Streweth vs Strewth - What's the difference?
streweth | strewth |
(strew)
To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
* , Romeo and Juliet , act 5, sc. 3:
* Dryden
* Beaconsfield
To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered.
* Spenser
* Alexander Pope
To spread abroad; to disseminate.
* Shakespeare
(UK, Australia, New Zealand)
* 1957 , Greta X (Angela Pearson), The Whipping-Post ,
* 1971 July 1, Michael O?Donnell, Take to the hills'', '' ,
* 2007 , Marilys Edwards, Keep The Home Fires Burning , AuthorHouse,
As a verb streweth
is archaic third-person singular of strew.As an interjection strewth is
A mild oath expressing surprise or generally adding emphasis.streweth
English
Verb
(head)strew
English
Alternative forms
* (l) * (l) (dialectal)Verb
- to strew sand over a floor
- Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew .
- And strewed his mangled limbs about the field.
- On a principal table a desk was open and many papers strewn about.
- Leaves strewed the ground.
- The snow which does the top of Pindus strew .
- Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain?
- She may strew dangerous conjectures.
Synonyms
* scatter, sprinkleDerived terms
* strewments * strewnfieldAnagrams
* English irregular verbsstrewth
English
Alternative forms
* ?strewth]], streuth, strooth, struth, [['struth, ’struthInterjection
(en interjection)page 109,
- “Strewth ! Here she is,” said the salesman.
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- “Strewth ,” he whistled. “I reckon that?s a complicated fracture of the right tibia.”
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- He smiles and is going to say something encouraging. Strewth ! Why doesn?t he duck? His head?s above the parapet. He?s in the line of fire. Silly BUGGER! “CRACK!”
