Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
shower .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who shews. See
shower .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic One who
shews .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mirror, _n. _, seems to have been used only when the surface was curved, the word "shewer" being used for a plane mirror
Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus Robert Steele 1902
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February 21, 2008 at 3:13 pm nawt shewer eye once 2!
Sry. We not interested in ur - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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March 12, 2008 at 4:57 pm eyem shewer teh deff appree C atez ebberree wurd dey heer LCB.
Wet Willeh Kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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May 24, 2008 at 3:56 am eyem steel shewer eet am teh byolynn – dat am deffinutlee an ayr byolynn tukt unner dat chinny chin chin!
Playing the sarcastic symphony - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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February 22, 2008 at 11:30 pm hoep u med shewer her had teh ‘slap’ orn! udderwize she wudda haytedz eet!
When 900 years old you reach - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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U shewer de putz da cheezburgerz on top uff da fridge?
teamwork. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007
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The company was ushered in to a table covered with the most elegant art and the greatest profusion; all that the silver-smith, the shewer, the confectioner, or the cook could produce.
The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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Another manner, upon lines rebounded again: when the likeness of a thing cometh therefrom to a shewer, and is bent, and re-boundeth from the shewer to the sight.
Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus Robert Steele 1902
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That's right; steady on thy legs, and right arm out as straight as a shewer.
North and South Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837
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wii haf bin werkin hawd wif teh tywoneez supplyurz 2 mek shewer teh bleugh flavr am minimyzd an teh colur duzzent stayn yur cloves.
well u can tell her im not - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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