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   Strew , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strewed ; p. p. strewn ; p. pr. & vb. n. Strewing.] [OE. strewen, strawen, AS. strewian, streówian; akin to Ofries. strewa, OS. strewian, D. strooijen, G. streuen, OHG. strewen, Icel. strā, Sw. strö, Dan. ströe, Goth. straujan, L. sternere, stratum, Gr. , , Skr. st. √166. Cf. Stratum, Straw, Street.]
   To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave.
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   And strewed his mangled limbs about the field.
   Dryden.
   
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   On a principal table a desk was open and many papers [were] strewn about.
   Beaconsfield.
   
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   To cover more or less thickly by scattering something over or upon; to cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered; as, they strewed the ground with leaves; leaves strewed the ground.
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   The snow which does the top of Pindus strew.
   Spenser.
   
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   Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain?
   Pope.
   
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   To spread abroad; to disseminate.
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   She may strew dangerous conjectures.
   Shak.
   
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