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Definition of Cawed
1. caw [v] - See also: caw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cawed
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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