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- noun Plural form of
dew .
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Examples
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We call the dews of blessing or the bolts of cursing down.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 Various
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"Out of blue into black is the scheme of the skies, and their dews are the wine of the bloodshed of things."
A Study of Poetry Bliss Perry 1907
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Out of blue into black is the scheme of the skies, and their dews are the wine of the bloodshed of things;
A Nonsense Anthology Carolyn Wells 1902
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Out of blue into black is the scheme of the skies, and their dews are the wine of the bloodshed of things:
The Book of Humorous Verse Various 1902
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Drop -- namely, the fertilizing rain (Ps 65: 12). skies -- clouds; lower than the "heavens." righteousness -- that is, the dews of the Holy Spirit, whereby
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Out of blue into black is the scheme of the skies, and their dews are the wine of the bloodshed of things;
The Heptalogia Algernon Charles Swinburne 1873
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We call the dews of blessing or the bolts of cursing down!
Anti-Slavery Poems II. From Volume III., the Works of Whittier: Anti-Slavery Poems and Songs of Labor and Reform John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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We call the dews of blessing or the bolts of cursing down!
Anti-Slavery, Labor and Reform, Complete From Volume III., the Works of Whittier: Anti-Slavery Poems and Songs of Labor and Reform John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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We call the dews of blessing or the bolts of cursing down!
The Complete Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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Strictly speaking, no "dews" fall from clouds; but light mist may do so.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide Charles Herbert Sylvester
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