tewn.1
/tjuː/ Obsolete exc. dialect.† 1. The tawing of leather: see tew v.1 1. Obsolete.† 2. The work of preparation; labour. Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > [noun] > converting to leather
tawing1408
barkingc1440
tewc1440
tanneryc1460
tanning1481
tannage1662
bark-tanning1707
leach1779
sumaching1792
chrome-tanning1882
stocking1883
sumac tanning1932
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 489/2 Tew, or tewynge of lethyr.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > work > [noun]
workOE
travailc1350
workmanshipa1393
overage1415
tew1644
labour1662
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > [noun]
dressing1600
scaphage1610
vertilage1610
slighting1613
tew1644
screeding1854
1644 S. Hartlib Legacy (1655) 286 Each Acre shall be worth..at least six pound, thirteen shillings, four pence for the tew onely, and at least six pound, thirteen shillings and four pence more for the seed.
3. Constant work and bustling; a state of worry or excitement. dialect and U.S.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun]
fever1340
motiona1398
quotidian?a1439
rufflea1535
commotion1581
fret1582
hurry1600
puddering1603
tumultuousnessa1617
trepidation1625
feverishness1638
boilingc1660
fermentationc1660
tumult1663
ferment1672
stickle1681
fuss1705
whirl1707
flurry1710
sweat1715
fluster1728
pucker1740
flutter1741
flustration1747
flutteration1753
tremor1753
swithera1768
twitteration1775
state1781
stew1806
scrow1808
tumultuating1815
flurrification1822
tew1825
purr1842
pirr1856
tête montée1859
go1866
faff1874
poultry flutter1876
palaver1878
thirl1879
razzle-dazzle1885
nervism1887
flurry-scurry1888
fikiness1889
foment1889
dither1891
swivet1892
flusterment1895
tither1896
overwroughtness1923
mania1925
stumer1932
tizzy1935
two and eight1938
snit1939
tizz1953
tiswas1960
wahala1966
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss
to-doc1330
adoc1380
great (also much) cry and little woolc1460
feery-fary1535
fray1568
stirc1595
do1598
coil1599
hurl1603
ruffle1609
clutterment1611
buzz1628
bustle1637
paddle1642
racket1644
clutter1652
tracas1656
tracasserie1656
circumference1667
flutter1667
hurly-burly1678
fuss1701
fissle1719
fraise1725
hurry-scurry1753
fix-fax1768
fal-lal1775
widdle1789
touse1792
fuffle1801
going-on1817
hurry and scurry1823
sputter1823
tew1825
Bob's-a-dying1829
fidge1832
tamasha1842
mulling1845
mussing1846
fettling1847
fooster1847
trade1854
scrimmage1855
carry-on1861
fuss-and-feathers1866
on-carry1870
make-a-do1880
miration1883
razzle-dazzle1885
song and dance1885
to get a rustle on1891
tea-party1903
stirabout1905
whoop-de-do1910
chichi1928
production1941
go-go1966
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words at Tue Sare tues, great difficulty in accomplishing any thing.
1866 E. Tabor Rachel's Secr. I. vii. 103 There was no end of the tew and worry in a farm-house.
1880 Ld. Tennyson Northern Cobbler ix When we coom'd into Meeätin', at fust she wur all in a tew.
1883 W. D. Howells Woman's Reason (new ed.) II. xii. 20 My wife was always in a tew about the danger.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
† tewn.2
Obsolete.figurative.1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxix. 128 She [sc. Queen Catharine 14..] pitched Tewe, he [Owen Tudor] masshed.1602 W. Warner Epitome Hist. Eng. in Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) 390 This Cardinall, conspiring with William de la Poole..pitched their Tewe to intangle the same protector.1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 12 The groundes of their Art [were] layde sure and a little trying of their Tooles, whether their Tew would holde or no.
1. Fishing-tackle; nets, fishing-lines, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > [noun]
tackle1398
tewc1440
craft1521
tackling1548
fishing-tackle1703
box swivel1725
fishing-gear1839
rig1865
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 490/1 Tew, of fyschynge, piscalia, in plurali, retiaria [MS. reci-].
1529 Will of John Thomson (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/23) f. 48v A mansfare of all tewe except Sperlyn nett.
1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 246 Also that they shall be honest and true..being asked concerning the length and depth of their ropes or tewes when they are in driuing; neither shall they wittingly..suffer their tewes to flit and run ouer one another.
a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) i. iii. sig. C4v Dor...The foole shall now fish for himselfe. Alice. Be sure then His tewgh be tith and strong:..He'l catch no fish else.
2. Implements, tools, materials for work generally; stuff. Also figurative.
ΘΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > [noun]
tacklea1325
enginea1393
geara1400
workhorse1463
graith1513
trinketc1525
implementsa1552
furniture1577
store1605
tew1616
thing1662
stock-in-trade1775
tack1777
apparatus1796
work thing1812
gearinga1854
matériel1856
plant1867
hardware1947
workhorse1949
society > occupation and work > materials > [noun]
stuffc1440
materialc1475
material1509
graith1513
subject matter1535
metalc1550
staple1598
tew1616
subjected matter1645
materiable1652
matter1680
ingredient1691
vehicle1837
input1893
1616 T. Scot Philomythie sig. B3 When..all your traines and tew in order laid.
a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) 815 I am not unwilling to communicate unto you the most of my tew, because, I perceive, you make some account of them.
1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ Tew,..Instrumentum, Materia, Arma, Armamenta.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 36 Another Argument..which may happily at first blush seem to have more tiew in it than all the stands we have met with hitherto.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Tow,..necessary tools or apparatus for any purpose (pronounced like cow).
1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. Tew,..Obsol. w. Cy. Materials for work.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
tewn.3
Scottish.
(?) The braces of a drum, or the braces and cords by which a drum is tightened.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > loop regulating pitch
tewc1720
brace-
c1720 in D. Beveridge Culross & Tulliallan (1885) II. xix. 90 The council..allows the drummer to get als many new tews as will serve the drum.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
tewv.1
/tjuː/ Obsolete exc. dialect.
I. Senses relating to working something into the desired condition.† 4. † b. To lay on (a rod, scourge). Obsolete. rare.
1. figurative.1709 Brit. Apollo 1–6 July Tew her Hide with an Oaken Plant.
a. transitive. To convert skin into a species of leather, by steeping, beating, and manipulation; to dress; = taw v.1 2.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > work with skins [verb (transitive)] > convert to leather
taw?c1225
tewc1330
barkc1430
tanc1440
sumac1792
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 12453 Fful manye kynges had he [the giant Ryton] don slo, & flow þe berdes of alle þo; Til a pane, as a furour, he did hem tewe.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 490/1 Tewyn lethyr, frunio, corrodio.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 754/2 I tewe leather, je souple.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxiii. vi. 473 Certaine skins of leather well tewed and dressed untill they bee soft.
1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum xxxiv. 126 The Badgers skin, is very good dubbing after the skin is tewed.
1709 Brit. Apollo 9–14 Sept. Were his Hide tew'd by Tanners.
b. intr. for reflexive or passive.
ΚΠ
c1880 Northants. Dial. Take it [the leather] out again and let it lie and tew.
2. To work (anything) into proper consistency by beating, etc.; to temper (mortar). Now dialect.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > perform general or industrial manufacturing processes [verb (transitive)] > beat, hammer, or pound
peal1611
tewa1642
scutch1733
beat1753
pun1838
spat1890
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > for use > by rubbing, beating, etc.
tewa1642
to rub up1697
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 144 Then doe wee water it [sc. the earth] and tewe it well att the first, and soe leave it for her that serveth to temper.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 88/2 Tew, to Batter or draw out a peece of Iron.
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. To Tew..to beat Mortar. To Tew Hemp..to beat or dress it.
1797 P. Wakefield Mental Improv. (1801) III. 2 Kneading and tewing the two earths together is the most laborious part of the work.
1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield (at cited word) That lime wants better tewing.
3. transferred and figurative.† b. To prepare or bring into a proper state or condition for some purpose. Obsolete.
a. To deal with or employ.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)]
noteOE
take?a1160
turnc1175
usec1300
to fare witha1340
benote1340
spenda1400
usea1400
weara1400
naitc1400
occupy1423
to put (also set) in work?a1425
practise?c1430
apply1439
employ?1473
to call upon ——1477
help1489
tew1489
handle1509
exercise1526
improvea1529
serve1538
feed1540
enure1549
to make (also take) (a) use of1579
wield1601
adoperate1612
to avail oneself ofa1616
to avail oneself ofa1616
prevail1617
to make practice of1623
ploy1675
occasion1698
to call on ——1721
subserve1811
nuse1851
utilize1860
1489 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 183 Yt 1 man, or 2 men shall rec. the town doollys of heryngs and sperlings..and to tewe them to most profyte of the town.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > prepare for a purpose
aturnc1220
apparelc1250
dressc1330
updressa1400
trim1517
tew1571
mount1622
pretreat1926
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxx. 9) No man can giue himselfe cheerfully vnto prayer, till he bee thoroughly teawed and well furbished by the crosse.
a1577 G. Gascoigne Hundred Flowers (1587) 1 These chattering teeth, this trembling toong Well tewed with careful cries.
a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) iii. sig. E1v So tewed him up with sacke that hee lies lashing a butt of Malmsie for his Mares.
a. To beat, flog, thrash, belabour. Also figurative = taw v.1 3a, 3b Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > beat
threshOE
beatc1000
to lay on?c1225
chastise1362
rapa1400
dressc1405
lack?c1475
paya1500
currya1529
coil1530
cuff1530
baste1533
thwack1533
lick1535
firka1566
trounce1568
fight1570
course1585
bumfeage1589
feague1589
lamback1589
lambskin1589
tickle1592
thrash1593
lam1595
bumfeagle1598
comb1600
fer1600
linge1600
taw1600
tew1600
thrum1604
feeze1612
verberate1614
fly-flap1620
tabor1624
lambaste1637
feak1652
flog1676
to tan (a person's) hide1679
slipper1682
liquora1689
curry-comb1708
whack1721
rump1735
screenge1787
whale1790
lather1797
tat1819
tease1819
larrup1823
warm1824
haze1825
to put (a person) through a course of sprouts1839
flake1841
swish1856
hide1875
triangle1879
to give (a person or thing) gyp1887
soak1892
to loosen (a person's) hide1902
the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person
to-beatc893
threshOE
bustc1225
to lay on or upon?c1225
berrya1250
to-bunea1250
touchc1330
arrayc1380
byfrapc1380
boxc1390
swinga1400
forbeatc1420
peal?a1425
routa1425
noddlea1450
forslinger1481
wipe1523
trima1529
baste1533
waulk1533
slip1535
peppera1550
bethwack1555
kembc1566
to beat (a person) black and blue1568
beswinge1568
paik1568
trounce1568
canvass1573
swaddle?1577
bebaste1582
besoop1589
bumfeage1589
dry-beat1589
feague1589
lamback1589
clapperclaw1590
thrash1593
belam1595
lam1595
beswaddle1598
bumfeagle1598
belabour1600
tew1600
flesh-baste1611
dust1612
feeze1612
mill1612
verberate1614
bethumpa1616
rebuke1619
bemaul1620
tabor1624
maula1627
batterfang1630
dry-baste1630
lambaste1637
thunder-thump1637
cullis1639
dry-banga1640
nuddle1640
sauce1651
feak1652
cotton1654
fustigate1656
brush1665
squab1668
raddle1677
to tan (a person's) hide1679
slam1691
bebump1694
to give (a person) his load1694
fag1699
towel1705
to kick a person's butt1741
fum1790
devel1807
bray1808
to beat (also scare, etc.) someone's daylights out1813
mug1818
to knock (a person) into the middle of next week1821
welt1823
hidea1825
slate1825
targe1825
wallop1825
pounce1827
to lay into1838
flake1841
muzzle1843
paste1846
looder1850
frail1851
snake1859
fettle1863
to do over1866
jacket1875
to knock seven kinds of —— out of (a person)1877
to take apart1880
splatter1881
to beat (knock, etc.) the tar out of1884
to —— the shit out of (a person or thing)1886
to do up1887
to —— (the) hell out of1887
to beat — bells out of a person1890
soak1892
to punch out1893
stoush1893
to work over1903
to beat up1907
to punch up1907
cream1929
shellac1930
to —— the bejesus out of (a person or thing)1931
duff1943
clobber1944
to fill in1948
to bash up1954
to —— seven shades of —— out of (a person or thing)1976
to —— seven shades out of (a person or thing)1983
beast1990
becurry-
fan-
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 716 When they saw once the bodies of their Tribunes tewed with rods.
1604 R. Dallington View of Fraunce sig. G2 He left them all France, tyred and tewed, as bare as a birdes bone.
a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush iii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ll2v/2 Tew 'em, swinge 'em, Knocke me their braines into their breeches.
1664 J. Wilson Andronicus Comnenius ii. i He does so tew the Pope; That man of sin, The Whore of Babylon.
1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 75 The Trees are much weather-beaten,..and the shore-sides much tewed with the surge of the Waters.
ΚΠ
1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries Ep. Ded. sig. Aijv Whiche roddes and scourges, when he hath in his great wisedome, teawed vpon them, for their amendement, he will surely..caste into the fire.
c. dialect. To shake up, toss about, turn over (as hay); to tumble, rumple, crease, disarrange (dress); to pull about, pull in pieces; to discuss; to vex. Also passive, to be involved or mixed up with. In Eng. Dial. Dict., cited as in use from Northern Counties to Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, East Anglia.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > be occupied or busy (in or at something) [verb (intransitive)] > be involved in or have to do with something
entermetec1300
to make (a) market1340
meddlec1390
to do with ——a1400
mell1416
intermeddle1477
intermell1480
to have art or (and) part ina1500
participate1531
to have a finger (also hand) in the pie?1553
tigc1598
get1727
concern1791
involve1843
to mix up1882
tew1891
to screw with ——1973
1891 R. Kipling On Greenhow Hill in Life's Handicap 67 Happen there was a lass tewed up wi' it.
1904 S. R. Crockett Strong Mac xxxix. 323 Ye were somedeal tewed up wi' a lass, were ye no?
II. Senses relating to fatigue or exertion.
5. transitive. To fatigue or tire with hard work; reflexive = 6. dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (reflexive)]
strain1377
overwork1530
overtire1558
toil1560
spend1594
overtask1628
waste1630
unbowel1647
to run off one's legs (also feet)1666
overexert1817
muck1819
tew1825
overdo1858
to burn out, forth1955
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (transitive)]
wearyc897
tirea1000
travailc1300
forwearya1325
taryc1375
tarc1440
matec1450
break1483
labour1496
overwearya1500
wear?1507
to wear out, forth1525
fatigate1535
stress1540
overtire1558
forwaste1563
to tire out1563
overwear1578
spend1582
out-tire1596
outwear1596
outweary1596
overspend1596
to toil out1596
attediate1603
bejade1620
lassate1623
harassa1626
overtask1628
tax1672
hag1674
trash1685
hatter1687
overtax1692
fatigue1693
to knock up1740
tire to death1740
overfatigue1741
fag1774
outdo1776
to do over1789
to use up1790
jade1798
overdo1817
frazzlea1825
worry1828
to sew up1837
to wear to death1840
to take it (also a lot, too much, etc.) out of (a person)1847
gruel1850
to stump up1853
exhaust1860
finish1864
peter1869
knacker1886
grind1887
tew1893
crease1925
poop1931
raddle1951
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words at Tue He tues himself.
1893 Carlisle Patr. 30 June 3/3 (E.D.D.) S—— went down before K——, who was sair tewed in the operation... The two giants could not be said to have tew'd themselves much.
c1895 ‘Flit’ Holderness Harvest 84 I'se been tewing mysen a'most to deead all forenoon.
6. intransitive. To work hard, to exert oneself, to toil; to bustle about. Now dialect and U.S.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)]
tillc897
stightlea1375
stretcha1375
wrestlea1382
to put it forthc1390
to put one's hand(s) to (also unto)a1398
paina1400
takea1400
to do one's busy pain (also care, cure, diligence)?a1430
to make great force?c1450
makec1485
to stir one's stumpsa1500
to bestir one's stumps1549
to make work1574
put1596
bestira1616
operate1650
to lay out1659
to be at pains1709
exerta1749
tew1787
maul1821
to take (the) trouble1830
to pull outc1835
bother1840
trouble1880
to buck up1890
hump1897
to go somea1911
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. To Tew,..also to work hard.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Tue, to labour long and patiently, to fatigue by repeated or continued exertion... A tuing life, a laborious life. A tuing soul, a hard working person.
1863 A. Trollope St. Olaves II. 4 Little folks like you an' me has to tew about and fend for 'em both.
1876 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers Introd. in Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 224/2 ‘Ther's sech a thing ez bein' tu’..hence the phrase tooin' round, meaning a supererogatory activity like that of flies.
1894 S. Baring-Gould Queen of Love xii I tew from morning till night.
1909 Daily News 31 May 4 Our male folk, who after ‘tewing’ at the mill all the week are usually allowed to take their time at the Saturday tea table.
Derivatives
tewed adj. /tjuːd/
/tjuːd/ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective]
wearyc825
asadc1306
ateyntc1325
attaintc1325
recrayed1340
methefula1350
for-wearya1375
matea1375
taintc1380
heavy1382
fortireda1400
methefula1400
afoundered?a1425
tewedc1440
travailedc1440
wearisomec1460
fatigate1471
defatigatec1487
tired1488
recreant1490
yolden?1507
fulyeit?a1513
traiked?a1513
tavert1535
wearied1538
fatigated1552
awearya1555
forwearied1562
overtired1567
spenta1568
done1575
awearied1577
stank1579
languishinga1586
bankrupt?1589
fordone1590
spent1591
overwearied1592
overworn1592
outworn1597
half-dead1601
back-broken1603
tiry1611
defatigated1612
dog-wearya1616
overweary1617
exhaust1621
worn-out1639
embossed1651
outspent1652
exhausted1667
beaten1681
bejaded1687
harassed1693
jaded1693
lassate1694
defeata1732
beat out1758
fagged1764
dog-tired1770
fessive1773
done-up1784
forjeskit1786
ramfeezled1786
done-over1789
fatigued1791
forfoughten1794
worn-up1812
dead1813
out-burnta1821
prostrate1820
dead beat1822
told out1822
bone-tireda1825
traiky1825
overfatigued1834
outwearied1837
done like (a) dinner1838
magged1839
used up1839
tuckered outc1840
drained1855
floored1857
weariful1862
wappered1868
bushed1870
bezzled1875
dead-beaten1875
down1885
tucked up1891
ready (or fit) to drop1892
buggered-up1893
ground-down1897
played1897
veal-bled1899
stove-up1901
trachled1910
ragged1912
beat up1914
done in1917
whacked1919
washy1922
pooped1928
shattered1930
punchy1932
shagged1932
shot1939
whipped1940
buggered1942
flaked (out)1942
fucked1949
sold-out1958
wiped1958
burnt out1959
wrung out1962
juiced1965
hanging1971
zonked1972
maxed1978
raddled1978
zoned1980
cream crackered1983
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 490/1 Tevwyd, frunitus.
1488 in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 286 i bukskyn tewyd.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tracassé, hurried, tossed, tugged, tewed; spoiled, ouerworne, or misused, by much remouing.
1863 Mrs. Toogood Specim. Yorks. Dial. Tewed, tired, exhausted.
1892 Carruth in Kansas Univ. Mag. 1 (U.S.) (E.D.D.) I'm tewed and fretted.
tewing n. (also attributive) and adj.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil > action of
wrestling?c1225
travailingc1330
tewing1394
labouringc1400
sweatingc1430
toiling1549
moiling1565
carking1583
allaboration1727
fagging1777
bullocking1888
schlepping1937
the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [adjective] > laborious or toilsome > toiling
swinking?c1225
travailinga1398
drudging1548
toiling1552
toilsome1566
toilful1596
sweaty1603
droiling1607
carkingc1620
laboriferous1656
fagging1665
moiling1692
tewing1855
maulinga1864
bullocking1900
1394–6 in J. C. Atkinson Cartularium Abbathiæ de Whiteby (1881) II. 623 Item pro tewyng xiiii pellium luporum, i.s.ix.d.
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 201 Whoos tewhyng hath coost many a crowche, Hire pylche souple for to make.
1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour ii. x. 52 Bullfrog, whom I bought him of, is very fat..and can't stand much tewing in the saddle.
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 177 ‘A tewing hay time’, the season wet and unfavourable for the hay,..involving much extra labour.
1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Tewing-beetle, a spade-shaped instrument for tewing or beating hemp.
1902 S. Baring-Gould Nebo the Nailer xix She alway was a tewin' woman.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
† tewv.2
Obsolete.
transitive. To haul, tow (a ship, net, etc.); to drag, pull, tug; = tow v.1
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > pull
teea900
drawOE
tighta1000
towc1000
tirea1300
pullc1300
tugc1320
halea1393
tilla1400
tolla1400
pluckc1400
retract?a1475
hook1577
tew1600
hike1867
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxv. xxx. 571 Marcellus caused a great hulke, laden with armed souldiours, to be fastened by an haling rope unto a gallie.., and so in the night by strength of oares to bee tewed and drawne up after it into Acradina.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xii. 197 The goodly Riuer Lee..By which the Danes had then their full-fraught Navies tew'd.
1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxv. 108 The toyling Fisher here is tewing of his Net.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. Prol. 7 He..tugg'd it, tew'd it, carry'd it [a tub].
1706 E. Baynard in J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσια Revived (rev. ed.) ii. 202 A Sprain..tued, hal'd and wrested by ignorant Bone-setters.
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. To Tew, to pull or tow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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