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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