*ew*

n. 1. the crew of an aircraft. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a member of an aircrew. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an airplane propeller.
Syn. -- airplane propeller, prop [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. Halloo. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Alewives A woman who keeps an alehouse. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Alewives. [ This word is properly aloof, the Indian name of a fish. See Winthrop on the culture of maize in America, “Phil Trans.” No. 142, p. 1065, and Baddam's “Memoirs, ” vol. ii. p. 131. ] (Zool.) A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 one of the twelve apostles of Jesus; brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland.
Syn. -- Saint Andrew, St. Andrew, Saint Andrew the Apostle. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + new. ] Over again; another time; in a new form; afresh; as, to arm anew; to create anew. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Angle + wise, OE. wise manner. ] In an angular manner; angularly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of English-speaking jews and their culture Anglo-Jewish papers [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. wood of any of various apple trees of the genus Malus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. adv. [ See Arow, Row. ] In a row. [ Obs. ] “All her teeth arew.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + skew. ] Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Deadly nightshade. [ 1913 Webster ]

Time of the festival of St. Bartholomew, August 24th. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bedewed (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bedewing. ] To moisten with dew, or as with dew. “Falling tears his face bedew.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, bedews. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Moist with dew; dewy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Night with her bedewy wings. A. Brewer. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Naut.) A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A long screw formerly used to fasten a bedpost to one of the adjacent side pieces. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bejeweled or Bejewelled p. pr. & vb. n. Bejeweling or Bejewelling. ] To ornament with a jewel or with jewels; to spangle. “Bejeweled hands.” Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To curse; to execrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beshrew me, but I love her heartily. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Often a very mild form of imprecation; sometimes so far from implying a curse, as to be uttered coaxingly, nay even with some tenderness. Schmidt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To soil or daub with spew; to vomit on. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Bestrewed p. p. Bestrewed, Bestrown (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bestrewing. ] To strew or scatter over; to besprinkle. [ Spelt also bestrow. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bewailed p. pr. & vb. n. Bewailing. ] To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail over. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hath widowed and unchilded many a one,
Which to this hour bewail the injury. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To bemoan; grieve. -- See Deplore. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To express grief; to lament. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Such as may, or ought to, be bewailed; lamentable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who bewails or laments. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wailing over; lamenting. -- Be*wail"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. The act of bewailing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To keep watch over; to keep awake. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Be, imperative of verb to be + ware. See Ware, Wary. ] 1. To be on one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; -- commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beware of all, but most beware of man ! Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beware the awful avalanche. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To have a special regard; to heed. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Behold, I send an Angel before thee. . . . Beware of him, and obey his voice. Ex. xxiii. 20, 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word is a compound from be and the Old English ware, now wary, which is an adjective. “Be ye war of false prophetis.” Wyclif, Matt. vii. 15. It is used commonly in the imperative and infinitive modes, and with such auxiliaries (shall, should, must, etc.) as go with the infinitive. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for. [ Obs. ] “Priest, beware your beard.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To wish them beware the son. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To drench or souse with water. “Let the maids bewash the men.” Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bewept p. pr. & vb. n. Beweeping. ] [ AS. bew&unr_;pan; pref. be- + weep. ] To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears. “His timeless death beweeping.” Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To weep. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bewet, Bewetted. ] To wet or moisten. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To corrupt with regard to chastity; to make a whore of. J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pronounce or characterize as a whore. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bewigged ] To cover (the head) with a wig. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bewildered p. pr. & vb. n. Bewildering. ] [ Pref. be- + wilder. ] To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for lack of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To perplex; puzzle; entangle; confuse; confound; mystify; embarrass; lead astray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Greatly perplexed; as, a bewildered mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being bewildered; bewilderment. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Causing bewilderment or great perplexity; as, bewildering difficulties. -- Be*wil"der*ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. 1. The state of being bewildered. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bewildering tangle or confusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

He . . . soon lost all traces of it amid bewilderment of tree trunks and underbrush. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make wintry. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. buie bond, chain, fr. L. boja neck collar, fetter. Cf. Buoy. ] A double slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bewitched p. pr. & vb. n. Bewitching. ] 1. To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery. [ 1913 Webster ]

See how I am bewitched; behold, mine arm
Is like a blasted sapling withered up. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To charm; to fascinate; to please to such a degree as to take away the power of resistance; to enchant. [ 1913 Webster ]

The charms of poetry our souls bewitch. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To enchant; captivate; charm; entrance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being bewitched. Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]