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n. 1. a European weed (Hypochaeris radicata) widely naturalized in North America, having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears.
Syn. -- cat's-ear, cat's ear, California dandelion, gosmore. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. [ Cape, from the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa + weed. ] a type of low-growing, creeping plant (Arctotheca calendulaceae), used as a ground cover in warm climates. RHUD [ PJC ]

n. pl.; sing. Chippeway. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the northern and western shores of Lake Superior; -- called also Objibways. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To furnish with pews. [ R. ] Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. pewe, OF. puie parapet, balustrade, balcony, fr. L. podium an elevated place, a jutty, balcony, a parapet or balcony in the circus, where the emperor and other distinguished persons sat, Gr. po`dion, dim. of poy`s, podo`s, foot; -- hence the Latin sense of a raised place (orig. as a rest or support for the foot). See Foot, and cf. Podium, Poy. ] 1. One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; -- sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any structure shaped like a church pew, as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in theater; a pen; a sheepfold. [ Obs. ] Pepys. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pew opener, an usher in a church. [ Eng. ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called from its note. ] 1. (Zool.) A common American tyrant flycatcher (Sayornis phœbe, or Sayornis fuscus). Called also pewit, and phœbe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The woodcock. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Wood pewee (Zool.), a bird (Contopus virens) similar to the pewee (See Pewee, 1), but of smaller size. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Pewit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who occupies the same pew with another. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An intimate associate; a companion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. of imitative origin; cf. OD. piewit, D. kievit, G. kibitz. ] (Zool.) (a) The lapwing. (b) The European black-headed, or laughing, gull (Xema ridibundus). See under Laughing. (c) The pewee. [ Written also peevit, peewit, pewet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. pewtyr, OF. peutre, peautre, piautre: cf. D. peauter, piauter, It. peltro, Sp. & Pg. peltre, LL. peutreum, pestrum. Cf. Spelter. ] 1. A hard, tough, but easily fusible, alloy, originally consisting of tin with a little lead, but afterwards modified by the addition of copper, antimony, or bismuth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Utensils or vessels made of pewter, as dishes, porringers, drinking vessels, tankards, pots. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Pewter was formerly much used for domestic utensils. Inferior sorts contain a large proportion of lead. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One whose occupation is to make utensils of pewter; a pewtersmith. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to, or resembling, pewter; as, a pewtery taste. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An ericaceous shrub (Leucothoë acuminata) of the southern United States, from the wood of which pipe bowls are made. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Bot.) Any plant of a genus (Eriocaulon) of aquatic or marsh herbs with soft grass-like leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. A long, covered walk, or a low, level building, where ropes are manufactured. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A ropedancer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Obliquely. [ Obs. ] Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Spewed p. pr. & vb. n. Spewing. ] [ OE. spewen, speowen, AS. spīwan;n to D. spuwen to spit. OS & OHG. spīwan, G. speien, Icel. sp&unr_;ja to spew, Sw. spy, Dan. spye, Goth. spiewan, th. spjauti, L. spuere to split, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, Skr. shtiv, shthīv. Cf. Pyke, Spit. ] [ Written also spue. ] 1. To eject from the stomach; to vomit. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cast forth with abhorrence or disgust; to eject. [ 1913 Webster ]

Because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth. Rev. ii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To vomit. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To eject seed, as wet land swollen with frost. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is vomited; vomit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who spews. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being spewy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wet; soggy; inclined to spew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to Taenia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the body being much larger and longer than the anterior ones, and containing the fully developed sexual organs. The head is small, destitute of a mouth, but furnished with two or more suckers (which vary greatly in shape in different genera), and sometimes, also, with hooks for adhesion to the walls of the intestines of the animals in which they are parasitic. The larvae (see Cysticercus) live in the flesh of various creatures, and when swallowed by another animal of the right species develop into the mature tapeworm in its intestine. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Three species are common parasites of man: the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium), the larva of which is found in pork; the beef tapeworm (Taenia mediocanellata), the larva of which lives in the flesh of young cattle; and the broad tapeworm (Bothriocephalus latus) which is found chiefly in the inhabitants of the mountainous regions of Europe and Asia. See also Echinococcus, Cysticercus, Proglottis, and 2d Measles, 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To write with a typewriter. [ Recent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An instrument for writing by means of type, a typewheel, or the like, in which the operator makes use of a sort of keyboard, in order to obtain printed impressions of the characters upon paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who uses such an instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]