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verb (used without object)
3.
to make a mew or emit a similar sound.
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Mews
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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noun
1.
a cage for hawks, especially while molting.
2.
a pen in which poultry is fattened.
3.
a place of retirement or concealment.
4.
mews, (usually used with a singular verb) Chiefly British.
a.
(formerly) an area of stables built around a small street.
b.
a street having small apartments converted from such stables.
verb (used with object)
5.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to shed (feathers); to molt.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English mewen < Old French muer to molt < Latin mūtāre to change
1325–75; Middle English mewen < Old French muer to molt < Latin mūtāre to change
Related forms
mew·er, noun
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Word Origin & History
mew
"cage," c.1300, from O.Fr. mue "cage for hawks, especially when molting," from muer "to molt," from L. mutare "to change" (see mutable).
EXPANDmews
"stables grouped around an open yard," 1631, from Mewes, name of the royal stables at Charing Cross, built 1534 on the site of the former royal mews (attested from c.1394), where the king's hawks were kept (see mew (n.2)). Extended by 1805 to "street of former stables converted
to human habitations."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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