See Also:

hastilude (iou) and mew(4) (iou)


hastilude (iou)



hastilude noun. obsolete exc. Hist. L16.
[medieval Latin hastiludus, -dium, from Latin hasta spear + ludus play.]
A kind of joust or tournament; spear-play.

mew(4) (iou)



mew verb1. [mju:] LME.
[In branch I from Old & mod. French muer, from Latin mutare: see MUTATION noun; in branch II from MEW noun2.]
I.
verb trans. & intrans. Of a bird, esp. a hawk: moult, shed (feathers). LME.
b. Of a stag: cast (its horns). LME-L18.
verb trans. & intrans. fig. Change or remove (clothing). LME-M17.
II. verb trans. Coop up (poultry etc.) for fattening. rare. LME-M17.
verb trans. Confine, enclose; conceal. Now usu. foll. by up. LME.
verb trans. Put (a hawk) in a cage at moulting time. M16.