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strewing, vbl. n.|ˈstruːɪŋ|
Also (now arch.) strowing |ˈstrəʊɪŋ|.
[f. strew v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb strew.
c1440Promp. Parv. 480/2 Strowynge, or dede of strowynge, sternicio. 1692Bentley Boyle Lect. v. 28 Whatsoever should result from the strowing of those loose Letters. 1865G. Macdonald A. Forbes 15 The strewing of the caltrops on the field of Bannockburn.
b. concr. Something strewed; a layer or bed of strewed material; esp. pl. flowers, leaves, etc., scattered on a grave. Now rare or Obs.
c1000Lamb. Psalter cxxxi. 3 Ᵹif ic astiᵹe on bedde aþeninge minre vel strewunge [in lectum strati mei]. 1388Wyclif Gen. xxxi. 34 Sche..hidde the idols vndur the strewyngis of the camel [Vulg. subter stramenta cameli]. c1440Promp. Parv. 480/2 Strowynge, or mater to strowe wythe, stramentum. 1578H. Wotton Courtlie Controv. 7 Throwing one at an another handfuls of roses,..wherof they made such lauishe expence, as the ground was almost couered with the strowing therof. 1611Shakes. Cymb. iv. ii. 285 The hearbes that haue on them cold dew o' th' night Are strewings fit'st for graues. 1648Herrick Hesper., To Perilla 15 Let some weekly-strewings be Devoted to the memory of me. 1660Tales & Jests Mr. H. Peters 12 The Parson seeing the Turf, was well pleased, supposing it was laid there onely as strowings to adorn his seat. 1726Leoni Alberti's Archit. II. 114 b, Strew the bottom of your Cistern with good round Pebbles..: and the higher you make this strewing, your water will be the more limpid. 1728E. Smith Compl. Housew. (ed. 2) 173 Put a row of Flowers, and a strowing of Sugar, till the Pot is full. 1823W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. LVI. 125 Be content to let another inherit thy strewings of palm-leaves.
c. attrib., as strewing-herb.
1571in Feuillerat Revels Q. Eliz. (1908) 140 Bayes & strewing erbes. 1573–80Tusser Husb. (1878) 95 Strowing herbes of all sortes. 1593Nashe Christ's T. 26 Happy is that Sister, that (for strewing-hearbes) may scatter her discheueld Mayden-hayre, on her dead Brothers trunck. 1877Encycl. Brit. VI. 82 The coarsest variety [of ground smalts], known as strewing blue. |