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  1. noun A cage for hawks, especially when molting.
  2. noun A secret place; a hideaway.
  3. noun A group of buildings originally containing private stables, often converted into residential apartments.
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  1. Middle English meue, from Old French mue, from muer, to molt, from Latin mūtāre, to change; see mei-1 in Indo-European roots.
  2. Middle English meuen, of imitative origin.
  3. Middle English meue, from Old English mǣw, mēu.

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  1. Also dial. (Scots) maw, diminutive mevy; from Middle English mewe, mawe, mowe, from Anglo-Saxon mǣw, in glosses also meáu, méu, mēg = Middle Dutch, Dutch meeuw = Middle Low German mēwe, Low German mewe = Old High German mēh, mēgi (German mewe, möwe, from Low German) = Icelandic mār = Swedish måke = Danish maage (cf. F. dial, mauwe, F. diminutive mouette, from Teutonic), a mew; perhaps orig. imitative of the bird's cry.
  2. Formerly also meaw; also with different pron. miaw, myaw, miau, meow; = 1). maauwen = Middle High German māwen, miauzen, G-. mauen, miauen = Danish miaue, miave = Welsh mewian, new; also freq. mewl, miaul, etc. (see mewl); cf. Slav. Servian maukati = Polish miauczać = Russian myaukatĭ, mew; Hind, miyāūn, mewing; imitative of a cat's peculiar cry.
  3. Formerly also meaw; from the verb.
  4. Early modern English also mue; from Middle English mewen, from Old French muer, change, molt, from Latin mutare, change: see mute, molt. Cf. mew, n. and v.
  5. Early modern English also mue; from Middle English mewe, miewe, mue, from Old French mue, French mue = Provencal Spanish Portuguese Italian muda, a molting, a cage for birds when molting, a mew for hawks (Middle Latin muta), from muer, change, molt: see mew, mute, mute.
  6. Early modern English also mue; from mew;, n.
  7. Ult. from Latin meum, spignel: see Meum.
 

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