Strew (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strewed (?);
p. p. strewn (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Strewing.]
[OE. strewen,
strawen, AS. strewian, streówian; akin to Ofries. strewa, OS.
strewian, D. strooijen, G. streuen, OHG. strewen, Icel.
strā, Sw. strö, Dan.
ströe, Goth.
straujan, L. sternere, stratum, Gr. &?;, &?;, Skr. st&?;.
√166. Cf. Stratum, Straw, Street.]
1. To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated
or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to
strew flowers over a grave.
And strewed his mangled limbs
about the field.
Dryden.
On a principal table a desk was open and many
papers [were] strewn
about.
Beaconsfield.
2. To cover more or
less thickly by scattering something over or upon; to cover, or lie
upon, by having been scattered; as, they strewed the ground with leaves; leaves strewed
the ground.
The snow which does the top of
Pindus strew.
Spenser. Is thine alone the seed that
strews the plain?
Pope. 3. To spread abroad; to disseminate.
She may strew dangerous
conjectures.
Shak.
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