tew

American  

[tyoo] / tju /

verb (used with object)

tewed, tewing

1. Dialect. to dress (leather); to beat or otherwise prepare (animal skin) to produce leather.

2. Dialect. to tire out.

3. Dialect. to worry, bother, or stress.

4. Dialect. to shake, toss, or put out of a state of proper order.

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verb (used without object)

tewed, tewing

1. Dialect. to work hard until tired.

noun

1. Dialect. a state of worry or upset.

Example Sentences

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If thare want enny bats in this world, i dont suppose the earth would refuse tew revolve on its axis, once in a while, just for fun.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw

Adam would never hav bin fit tew kontend with the job ov gitting a living outside the garden if he hadn’t trapped suckcessfully for a mouse.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw

I have seen them skim a mill pond, cluss enuff tew take the cream off from it, and even make the frogs dodge, and not touch the water.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw

There aint nothing on arth more miserable tew ponder over and weep about than a half starved angle-worm.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw

An answer tew the above konumdrum iz earnestly solicited.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw

I counted the days while St Mark's Day, and tewed and rived and better rived to keep him out o' his coffin.

From More Tales of the Ridings by Frederic William Moorman

But he's bin sadly tewed wi' mother leavin' him an' all," replied Mary, "and there's them fits that he has to contend wi'.

From More Tales of the Ridings by Frederic William Moorman

The bit in her teeth, There’ll be no holding her, though Jim may tug The snaffle, till he’s tewed.

From Krindlesyke by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson

"Happen there was a lass tewed up wi' him, too," said he.

From Indian Tales by Rudyard Kipling

Ay, I’m fairly tewed and hattered with words: And yet, for all your wind, you shall not go.

From Krindlesyke by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson

She said there was something very human about trees, that she had often watched them tewing with a great wind, tossing and fretting, but very seldom giving way to it.

From The Measure of a Man by Frank T. (Frank Thayer) Merrill

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