Mew \Mew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mewed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mewing}.] [OE. muen, F. muer, fr. L. mutare to change, fr. movere to move. See {Move}, and cf. {Mew} a cage, {Molt}.] To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers. Nine times the moon had mewed her horns. --Dryden.