And when you stick on conversation's burrs, Don't strew your pathway with those dreadful urs. From LearnThat.org. [Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)]
The word strew means to scatter -- as men scatter seed in sowing it. From Wordnik.com. [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference
With wild wood-leaves and weeds I ha 'strew'd his grave. From Wordnik.com. [Cymbeline] Reference
2722: With wild wood-leaues & weeds, I ha 'strew'd his graue. From Wordnik.com. [Cymbeline (1623 First Folio Edition)] Reference
With warm smooth mud-coat, and strew leaves above. From Wordnik.com. [The Georgics] Reference
Now, O ye shepherds, strew the ground with leaves. From Wordnik.com. [The Bucolics and Eclogues] Reference
A glance: French corses strew the plains in heaps. From Wordnik.com. [La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier] Reference
Or else thy bones shall strew this sand, till winds. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6] Reference
The upraised swords, and strew the ground with dead. From Wordnik.com. [La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier] Reference
I am richer than he is; I can strew your path with gold. From Wordnik.com. [When Dreams Come True] Reference
Then they strew corn all along and up onto the t-t-trap. From Wordnik.com. [Chums of the Camp Fire] Reference
When the iron or steel is red hot, strew hellebore on it. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
May strew our path with sorrow, make a desert of our hearth. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
With flowers like these did Mother Earth great Ida's summit strew. From Wordnik.com. [The Satyricon — Complete] Reference
Hasdrubal led his ill-fated expedition to strew their bodies on the. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348] Reference
Grate nutmeg over apple pies, or strew on a little powdered cinnamon. From Wordnik.com. [Dishes & Beverages of the Old South] Reference
Place over all some whipped aspic jelly; strew lobster coral over them. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Cookery] Reference
Turn out, and on the top of each strew pistachio nuts chopped very fine. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Cookery] Reference
Till comes my mood to end them, and I strew the racing foam with wreckage. From Wordnik.com. [Pan and Æolus: Poems] Reference
On the top of all strew a layer of fresh walnut rind cut into small pieces. From Wordnik.com. [Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure] Reference
If nuts are to be added strew them in the pans before pouring out the candy. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference
Mince up the celery and capers and strew over it, then pour over the dressing. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
We have dug up many of these shells here, and bullets simply strew the ground. From Wordnik.com. [With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service] Reference
Gardeners sometimes strew the ground with coal-dust to help ripen their melons. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
The beams of the sun shall be under him, and he shall strew gold under him like mire. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 20: Job The Challoner Revision] Reference
Strain it into a clean stewpan, and add the vegetables; let all get hot together; then strew in the tarragon. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Cookery] Reference
Having finished these, fill up the place with charcoal, and then strew sand over the walks and level them off. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
The good love to gather around them for the blessing of their smiles; they strew their pathway with moral light. From Wordnik.com. [Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.] Reference
Let it stand till all the oil is absorbed; then mince up the onion, cauliflower, eggs, and meat, and strew them over. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
Rouse thy winds to fury, and overwhelm their sinking vessels, or drive them asunder and strew ocean with their bodies. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
Melt the wax and rosin, then strew the alabaster over it lightly, (which should be previously reduced to a fine powder.). From Wordnik.com. [The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner] Reference
Two or three among them being sweet tooth'd, would strew a little Sugar over their Dumplings; this was represented as an. From Wordnik.com. [A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726) [and] Pudding and Dumpling Burnt to Pot. Or a Compleat Key to the Dissertation on Dumpling (1727)] Reference
'May the choicest flowers of life ever strew thy pathway, fair lady, and may the goddess ---- But stay, I cannot bless thee. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
From under the feet of the machilla carriers a cloud of mauve butterflies rose like flowers to strew themselves over her soft body. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
When the pullao is ready to be served, pile on a platter, then strew thickly over the pullao the fried onions, almonds, and raisins. From Wordnik.com. [The Khaki Kook Book A Collection of a Hundred Cheap and Practical Recipes Mostly from Hindustan] Reference
Take grapes very green, stone them and cut them into little bunches, then take the like quantity of refin'd sugar finely beaten, & strew. From Wordnik.com. [The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery] Reference
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