strow
Americanverb
verb
Etymology
Origin of strow
1300–50; Middle English strowen, variant of strewen to strew
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Then receive this equall dombe: Virgins, strow no teare or bloome, No one dig the Parian wombe; Raise her marble heart i'th' roome, And 'tis both her coarse and tombe.
From The Lucasta Poems by Richard Lovelace
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 J. V. (Joseph V.) Guerinot
Now with bright Holly all the temples strow With Laurel green, and sacred Mistletoe.
From A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide by Arthur C. Behrend
Were not the King here, he should strow the chamber like a rush.
From Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois by Frederick S. Boas
Now with bright holly all the temples are strow; With Laurel green and sacred Mistletoe.
From Christmas Entertainments by Alice Maude Kellogg
The vault was open, and papers was strowed plentiful round on the floor under it.
From At the Mercy of Tiberius by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans
Where Sherman's army stopped and ate and fed their horses the Negroes went and picked up the grains of corn they strowed there and parched and ate them.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
But loud through all the bugles rings a cadence in mine ear, And on the winds my hopes of peace are strowed.
From An Anthology of Australian Verse by Bertram Stevens
Ef ders enny kinder cake w'at I likes de mos', hit's dish yer kine w'at's got reezins strowed 'mongs' it.
From Nights With Uncle Remus by Milo Winter
Ef ders enny kinder cake w'at I likes de mos', hit 's dish yer kine w'at's got reezins strowed 'mongs' it.
From Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation by Joel Chandler Harris
Beyond the gathering and the strowing I shall be soon; Beyond the ebbing and the flowing.
From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation by Bliss Carman
As I watch the strowing of the winds, my melancholy slips away.
From The Hills of Hingham by Dallas Lore Sharp
Not a flower, not a flower sweet, On my black coffin let there be strown; Not a friend, not a friend greet My poor corpse, where my bones shall be thrown.
From English Songs and Ballads by T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson) Crosland
So o'er the field that host lay strown, By Viśvámitra's darts o'erthrown.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
Ten years have strown many a grave on the hillside and Ona would not mention it if she lost every relative she had in this town.
From The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life by Anna Katharine Green
Next on the corpse were perfumes thrown And many a flowery wreath was strown; And with Vibhishaṇ's ready aid Rich vesture o'er the king was laid.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
Where ’Vangie lies strown folios Like Vallambrosan leaves repose, The sad, the blithe, the quaint, the queer, The good, the punk are scattered here— A pile of poof in verse and prose.
From The So-called Human Race by Bert Leston Taylor
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