Plew vs Pew - What's the difference?
plew | pew |
(North America) beaver pelt
* 1967 , John Arkas Hawgood, America's Western Frontiers: The Exploration and Settlement , page 96
* 2001 , Armstrong Sperry, Wagons Westward: The Old Trail to Santa Fe page 7
*:"The days when a good plew fetched six dollars, beaver or kitten, is over," he grumbled. "The beaver trade's rubbed out, Lank.
* 2005 , Ralph Moody, Stanley Galli, Kit Carson And The Wild Frontier , Page 46
One of the long benches in a church, seating several persons, usually fixed to the floor and facing the chancel.
An enclosed compartment in a church which provides seating for a group of people, often a prominent family.
* 2006 September 11, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, "Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers", [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/11/nyregion/nyregionspecial3/11bush.html]
Any structure shaped like a church pew, such as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in a theatre; or a pen or sheepfold.
As nouns the difference between plew and pew
is that plew is beaver pelt while pew is one of the long benches in a church, seating several persons, usually fixed to the floor and facing the chancel.As a verb pew is
to furnish with pews.As an interjection pew is
An expression of disgust in response to an unpleasant odor.As a proper noun Pew is
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English
Noun
(en noun)- The cured "plew " of the adult beaver weighed about a pound and a half and at best would fetch from four to six dollars a pound at the mountain rendezvous
- The price for a pint was a beaver plew' or an Indian buffalo robe. Coffee and gunpowder were a '''plew''' or a robe a pound, blankets fifteen ' plews apiece,
Anagrams
*pew
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) pewe, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- ''In many churches some pews are reserved for either clerical or liturgical officials such as canons, or for prominent families
- At St. Patrick’s Cathedral, firefighters in dress blues and white gloves escorted families to the pews for a memorial service, led by Mr. Bloomberg, to honor the 343 Fire Department employees killed on 9/11.
- (Samuel Pepys)
- (Milton)