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n. A kind of meat pie. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who eschews. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Hind a peasant. ] A domestic servant; a retainer. [ Obs. ] “False homely hewe.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who hews. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who roughhews. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A scarecrow. [ Obs. ] Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who shews. See Shower. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Furnished with thews or muscles; as, a well-thewed limb. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Accustomed; mannered. [ Obs. ] John Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet would not seem so rude and thewed ill. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So named after Prof. Whewell of Cambridge, England. ] (Min.) Calcium oxalate, occurring in colorless or white monoclinic crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. W. chwiwell a widgeon, chwiws widgeons, waterfowls; or cf. E. whew, v. i. ] (Zool.) The European widgeon. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]