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▪ I. † drew, n. Obs.
Also 5 drewe.
[Derivation unknown.]
1. A drop, a very small quantity (of liquid).
c1430Hymns Virg. (1867) 60 Whanne þe child was .vij. ȝeer olde, Passyng sowkyng of milke drewis. c1450Mirour Saluacioun 965 The drie erthe ferre about had noght þerof a drewe. 1501Douglas Pal. Hon. ii. xli, Of the water I micht not taste a drew. a1555Lyndesay Auld Man & Wife 87 The divill a drew sall cum in thy throte.
2. A morsel, a very small bit.
c1450Cov. Myst. (1841) 36 Of whom we have our dayly food, Ellys we had but lytyl drewe. Ibid. 405 Nakyd men and ffebyl of array Ȝe wolde nott socowre with a lytel drewe.
▪ II. drew|druː|
pa. tense of draw v. |