Definition of Cawed

1. Verb. (past of caw) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cawed

1. caw [v] - See also: caw

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cawed

cavum pleurae
cavum psalterii
cavum septi pellucidi
cavum subarachnoideum
cavum subdurale
cavum thoracis
cavum trigeminale
cavum tympani
cavum uteri
cavum vergae
cavum vesicouterinum
cavus
cavy
caw
cawed (current term)
cawing
cawings
cawk
cawker
cawkers
cawks
cawky
caws
caxixi
caxixis
caxon
caxons
cay
cayenne

Literary usage of Cawed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Wharton's Law-lexicon: Forming an Epitome of the Law of England : and by John Jane Smith Wharton, John Mounteney Lely (1892)
"... dogs with whole feet, not cawed, ie, not having the fore-claws cut off', in order to disable them from running at deer. Canfora, a trial by hot iron. ..."

2. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"And over him cawed, and cawed again, But Dan was dead, alack ! and then, Jack cawed no more, but died, too, when To mourn them, left no doleful hen ! ..."

3. A Glossary of Obscure Words and Phrases in the Writings of Shakspeare and by Charles Mackay (1887)
"... in " Macbeth" would signify the wood resounding with the cawing of birds ; the " raven rook'd her in the chimney top," would signify the raven cawed in ..."

4. Wanderings in the Highlands and Islands: With Sketches Taken on the Scottish by William Hamilton Maxwell (1844)
"That " misbegotten knave" unfortunately discerned him, seized a loaded gun, approached his unsuspecting victim, who " cawed, and cawed, and cawed again,'' ..."

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