Mew \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.

Nine times the moon had mewed her horns. --Dryden.

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Mew \Mew\, v. i. To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance.

Now everything doth mew, And shifts his rustic winter robe. --Turbervile.

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Mew \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.]

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.

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

Forthcoming from her darksome mew. --Spenser.

Violets in their secret mews. --Wordsworth.

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 \Mew\, n. [AS. m?w, akin to D. meeuw, G. m["o]we, OHG. m?h, Icel. m[=a]r.]

(Zo["o]l.) A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.

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Mew \Mew\, v. t. [From Mew a cage.]

To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure.

More pity that the eagle should be mewed. --Shak.

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

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Mew \Mew\, v. i. [Of imitative origin; cf. G. miauen.]

To cry as a cat. [Written also meaw, meow.]

--Shak.

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

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Spicknel \Spick"nel\, 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.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)