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v. t.1.To prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to taw.
[imp. & p. p. Tewed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tewing.]
2.Hence, to beat; to scourge; also, to pull about; to maul; to tease; to vex.
v. i.1.To work hard; to strive; to fuse.
v. t.1.To tow along, as a vessel.
n.1.A rope or chain for towing a boat; also, a cord; a string.
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But they have something to say, likewise, of the Harmonic Meeting at the Sol's Arms, where the sound of the piano through the partly opened windows jingles out into the court, and where Little Swills, after keeping the lovers of harmony in a roar like a very Yorick, may now be heard taking the gruff line in a concerted piece and sentimentally adjuring his friends and patrons to "Listen, listen, listen, tew the wa-ter fall
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Meantime Tom and the stanchest of his adherents had reached Harrowell's, and Sally was bustling about to get them a late tea, while Stumps had been sent off to Tew, the butcher, to get a piece of raw beef for Tom's eye, which was to be healed off- hand, so that he might show well in the morning.
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