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.

Cunning stands in the same relashun tew wisdum that a tadpole duz tew a frog, he may git tew be a frog if he keeps on growing, but he aint one now.

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.

"Darn the ruddled vixens who come a-drabbing into my mews, with a hussy tew hail you afoot and a baggage tew boot on the boot—" "Keep quiet!"

From Cardigan by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

"There's one back way tew every mews, and half a dozen to this!"

From Cardigan by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

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

From Indian Tales by Kipling, Rudyard

Happen there was a lass tewed up wi'it.

From Indian Tales by Kipling, Rudyard

There shoo sat an' tewed harder nor iver.

From Tales of the Ridings by Vaughan, C.

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 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.

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)