English Dictionary

tew

/tjuː/

verb

To tow along, as a vessel. / To prepare (leather, hemp, etc.) by beating or working; to taw. / (by extension) To beat; to scourge. / To muddle; to mix up. / To work at or worry.

He used a rope to tew the car along.

意味（1）

To tow along, as a vessel.

By which the Danes had then their full-fraught Navies tew’d:

意味（2）

To prepare (leather, hemp, etc.) by beating or working; to taw.

It' I bequeath to Richard Smythe, of Steton, my best losyn sherte, a tewed bull skyn, a bushell of wheate, and a bushel of barlie.

意味（3）

(by extension) To beat; to scourge.

with the king ran also Dyvers others, who all returning brought Cudgells and wandes in their hands all to be tewed, as if they had beaten him extreamly.

意味（4）

To muddle; to mix up.

Within here, h'as made the gayest sport with Tom the Coachman, so tewed him up with Sack that he lies lashing a But of Malmsie for his Mares.

意味（5）

To work at or worry.

The book was in town, I sent a Friend for it, who brought it to the governor: the priest tewed and turned it, but could not find any thing to prove his charge.

意味（6）

To harangue or argue with.

You should have ta'en her then, turn'd her, and tewed her I' th' strength of all her resolution, flatter'd her, and shaked her stubborn will; she would have thank'd you, She would have loved you infinitely;

意味（7）

(UK, Scotland, obsolete, dialect) To tease; to vex or worry.

but having received his orders early that morning from the trainer, accompanied with a warning not to suffer himself to be tewed (Yorkshire patois for worried) by anything Mr. Mellish might say, the sallow-complexioned lad walked about in the calm serenity of innocence

意味（8）

To work hard; to strive.

He 'le tug and tew, and strive and stoope to ought.