dews

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English

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Noun

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dews

  1. (archaic or poetic) plural of dew
    • 1837 January 7, Colonel Sykes, “The British Assocation. Seventh Meeting: Liverpool”, in The Literary gazette and journal of the belles lettres, arts, sciences, &c[1], number 1042, W.A. Scripps, page 606:
      This is followed by a deluge of rain for an hour or two. Dews are very copious,– fogs little known. The climate is very salubrious.
    • 1844, Charles Augustus Murray, The Prarie-Bird[2], volume 3, published 2009, →ISBN, page 10:
      “The trail is fresh,” continued the chief; “not more than two dews have fallen on the prints of foot and hoof”

Usage notes

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Although a countable sense of dew is still used, the plural form is no longer in common usage.

Verb

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dews

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dew

Anagrams

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Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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From Arabic دوس.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dews f (Arabic spelling دەوس)

  1. place, stead
  2. trace, trail, footprint

References

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  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “dews”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[3], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 145