Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete or dialectal form of row.
  • noun An obsolete spelling of rue.
  • noun An obsolete preterit of row.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A row.

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  • noun Obsolete form of row.

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Examples

  • "To-morrow," said C'rew, and the click in her tired voice sounded even above the whirring of the heavy machine, for C'rew's head ached and her back ached, and possibly her heart ached too, for herself and Norma and the child and poor people in one-windowed tenement rooms in general.

    The Angel of the Tenement George Madden Martin 1901

  • Andrew (good name, by the way, although I recommend replacing the "rew" with "y" to make it even better) the author of The Parallax Brief, is an English expat working in a Moscow-based investment bank.

    Siberian Light 2009

  • An'rew's the best o 'men, but a lass canna hae a man til hersel' jist 'cause he's the best man i 'the warl'! "

    The Elect Lady George MacDonald 1864

  • I reviewed that prior exchange with Raevmo, and if one looks at mammalian populations, versus bacterial, then strength of the argument stands, especially in light of the fact a complex benefeficial (by complex I mean by more than a rew nucleotide) is rare.

    The Weasel Thread 2009

  • Tina and Mercedes were Team JC, Puck proclaimed Jesus to be his, "number one Heb [rew]," Mr. Shu remained diplomatic and Sue Sylvester dismissed the idea of religion being brought up in a public school at all.

    Rebecca Macatee: God Believes in Glee , Loves Gays Rebecca Macatee 2010

  • Tina and Mercedes were Team JC, Puck proclaimed Jesus to be his, "number one Heb [rew]," Mr. Shu remained diplomatic and Sue Sylvester dismissed the idea of religion being brought up in a public school at all.

    Rebecca Macatee: God Believes in Glee , Loves Gays Rebecca Macatee 2010

  • SCA-rew that no caffeine noise-gimme NoDoz or give me death!

    Beat Caffeine Addiction, Then Stay Awake With Placebos | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • Tina and Mercedes were Team JC, Puck proclaimed Jesus to be his, "number one Heb [rew]," Mr. Shu remained diplomatic and Sue Sylvester dismissed the idea of religion being brought up in a public school at all.

    Rebecca Macatee: God Believes in Glee , Loves Gays Rebecca Macatee 2010

  • Tina and Mercedes were Team JC, Puck proclaimed Jesus to be his, "number one Heb [rew]," Mr. Shu remained diplomatic and Sue Sylvester dismissed the idea of religion being brought up in a public school at all.

    Rebecca Macatee: God Believes in Glee, Loves Gays Rebecca Macatee 2010

  • Six men and three women were hit by the gunfire around 7: 30 p.m. in the southeastern part of the city, said D.C. Police Department spokesman Officer Hugh C.rew.

    Four Die in D.C. Drive-By Shooting 2010

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