mewt, v. Obs. exc. dial.
(mjuːt)
Forms: 4 meut, 5 mewte, 8– mewt.
[Echoic.]
= mew v.3
| c 1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 152 Chat mynowe, meutet [MS. Camb. Univ. Gg. I. i. mewith]. 1483 Cath. Angl. 238/2 To Mewte as a catte, catellare. 1737 Ramsay Sc. Prov. (1797) 86 Wae's them that ha'e the cat's dish, and she ay mewting. |