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new-mown, ppl. a.
[new adv. 3 and 4.]
Freshly cut, just mown. new-mown hay: also as the name of a scent.
1470–85Malory Arthur vii. xi. 228 There was a fayre medowe that semed newe mowen. c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. lxxii. ii. As showres thrown On meades new mown. 1725Ramsay Gentle Sheph. ii. ii, Sweeter than gowany glens or new-mawn hay. 1789J. Pilkington View Derbysh. I. 327 This..is said by Linnæus to occasion the smell of new mown hay. 1876J. Saunders Lion in Path i, The scent of the new-mown hay comes through the..windows. 1890–1T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Fall & Winter 42/2 Jockey club, new-mown hay, lily of the valley, 25 c. per bottle. 1926–7Army & Navy Stores Catal. 490/2 Perfumes..Lilas Blanc, New Mown Hay, Oeillet Blanc. 1971Guardian 17 Aug. 7/2 Their new Meadowsong fragrance range..based on..newmown hay, honeysuckle, clover. |