Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
shrew .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A shrew.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
shrew .
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Examples
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Mr. White says also that _shrew_ was pronounced _shrow_, and cites as parallel cases _sew_ and _shew_.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Various
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Shrew, a cognate word, still retains the early pronunciation of shrow on the English stage, though not in common usage.
Chapter 8. American Spelling. 1. The Two Orthographies Henry Louis 1921
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2431: Did pretty Iessica (like a little shrow) 2432: Slander her Loue, and he forgaue it her.
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