Mewed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mew \Mew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mewed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Mewing}.] [OE. muen, F. muer, fr. L. mutare to change, fr.
     movere to move. See {Move}, and cf. {Mew} a cage, {Molt}.]
     To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his
     feathers.
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           Nine times the moon had mewed her horns. --Dryden.
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