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(obsolete) Of hay: stacked before it is sufficiently dry, leading to excessive fermentation and sometimes toxicity..
This is necessary for the developement of the saccharine principle; but occasionally it proceeds too far and the hay becomes mowburnt, in which state it is injurious, or even poisonous.
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Mowburnt means (obsolete) Of hay: stacked before it is sufficiently dry, leading to excessive fermentation and sometimes toxicity..
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This is necessary for the developement of the saccharine principle; but occasionally it proceeds too far and the hay becomes mowburnt, in which state it is injurious, or even poisonous.
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