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in mew

a. in mew: in hiding or confinement; cooped up. Obsolete.

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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > in confinement [phrase]

in mewa1375

under keya1393

under lock and key1585

behind bars1951

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 3336 Ȝe..couwardli as caitifs couren here in meuwe.

a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) i. 381 To hiden his desir in muwe From every wight yborn.

c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees (Sloane 2464) 2063 Keep tounge in mewe.

?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 85 The quene was gretly ashamed whanne she saye she most be in mue.

1471 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 567 I wold fayne my gray horse wer kept in mewe for gnattys.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) cvi. sig. E*vi The dolphin said..it anoyeth me greatly thus long to be closed in mewe.

1595 E. Spenser Amoretti lxxx, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. F^v Giue leaue to me in pleasant mew, To sport my muse and sing my loues sweet praise.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne v. xliii. 83 If my good seruice reape this recompence, To be clapt vp in close and secret mew.

1650 R. Baron Fortunes Tennis Ball xxiii. 133 The blunt Boar scorning to be kept in mew..rush'd through the-in-vaine opposing croud.

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in mew

a. A cage for confining animals, esp. poultry, for fattening; in mew: caged for fattening. Obsolete.

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in mew

†b. in mew (rarely in the mew): confined in the mews, esp. to moult; (hence) in the process of moulting; (also figurative) undergoing transformation. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective] > moulting

in mewa1475

moulting1578

a1475 Bk. Hawking (Harl. 2340) in Studia Neophilol. (1944) 16 19 That a hawke be not putte in mewe... Put here not in mewe to late.

a1475 Bk. Hawking (Harl. 2340) in Studia Neophilol. (1944) 16 20 (MED) How men shall fede here hawkes in mewe.

1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. bj Iff an hawke be in mewe y^t same sercell feder shall be the last feder that she will cast, and tyll that be cast, she is neuer mewed.

1538 H. Yeo Let. 18 May in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/14/59) f. 74 Thomas Seler deliuered her [sc. a hawk] to Sir William Coffyn knyght & he put her in Mue..of the which Mue..she breke owte.

a1708 T. Ward England's Reformation (1716) 1 When Old King Harry youthful grew, As Eagles do, or Hawks in Mew.

1813 T. Jefferson Let. 27 June in Writings (1904) XIII. 280 Our present government was in the mew, passing from Confederation to Union.

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单词	in mew
释义	> as lemmas in mew a. in mew: in hiding or confinement; cooped up. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > in confinement [phrase] in mewa1375 under keya1393 under lock and key1585 behind bars1951 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 3336 Ȝe..couwardli as caitifs couren here in meuwe. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) i. 381 To hiden his desir in muwe From every wight yborn. c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees (Sloane 2464) 2063 Keep tounge in mewe. ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 85 The quene was gretly ashamed whanne she saye she most be in mue. 1471 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 567 I wold fayne my gray horse wer kept in mewe for gnattys. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) cvi. sig. Evi The dolphin said..it anoyeth me greatly thus long to be closed in mewe. 1595 E. Spenser Amoretti* lxxx, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. F^v Giue leaue to me in pleasant mew, To sport my muse and sing my loues sweet praise. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne v. xliii. 83 If my good seruice reape this recompence, To be clapt vp in close and secret mew. 1650 R. Baron Fortunes Tennis Ball xxiii. 133 The blunt Boar scorning to be kept in mew..rush'd through the-in-vaine opposing croud. extracted from mewn.² in mew a. A cage for confining animals, esp. poultry, for fattening; in mew: caged for fattening. Obsolete. extracted from mewn.² in mew †b. in mew (rarely in the mew): confined in the mews, esp. to moult; (hence) in the process of moulting; (also figurative) undergoing transformation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective] > moulting in mewa1475 moulting1578 a1475 Bk. Hawking (Harl. 2340) in Studia Neophilol. (1944) 16 19 That a hawke be not putte in mewe... Put here not in mewe to late. a1475 Bk. Hawking (Harl. 2340) in Studia Neophilol. (1944) 16 20 (MED) How men shall fede here hawkes in mewe. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. bj Iff an hawke be in mewe y^t same sercell feder shall be the last feder that she will cast, and tyll that be cast, she is neuer mewed. 1538 H. Yeo Let. 18 May in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/14/59) f. 74 Thomas Seler deliuered her [sc. a hawk] to Sir William Coffyn knyght & he put her in Mue..of the which Mue..she breke owte. a1708 T. Ward England's Reformation (1716) 1 When Old King Harry youthful grew, As Eagles do, or Hawks in Mew. 1813 T. Jefferson Let. 27 June in Writings (1904) XIII. 280 Our present government was in the mew, passing from Confederation to Union. extracted from mewn.² < as lemmas
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