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Tew v. t. (past & past part. tewed; pres. part. tewing)

To prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to taw.

Hence, to beat; to scourge; also, to pull about; to maul; to tease; to vex. (Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.)

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Etymology of 'Tew'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Tew" Quotes from Famous Books

... are coat, naow," said the fellow, "or I 'll make ye! 'T 'll take tew on yet' handle me, I tell ye, 'n' then ye caant dew it!"—and the young pupil returned the master's attention by catching ...

— The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)

... the woman; for she thowt what a grand marriage that was. And as for them five skeins, when te come tew, there'd be plenty o' ways of gettin' out of it, and likeliest, he'd ha' ...

— Folk Tales Every Child Should Know • Various

... my own legs, I don't mean to be beholden to nobody. I've had a proper nice time all winter, fust with Lucy an' then with Ann,—an' I tell ye 'tain't everybody that's got two darters married so well!—but for the last fortnight, I've been in a real tew to come home. They've kep' me till I wouldn't stay no longer, an' now I've got so near as this, I guess I ain't goin' to stop ...

— Meadow Grass - Tales of New England Life • Alice Brown