“ To cut down standing hay or corn with a scythe or with machinery drawn by a horse or mechanical power (see Reaping) . The word in O. Eng. is mawan, a verb common to the West German languages, cf. Du. maaien, Ger. mähen; the root is also seen in “meadow,” Gr. ἀμᾶν and Lat. metere, to reap, cut, cf. messis, harvest. (2) A stack or rick of hay, corn, and sometimes also of beans, peas or other crops. The word in O. Eng. is múga, múha, and is cognate with Swedish and Norwegian muga, heap, cf. Swedish allmoge, crowd of people, Danish almuc. ”