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单词 in the mew
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in the 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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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 yt 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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