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math

1[math]
–noun
mathematics.

Origin:
shortened form

math

2[math]
–noun British Dialect.
1. a mowing.
2. the crop mowed.

Origin:
1575–85; prob. back formation from aftermath; cf. OE mǣth; c. G Mahd

math

3[muhth]
–noun
an order of Hindu monks.
Also, ma⋅tha [muhth-uh] .


Origin:
1825–35; < Skt maṭha hut
math   (māth)   
n.  Mathematics.

Math

Math\, n. [AS. m[=ae][eth]; akin to m[=a]wan to mow, G. mahd math. See Mow to cut (grass).] A mowing, or that which is gathered by mowing; -- chiefly used in composition; as, an aftermath. [Obs.]

The first mowing thereof, for the king's use, is wont to be sooner than the common math. --Bp. Hall.
math
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