strow
Verb

strow (strows, present participle strowing; past strowed, past participle strown)

  1. Obsolete form of strew#English|strew.
    • 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, 1867, James R. Boyd (editor), The Paradise Lost, page 33 ↗,
      Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks / In Vallombrosa, […] .
    • 1866, Matthew Arnold, The Study of Celtic Literature, Part IV: Conclusion, Cornhill Magazine, Volume XIV, page 111 ↗,
      It was a manner much more turbid and strown with blemishes than the manner of Pindar, Dante, or Milton; […] .



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