Ews

name, noun, verb

name, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of early warning system. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of emergency water supply (World War II, for fires). British, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, obsolete
  3. 3
    Initialism of economically weaker section. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of ew form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Exchange Web Services, an API for the Microsoft Exchange e-mail server. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of Early West Saxon. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Example

More examples

"Then shoreward sends beeves twenty to the rest, / a hundred boars, of broad and bristly chine, / a hundred lambs and ews and gladdening gifts of wine."

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