strow

American  

[stroh] / stroʊ /

verb

Archaic.

strowed, strown, strowed, strowing

1. strew.

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strow British  

/ strəʊ /

verb

1. an archaic variant of strew

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Etymology

Origin of strow

1300–50; Middle English strowen, variant of strewen to strew

Example Sentences

Let's strow around some crumbs of bread, And then he'll live till snow is gone.

From Mother Goose The Original Volland Edition by Richardson, Frederick

Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa, where th' Etrurian shades High over-arch'd imbower.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves And strow them where Pauline may pass.

From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)

Nor strow with Captive Kings the † Velvet Plain; Omit awhile the Silver Peal to ring, Nor talk dulcissant, nor mellifluous sing, Nor hang suspended, nor adherent cling.

From Two Poems Against Pope One Epistle to Mr. A. Pope and the Blatant Beast by Guerinot, J. V. (Joseph V.)

O'er his fresh Marble strow the fading Rose And Lilly, for his Youth resembled those.

From Discourse on Criticism and of Poetry (1707) From Poems On Several Occasions (1707) by Cobb, Samuel