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mewEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English mewe, mowe, meau, from Old English mǣw (“seagull”), from Proto-West Germanic *maiwī, from Proto-Germanic *mai(h)waz (“seagull”). See also West Frisian meau, miuw, Dutch meeuw, German Möwe (whence Polish mewa); akin to Latvian maût (“to roar”), Old Church Slavonic мꙑꙗти (myjati, “to mew”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗mewEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English mewe, mue, mwe, from Anglo-Norman mue, muwe, and Middle French mue (“shedding feathers; cage for moulting birds; prison”), from muer (“to moult”).
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From Middle English mewen; onomatopoeic.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗mewEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Named after British orthodontists John Mew and his son Michael Mew.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- MewEnglish · e-38538-8645
Mew, mū, n. a sea-fowl: a gull. [A.S. mǽw; Dut. meeuw, Ice. mâr, Ger. möwe; all imit.]
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Mew, mū, v.i. to cry as a cat.—n. the cry of a cat.
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Mew, mū, v.t. to change, as the covering or dress: to shed or cast: to confine, as in a cage.—v.i. to change: to cast the feathers: to moult.—n. a place for confining: a cage for hawks while mewing: generally in pl. a st
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