9  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mew  \Mew\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Mewed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Mewing}.]  [OE.  muen,  F.  muer,  fr  L.  mutare  to  change,  fr 
  movere  to  move  See  {Move},  and  cf  {Mew}  a  cage,  {Molt}.] 
  To  shed  or  cast;  to  change;  to  molt;  as  the  hawk  mewed  his 
  feathers. 
 
  Nine  times  the  moon  had  mewed  her  horns.  --Dryden. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mew  \Mew\,  v.  i. 
  To  cast  the  feathers;  to  molt;  hence  to  change;  to  put  on  a 
  new  appearance. 
 
  Now  everything  doth  mew,  And  shifts  his  rustic  winter 
  robe.  --Turbervile. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mew  \Mew\,  n.  [OE.  mue,  F.  mue  change  of  feathers,  scales,  skin, 
  the  time  or  place  when  the  change  occurs,  fr  muer  to  molt, 
  mew,  L.  mutare  to  change.  See  2d  {Mew}.] 
  1.  A  cage  for  hawks  while  mewing;  a  coop  for  fattening  fowls; 
  hence  any  inclosure;  a  place  of  confinement  or  shelter; 
  --  in  the  latter  sense  usually  in  the  plural. 
 
  Full  many  a  fat  partrich  had  he  in  mewe.  --Chaucer. 
 
  Forthcoming  from  her  darksome  mew.  --Spenser. 
 
  Violets  in  their  secret  mews.  --Wordsworth. 
 
  2.  A  stable  or  range  of  stables  for  horses;  --  compound  used 
  in  the  plural,  and  so  called  from  the  royal  stables  in 
  London,  built  on  the  site  of  the  king's  mews  for  hawks. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mew  \Mew\,  n.  [AS.  m?w,  akin  to  D.  meeuw  G.  m["o]we,  OHG.  m?h, 
  Icel.  m[=a]r.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  gull,  esp.  the  common  British  species  ({Larus  canus}); 
  called  also  {sea  mew},  {maa},  {mar},  {mow},  and  {cobb}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mew  \Mew\,  v.  t.  [From  {Mew}  a  cage.] 
  To  shut  up  to  inclose;  to  confine,  as  in  a  cage  or  other 
  inclosure. 
 
  More  pity  that  the  eagle  should  be  mewed.  --Shak. 
 
  Close  mewed  in  their  sedans,  for  fear  of  air.  --Dryden. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mew  \Mew\,  v.  i.  [Of  imitative  origin;  cf  G.  miauen.] 
  To  cry  as  a  cat.  [Written  also  {meaw},  {meow}.]  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mew  \Mew\,  n. 
  The  common  cry  of  a  cat.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spicknel  \Spick"nel\,  n.  [Contr.  from  spike  nail  a  large  long 
  nail;  --  so  called  in  allusion  to  the  shape  of  its  capillary 
  leaves.]  (Bot.) 
  An  umbelliferous  herb  ({Meum  Athamanticum})  having  finely 
  divided  leaves,  common  in  Europe;  --  called  also  {baldmoney}, 
  {mew},  and  {bearwort}.  [Written  also  {spignel}.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mew 
  n  1:  the  sound  made  by  a  cat  (or  any  sound  resembling  this)  [syn: 
  {meow},  {miaou},  {miaow}] 
  2:  the  common  gull  of  Eurasia  and  northeastern  North  America 
  [syn:  {mew  gull},  {sea  mew},  {Larus  canus}] 
  v  :  utter  a  high-pitched  cry,  as  of  seagulls 

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