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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.

One who, or that which, bedews.

One who brews; one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.

A brewhouse; the building and apparatus where brewing is carried on.

One who chews.

A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year.

One who eschews.

One who hews.

ons or obtaining information for publication. It would have made him the prince of interviewers in these days. Leslie Stephen.

One who, or that which, renews.

One who reviews or reëxamines; an inspector; one who examines publications critically, and publishes his opinion upon their merits; a professional critic of books.

One who roughhews.

One who, or that which, screws.

moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana)

The construction of a sewer or sewers.

One who shews. See Shower.

astening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting. Meat well stuck with skewers to make it look round. Swift.

One who spews.

See Underlooker.