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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread mews #113404 10/10/2003 8:25 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "Mr Turveydrop’s great room, which was built out into a mews at the back, and was lighted by a skylight. It was a bare, resounding room, smelling of stables;" An interesting sequence of meanings. mew (n.2) - "cage," mid-14c., from O.Fr. mue "cage for hawks, especially when molting," from muer "to molt," from L. mutare "to change" (see mutate). mews - early 17c. from Mewes, name of the royal stables at Charing Cross, built 1534 on the site of the former royal mews, where the king's hawks were kept (see mew (n.2)). Extended 19c. to "street of former stables converted to human habitations." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: mews #113405 10/11/2003 12:41 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park there are several mews in Mews in manhattan, for a mere million buck or two, you too, could live in an old, (150 to 200 year) building that formerly housed horses..there is a nice looking mews, in the village, between university avenue (named for NYU) and 5th avenue, just above 8th street..i think its a private street, its gated.- most day though, you can walk through. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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