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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I dont surpose that even hen hawks are made in vain, but i hav wondered, if just enuff ov them, tew preserve an assortment, wouldn’t answer.

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

The monkey iz imitative tew the highest degree, and imitashun iz a direkt transgreshun ov the law ov instinkt, and iz fallow ground within the domain of reazon.

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

This iz owing tew their not being biled often enuff in their younger daze; but the hen ain’t tew blame for this.

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

The cockroach is ov tew colours, sorrel and black.

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

I kant tell exactly how tew pick out a good hen, but as a general thing, the long-eared ones, are kounted the best.

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

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

From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson

But for all shoo tewed so hard, there was a gey bit o' wool left i' t' bag when ten o'clock com and 'twere time to get to bed.

From Tales of the Ridings by Vaughan, C.

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 Moorman, Frederic William

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

From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson

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 Moorman, Frederic William

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 Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)