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verb

Mew v. t. (past & past part. mewed; pres. part. mewing) To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers. "Nine times the moon had mewed her horns."

Mew v. t. To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure. "More pity that the eagle should be mewed." "Close mewed in their sedans, for fear of air."

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."

Mew v. i. (Written also meaw, meow) To cry as a cat.

noun

Mew n. (Zool.) A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.

Mew n.

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." "Forthcoming from her darksome mew." "Violets in their secret mews."

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 n. The common cry of a cat.

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"Mew" Quotes from Famous Books

... observing that within the bag went on a persistent wriggling; and his interest was quickened into characteristic action when he heard from its interior, faintly but quite distinctly, a very pitiful half-strangled little mew! ...

— Lords of the Housetops - Thirteen Cat Tales • Various

... neighbors all said it was bewitched. Perhaps it was; I don't know; but a very wonderful cat it was. It had a strange way of knowing, when people were talking, whether what they said was right or wrong. If people said what they ought not to say, wee Widow Wiggins' wonderful cat would mew. Perhaps the cat had lived so long with the wee, wiry, weird widow woman, who was one of the best in the world, that it had gotten her dislike to things that were wrong. But the wee widow's neighbors were afraid ...

— Queer Stories for Boys and Girls • Edward Eggleston

... attracted by the unmistakable mew of a kitten. Then he heard the padding sound of cautious human footsteps, and a clear feminine voice calling "Kitty, kitty," in low tones. The steps and the voice seemed coming toward him; since there was no sound of crackling brush, ...

— Astounding Stories, July, 1931 • Various

... sleep In my couch on the strand, For the screams of the sea-fowl, The mew as he comes Every morn from the main Is ...

— The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson • Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson

... Kristofa and Kalla? I did so want to speak to them! Haven't you? Do you know how I got out? I was only going to get the cat in for the night. I chased it out myself, and hid it so nicely under the wooden tub out in the shed. If only it doesn't mew." ...

— One of Life's Slaves • Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie

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