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strew Verb [strewing, strewed, strewn] to scatter (things) over a surface [Old English streowian] Strew a number of items scattered over an area, 1578. Examples: strew of books and pamphlets, 1907; of printer’s proofs, 1891; of weeping verse, 1657.
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Mr Swiveller was by that time murmuring in his sleep, 'Strew then, oh strew, a bed of rushes. This is the custom of sending on a basket-woman, who is to precede the pomp at a coronation, and to strew the stage with flowers, before the great personages begin their procession. Ten thousand scimitars flash in the sunlight, and thrice ten thousand dancing-girls strew flowers. |
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