chaucer.

Our walles mowe not make hem resistence. --Chaucer.

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Mow \Mow\, v. t. [imp. Mowed; p. p. Mowed or Mown; p. pr. & vb. n. Mowing.]

[OE. mowen, mawen, AS. m[=a]wan; akin to D. maaijen, G. m["a]hen, OHG. m[=a]jan, Dan. meie, L. metere to reap, mow, Gr. ?. Cf. Math, Mead a meadow, Meadow.]

1. To cut down, as grass, with a scythe or machine.

2. To cut the grass from; as, to mow a meadow.

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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Mow \Mow\, n. [Written also moe and mowe.]

[F. moue pouting, a wry face; cf. OD. mouwe the protruded lip.]

A wry face. ``Make mows at him.'' --Shak.

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Mow \Mow\, v. i. To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay.

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Mow \Mow\, n. [OE. mowe, AS. m?ga.]

1. A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn.

2. The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.

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Mow \Mow\, v. t. To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away.

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