† enewv.
Obsolete.
transitive. Of a hawk: To drive (a fowl) into the water. reflexive. Of a fowl: To plunge in the water. (In Shakespeare spelt emmew, either by confusion with emmew inmew v., or merely by a misprint.).
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > action of hawk > [verb (transitive)] > drive into water or covert
enew1486
to put in1826
the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [verb (reflexive)] > plunge into water
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1486 Bk. St. Albans D ij a Yowre hawke hath ennewed the fowle in to the ryuer.
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 150 If your Falcon do stoupe them, and enewe them once or twice.
1611 G. Markham Countrey Contentm. (1668) i. v. 32 Let her enew the fowl so long till she bring it to the plunge.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 89 This outward sainted Deputie, Whose..deliberate word..follies doth emmew As Falcon doth the Fowle.
1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xx. 16 Themselues for very feare they instantly ineawe.
Derivatives
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > [noun] > driving into water
inewing1596
1596 J. Harington New Disc. Aiax sig. D4 The fine phrase..of inewing a woodcock.
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