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▪ I. † ˈmewer1 Obs. rare.
[f. mew v.1 + -er1.]
See quot. 1688.
c1450Bk. Hawking in Rel. Ant. I. 305 If it [thi hawke] be a mewer put her [in mewe] in the month of January. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 236/2 A Mewer, or Mewed Hawk..are so called from December to the middle of May.
▪ II. † ˈmewer2 Obs.
[f. mew v.2 + -er1.]
One who mews, shuts up, or confines (another).
1626Purchas Pilgrims ii. 1270 They were..jealous mewers up of their wives.
▪ III. † ˈmewer3 Obs.
[f. mew v.3 + -er1.]
One who mews; a cat. Also, one who catcalls.
1611Cotgr., Miauleur, a mewler, or mewer. 1649W. M. Wandering Jew (1857) 54 Jew, I would have thee know, I am..a mewer of Playes, a jeerer of Poets [etc.]. |