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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

flewed en · ADJ

Etymology

From flew + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, obsolete) Having large flews, the hanging upper lip common to certain breeds of dog.
    • My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind; / So flewed, so sanded; and their heads are hung / With ears that sweep away the morning dew; c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, act 4, scene 1: