strow

American  

[stroh] / stroʊ /

verb

Archaic.

strowed, strown, strowed, strowing

1. strew.

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strow British  

/ strəʊ /

verb

1. an archaic variant of strew

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Etymology

Origin of strow

1300–50; Middle English strowen, variant of strewen to strew

Example Sentences

Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves And strow them where Pauline may pass.

From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)

Let's strow around some crumbs of bread, And then he'll live till snow is gone.

From Mother Goose The Original Volland Edition by Richardson, Frederick

Do they strow for thy feet A little tender favour and deceit Over the sudden mouth of hidden hell?—

From New Poems by Thompson, Francis

Now with bright holly all the temples are strow; With Laurel green and sacred Mistletoe.

From Christmas Entertainments by Kellogg, Alice Maude

Their widend beards this aire so broad doth strow Incurvate, and or more or lesse decline: If not, let sharper wits more subtly here divine.

From Democritus Platonissans by More, Henry