strewingn.
/ˈstruːɪŋ/ a. The action of strew v.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > scattering loosely or strewing
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bestrewment1833
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 480/2 Strowynge, or dede of strowynge, sternicio.
1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. v. 28 Whatsoever should result from the strowing of those loose Letters.
1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes I. vi. 31 The strewing of the caltrops on the field of Bannockburn.
b. concrete. Something strewed; a layer or bed of strewed material; esp. plural flowers, leaves, etc., scattered on a grave. Now rare or Obsolete.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > [noun] > of strewed material
strewingc1000
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > scattering loosely or strewing > that which is strewn
strewinga1425
strew1578
strewment1604
strewage1902
the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > flowers > strewings
strewment1604
strewinga1616
c1000 Lamb. Psalter cxxxi. 3 Gif ic astige on bedde aþeninge minre vel strewunge [L. in lectum strati mei].
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. xxxi. 34 Sche..hidde the idols vndur the strewyngis of the camel [L. subter stramenta cameli].
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 480/2 Strowynge, or mater to strowe wythe, stramentum.
1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 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.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 286 The hearbes that haue on them cold dew o' th' night Are strewings fit'st for Graues. View more context for this quotation
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. B3v Let some weekly-strewings be Devoted to the memory of me.
1660 Tales & Jests H. Peters 12 The Parson seeing the Turf, was well pleased, supposing it was laid there onely as strowings to adorn his seat.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture 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.
1728 E. Smith Compl. Housewife (ed. 2) 173 Put a row of Flowers, and a strowing of Sugar, till the Pot is full.
1823 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 56 125 Be content to let another inherit thy strewings of palm-leaves.
c. attributive, as strewing-herb.
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1571 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 140 Bayes & strewing erbes.
1573 T. Tusser Points Huswifrie (new ed.) f. 40, in Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) Strowing herbes of all sortes.
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 26 Happy is that Sister, that (for strewing-hearbes) may scatter her discheueld Mayden-hayre, on her dead Brothers trunck.
1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 82 The coarsest variety [of ground smalts], known as strewing blue.
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