A seafowl of the genus Larus; a gull.

A cage for birds; an inclosure; a place of confinement.

To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure. More pity that the eagle should be mew’d. Close mew’‘d in their sedans, for fear of air.

To shed or cast; to change; to molt. The hawk mewed his feathers. Nine times the moon had mew’d her horns-- .

To cry as a cat.

To change; to put on a new appearance.