Tewing

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

  Tew \Tew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tewed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Tewing}.] [OE. tewen, tawen. [root]64. See {Taw}, v.]
     1. To prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to
        taw.
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     2. Hence, to beat; to scourge; also, to pull about; to maul;
        to tease; to vex. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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