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<h1>Mew</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mew</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Mewed</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Mewing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>muen</ets>, F. <ets>muer</ets>, fr. L. <ets>mutare</ets> to change, fr. <ets>movere</ets> to move. See <er>Move</er>, and cf. <er>Mew</er> a cage, <er>Molt</er>.]</ety> <def>To shed or cast; to change; to molt; <as>as, the hawk <ex>mewed</ex> his feathers</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Nine times the moon had <b>mewed</b> her horns. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Mew</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance.</def>

<blockquote>Now everything doth <b>mew</b>, And shifts his rustic winter robe. <i>Turbervile.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Mew</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>mue</ets>, F. <ets>mue</ets> change of feathers, scales, skin, the time or place when the change occurs, fr. <ets>muer</ets> to molt, mew, L. <ets>mutare</ets> to change. See 2d <er>Mew</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Full many a fat partrich had he in <b>mewe</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Forthcoming from her darksome <b>mew</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Violets in their secret <b>mews</b>. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

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<hw>Mew</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Mew</er> a cage.]</ety> <def>To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure.</def>

<blockquote>More pity that the eagle should be <b>mewed</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Close <b>mewed</b> in their sedans, for fear of air. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Mew</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Of imitative origin; cf. G. <ets>miauen</ets>.]</ety> <def>To cry as a cat.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>meaw</asp>, <asp>meow</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Mew</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The common cry of a cat.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Mewl</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mewl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Mewled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Mewling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>miauler</ets> to mew, E. <ets>mew</ets> to cry as a cat. Cf. <er>Miaul</er>.]</ety> <def>To cry, as a young child; to squall.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>meawl</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Mewler</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mewl"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One that mewls.</def>