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Mews

//mjuːz// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place. British

    "What penned them there, with all the plain to choose? No foot-print leading to that horrid mews, None out of it."

  2. 2
    plural of mew form-of, plural
  3. 3
    street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings wordnet
  4. 4
    A place where birds of prey are housed.
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of mew form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Mewes, the name of the royal stables at Charing Cross, which is the plural of mew (“falcon cage”).

Etymology 2

See mew.

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