Word Meanings - MOWING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of one who, or the operation of that which, mows. 2. Land from which grass is cut; meadow land. Mowing machine, an agricultural machine armed with knives or blades for cutting standing grass, etc. It is drawn by a horse or horses, or

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1. The act of one who, or the operation of that which, mows. 2. Land from which grass is cut; meadow land. Mowing machine, an agricultural machine armed with knives or blades for cutting standing grass, etc. It is drawn by a horse or horses, or propelled by steam.

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  Great as a man's arm. A wreath of gold, arm-gret. Chaucer.
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  The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses.
• ARMADA
  A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.
• MEADOW
  1. A tract of low or level land producing grass which is mown for hay; any field on which grass is grown for hay. 2. Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rives and in marshy places by the sea; as, the salt meadows near Newark
• HORSEMAN
  A mounted soldier; a cavalryman. A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly. A West Indian fish of the genus Eques, as the light-horseman (E. lanceolatus). (more info) 1.
• MACHINER
  One who or operates a machine; a machinist.
• HORSEKNOP
  Knapweed.
• HORSERAKE
  A rake drawn by a horse.
• CUTTHROAT
  One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.
• ARMORY
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• ARMILLARY
  Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting of rings or circles. Armillary sphere, an ancient astronomical machine composed of an assemblage of rings, all circles of the same sphere, designed to represent the positions
• HORSEFLESH
  1. The flesh of horses. The Chinese eat horseflesh at this day. Bacon. 2. Horses, generally; the qualities of a horse; as, he is a judge of horseflesh. Horseflesh ore , a miner's name for bornite, in allusion to its peculiar reddish color on
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  Destitute of grass.
• HORSEPLAY
  Rude, boisterous play. Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. Dryden.
• ARMOZEEN; ARMOZINE
  A thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical. Simmonds.
• STANDARD
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• STANDPOINT
  A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.
• ARMORED
  Clad with armor.
• ARMAMENTARY
  An armory; a magazine or arsenal.
• STANDPIPE
  A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level
• GRAMME MACHINE
  A kind of dynamo-electric machine; -- so named from its French inventor, M. Gramme. Knight.
• WARMTH
  The glowing effect which arises from the use of warm colors; hence, any similar appearance or effect in a painting, or work of color. Syn. -- Zeal; ardor; fervor; fervency; heat; glow; earnestness; cordiality; animation; eagerness; excitement;
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  The business of keeping a baby farm.
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  A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances.
• CARMINIC
  Of or pertaining to, or derived from, carmine. Carminic acid. Same as Carmine, 3.
• DISARM
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• BYSTANDER
  One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.
• HARMLESS
  1. Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another harmless. 2. Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent; inoffensive. " The harmless deer." Drayton Syn. -- Innocent; innoxious; innocuous; inoffensive; unoffending; unhurt;
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  The act of harmonizing.
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