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单词 mewer
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mewern.1

Forms: see mew v.2 and -er suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mew v.2, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < mew v.2 + -er suffix1.
Falconry. Obsolete. rare.
A hawk which is in moult or about to moult. Cf. intermewer n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > hawk > young > in first year
mewera1475
carvist1674
a1475 Bk. Hawking (Harl. 2340) in Studia Neophilol. (1944) 16 19 If it [sc. thi hawke] be a mewere put here [in mewe] in the month of Januare.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 236/2 A Mewer, or Mewed Hawk..are so called from December to the middle of May.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

mewern.2

Brit. /ˈmjuːə/, U.S. /ˈmjuər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mew v.1, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < mew v.1 + -er suffix1.
rare.
An animal (esp. a cat) which mews; (also, in extended use) a person who catcalls.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun]
cata800
bad?a1325
gibc1400
baudrons?a1500
house cat?1527
puss-cata1529
puss1533
puss1598
mewer1611
mewler1611
Tibert1616
malkina1627
grimalkin1630
meower1632
miauler1632
pussycat1698
pussy1699
tigerkin1849
moggie1911
pussums1912
mog1926
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun] > one who disapproves > by sound or exclamation
hisserc1440
mewer1611
catcall1714
booer1904
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Miauleur, a mewler, or mewer.
1640 ‘Ben-Arod Gad’ Wandering-Jew 49 Jew, I would have thee know, I am..a mewer of Playes, a jeerer of Poets [etc.].
1886 Overland Monthly 8 506 I hasked for tick and them wouldn't give it to me, for the fore quarter of a mewer, what they said was rabbit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mewern.3

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mew v.3, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < mew v.3 + -er suffix1.
Obsolete. rare.
A person who mews or confines someone. (In quot. with up.)
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [noun] > action of > one who confines
mewer1625
incarcerator1820
cager1889
1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. viii. vi. 1270 They were..; iealous mewers vp of their wiues.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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