Mew

Mew
Mew 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}.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]

Full many a fat partrich had he in mewe. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Forthcoming from her darksome mew. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Violets in their secret mews. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]


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