† alewn.
Obsolete. rare.
A cry of sorrow or lamentation.
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1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. vi. sig. R2 Yet did she not lament with loude alew, As women wont. View more context for this quotation
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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n.1596- to see the year out
- to see things
- to see through
- to see through a brick wall
- to see through a glass darkly
- to see through a ladder
- to see through brick walls
- to see through rose-coloured glasses
- to see through rose-coloured spectacles
- to see through rose-tinted glasses
- to see through rose-tinted spectacles
- to see through rosecoloured glasses
- to see through rosecoloured spectacles
- to see through rosetinted glasses
- to see through rosetinted spectacles
- to see through the other end of the perspective
- to see through the press
- to see through the wrong end of the perspective
- to see to
- to see to it that
- to pal up
- to palaceward
- to palanquin it
- to pale into insignificance
- to pant for breath