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Mew - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | The name mew, usually sea-mew, as applied to the Larus canes, or common sea-gull, is, according to Skeat, also imitative. |
 | | The English word chiefly survives in the plural form mews, applied to a stable-yard, coach-houses, stalls for horses, and living accommodation, found in narrow streets in large towns. |
 | | This use was due to the Royal Mews at Charing Cross, where the royal hawks were kept from 1377 to 1537, when the building became the royal stables. |
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