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(), n.[AS. mw, akin to D. meeuw, G. mwe, OHG. mh, Icel. mr.] (Zol.) A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb. Mew v. t.[imp. & p. p.Mewed; p. pr. & vb. n.Mewing.] [OE. muen, F. muer, fr. L. mutare to change, fr. movere to move. See Move, and cf. Mew a cage, Molt.] To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers. Nine times the moon had mewed her horns. Dryden. Mew v. i.To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance. Now everything doth mew, And shifts his rustic winter robe. Turbervile. Mew n.[OE. mue, F. mue change of feathers, scales, skin, the time or place when the change occurs, fr. muer to molt, mew, L. mutare to change. See 2d Mew.] 1. A cage for hawks while mewing; a coop for fattening fowls; hence, any inclosure; a place of confinement or shelter; -- in the latter sense usually in the plural. Full many a fat partrich had he in mewe. Chaucer. Forthcoming from her darksome mew. Spenser. Violets in their secret mews. Wordsworth. 2. A stable or range of stables for horses; -- compound used in the plural, and so called from the royal stables in London, built on the site of the king's mews for hawks. Mew v. t.[From Mew a cage.] To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure. More pity that the eagle should be mewed. Shak. Close mewed in their sedans, for fear of air. Dryden. Mew v. i.[Of imitative origin; cf. G. miauen.] To cry as a cat. [Written also meaw, meow.] Shak. Mew n.The common cry of a cat. Shak. スポンサード リンク
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