ewte

ewte
 to pour in. Ex.

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England. . 1790.

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  • newt — noun Etymology: Middle English, alteration (resulting from misdivision of an ewte) of ewte more at eft Date: 15th century any of various small salamanders (family Salamandridae) that are usually semiaquatic as adults …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Newt — This article is about the animal. For other uses, see Newt (disambiguation). Newts Smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • newt — /nooht, nyooht/, n. 1. any of several brilliantly colored salamanders of the family Salamandridae, esp. those of the genera Triturus and Notophthalmus, of North America, Europe, and northern Asia. 2. any of various other small salamanders. [1375… …   Universalium

  • newt — [[t]nut, nyut[/t]] n. ram any of several brilliantly colored, semiaquatic salamanders of the worldwide family Salamandridae, esp. those of the genera Triturus and Notophthalmus[/ex] • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME newte, for ewte (the phrase an… …   From formal English to slang

  • newt — /njut / (say nyooht) noun any of various small, semi aquatic salamanders of the genus Triturus and related genera, of Europe, North America, and northern Asia. {Middle English newte, for ewte (an ewte being taken as a newte), variant of evet, Old …  

  • (enebh-2): nebh-, embh-, m̥bh- —     (enebh 2): nebh , embh , m̥bh     English meaning: wet, damp; water; clouds     Deutsche Übersetzung: “feucht, Wasser”, out of it “Dampf, Dunst, Nebel, Wolke”     Note: (Kontaminationsform nembh ); partly emb , omb from embh , ombh… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • eft — noun Etymology: Middle English evete, ewte, from Old English efete Date: before 12th century newt; especially the terrestrial phase of a predominantly aquatic newt …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • newt — (n.) early 15c., misdivision of an ewte (see N (Cf. N) for other examples), from M.E. evete (see EFT (Cf. eft)) …   Etymology dictionary

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