▪ I. † ˈmewer1 Obs. rare.
[f. mew v.1 + -er1.]
See quot. 1688.
| c 1450 Bk. Hawking in Rel. Ant. I. 305 If it [thi hawke] be a mewer put her [in mewe] in the month of January. 1688 R. Holme Armoury ii. 236/2 A Mewer, or Mewed Hawk..are so called from December to the middle of May. |
▪ II. † ˈmewer2 Obs.
[f. mew v.2 + -er1.]
One who mews, shuts up, or confines (another).
| 1626 Purchas Pilgrims ii. 1270 They were..jealous mewers up of their wives. |
▪ III. † ˈmewer3 Obs.
[f. mew v.3 + -er1.]
One who mews; a cat. Also, one who catcalls.
| 1611 Cotgr., Miauleur, a mewler, or mewer. 1649 W. M. Wandering Jew (1857) 54 Jew, I would have thee know, I am..a mewer of Playes, a jeerer of Poets [etc.]. |