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  • 121mower — mow ► VERB (past part. mowed or mown) 1) cut down or trim (grass or a cereal crop) with a machine or scythe. 2) (mow down) kill by gunfire or by knocking down with a motor vehicle. DERIVATIVES mower noun. ORIGIN Old English …

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  • 122Maulid — /mow lid/, n. Mawlid. Also, Maulud /mow leuhd/ …

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  • 123Mawlid — /mow lid/, n. Islam. 1. a Muslim holiday celebrating the birth of Muhammad, occurring on the twelfth day of the month of Rabi al awwal, and characterized esp. by the recitation of panegyrical poems honoring Muhammad. 2. the poems recited on this… …

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  • 124Моногиния —         ( mow... + греч. gyne женщина, жена), единожёнство. См. Семья, Брак. (Источник: Сексологический словарь) …

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  • 125Mao Dun — /mow doohn /, (Shen Yanbing) 1896 1981, Chinese writer. Also, Wade Giles, Mao Tun /doohn/. * * * or Mao Tun orig. Shen Dehong or Shen Yanbing born July 4, 1896, Tongxiang, Zhejiang province, China died March 27, 1981, Beijing Chinese literary… …

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  • 126Maoke Mountains — /mow kay/ a range in the province of Irian Jaya, in Indonesia, on New Guinea. Highest peak, Puncak Jaya, 16,503 ft. (5030 m). Formerly, Nassau Mountains. * * * ▪ mountains, Indonesia Indonesian  Pegunungan Maoke , formerly  Snow Mountains … …

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  • 127mao-tai — /mow tuy /, n. a strong, colorless liquor of China distilled from sorghum and resembling vodka but usually of higher proof. Also, mao tai. [ < Chin Máutái, place in Guizhou province where it was made] * * * …

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  • 128Mauá — /mow ah /, n. a city in SE Brazil, SE of São Paulo. 101,659. * * * …

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