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    Mew , n. [AS. mw, akin to D. meeuw, G. möwe, OHG. mh, Icel. mār.] (Zool.) A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.
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    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.
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    Nine times the moon had mewed her horns.
    Dryden.

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    Mew, v. i. To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance.
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    Now everything doth mew,
    And shifts his rustic winter robe.
    Turbervile.

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    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.]
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    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.
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      Full many a fat partrich had he in mewe.
      Chaucer.

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      Forthcoming from her darksome mew.
      Spenser.

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      Violets in their secret mews.
      Wordsworth.

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    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.
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    Mew, v. t. [From Mew a cage.] To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure.
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    More pity that the eagle should be mewed.
    Shak.

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    Close mewed in their sedans, for fear of air.
    Dryden.

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    Mew, v. i. [Of imitative origin; cf. G. miauen.] To cry as a cat. [Written also meaw, meow.]
    Shak.

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    Mew, n. The common cry of a cat.
    Shak.

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    Spicknel , n. [Contr. from spike nail a large, long nail; -- so called in allusion to the shape of its capillary leaves.] (Bot.) An umbelliferous herb (Meum Athamanticum) having finely divided leaves, common in Europe; -- called also baldmoney, mew, and bearwort. [Written also spignel.]
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