n. [ AS. m&unr_;w, akin to D. meeuw, G. möwe, OHG. m&unr_;h, Icel. mār. ] (Zool.) A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also
v. t.
Nine times the moon had mewed her horns. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance. [ 1913 Webster ]
Now everything doth mew,
And shifts his rustic winter robe. Turbervile. [ 1913 Webster ]
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 ]
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 ]
v. t. [ From Mew a cage. ] To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure. [ 1913 Webster ]
More pity that the eagle should be mewed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Close mewed in their sedans, for fear of air. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ Of imitative origin; cf. G. miauen. ] To cry as a cat.
n. The common cry of a cat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
n. One that mewls. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. sing. & pl. [ Prop. pl. of mew. See Mew a cage. ] An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Mr. Turveydrop's great room . . . was built out into a mews at the back. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]