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A yew. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The female of the sheep, and of sheeplike animals.

Having a neck like a ewe; -- said of horses in which the arch of the neck is deficent, being somewhat hollowed out. Youwatt.

nd of widemouthed pitcher or jug; esp., one used to hold water for the toilet. Basins and ewers to lave her dainty hands. Shak.

An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept. [Enq.] Parker.

The newt.

Halloo. [Obs.] Spenser.

A woman who keeps an alehouse. Gay.

Over again; another time; in a new form; afresh; as, to arm anew; to create anew. Dryden.

In an angular manner; angularly.

A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm.

In a row. [Obs.] "All her teeth arew." Spenser.

Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry. Spenser.

Deadly nightshade.

Time of the festival of St. Bartholomew, August 24th. Shak.

A long screw formerly used to fasten a bedpost to one of the adjacent side pieces.

To moisten with dew, or as with dew. "Falling tears his face bedew." Dryden.

One who, or that which, bedews.

Moist with dew; dewy. [Obs.] Night with her bedewy wings. A. Brewer.

To ornament with a jewel or with jewels; to spangle. "Bejeweled hands." Thackeray.