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A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called
also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb. |
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To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his
feathers. |
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To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on
a new appearance. |
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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. |
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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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To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other
inclosure. |
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To cry as a cat. |
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The common cry of a cat. |
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