n. [ Perhaps for ice-mew. ] (Zool.)
v. t. & i. [ F. transmuer, L. transmutare. See Transmute. ] To transmute; to transform; to metamorphose. [ Archaic ] Chaucer. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
To transmew thyself from a holy hermit into a sinful forester. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]