ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Mowburnt

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Mowburnt is an adjective meaning (obsolete) Of hay: stacked before it is sufficiently dry, leading to excessive fermentation and sometimes toxicity.

Meaning

(obsolete) Of hay: stacked before it is sufficiently dry, leading to excessive fermentation and sometimes toxicity.

Example Sentences

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.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include burny, burnt, windburned, charred, muggy, windburnt.

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