Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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.