Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MOW, v.i.¹

1. To cut grass; to practice mowing; to use the sythe. Does the man mow well?
2. To perform the business of mowing; to cut and make grass into hay; to gather the crop of grass, or other crop. [In America, mow is not applied to the cutting of wheat or rye. When these are cut with a sythe, they are said to be cradled. Oats and barley are sometimes mowed.]