2. Noun. Anything that is, or may be, strewn. ¹
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Definition of Strewings
1. strewing [n] - See also: strewing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strewings
Literary usage of Strewings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1904)
"The poet Herrick writes— Fresh strewings allow To my sepulchre now To make my
lodging the sweeter. The following extracts from the old Register are from the ..."
2. The Epigrammatists: A Selection from the Epigrammatic Literature of Ancient by Henry Philip Dodd (1870)
"Give her strewings; but not stir The earth, that lightly covers her. ... The pn
tty idea of the " strewings" was originally expressed in Gray's " Elegy in a ..."
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