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Strew

STREW, v.t. [This verb is written straw, strew, or strow; straw is nearly obsolete, and strow is obsolescent. Strew is generally used.] 1. To scatter; to spread by scattering; always applied to dry substances...

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STREW, v.t. [This verb is written straw, strew, or strow; straw is nearly obsolete, and strow is obsolescent. Strew is generally used.]

1. To scatter; to spread by scattering; always applied to dry substances separable into parts or particles; as, to strew See d in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave.

2. To spread by being scattered over.

The snow which does the top of Pindus strew.

Is thine alone the See d that strews the plain?

3. To scatter loosely.

And strewd his mangled limbs about the field.

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