Word Meanings - SHREWMOUSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A shrew; especially, the erd shrew.

SHREW
Wicked; malicious. Chaucer.
ESPECIALLY
In an especial manner; chiefly; particularly; peculiarly; in an uncommon degree.
SHREWISH
having the qualities of a shrew; having a scolding disposition; froward; peevish. My wife is shrewish when I keep not hours. Shak. -- Shrew"ish*ly, adv. -- Shrew"ish*ness, n.
SHREWMOUSE
A shrew; especially, the erd shrew.
SHREWD
1. Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish. Chaucer. hath many shrewd havens, because of the great rocks that ben strong and dangerous to pass by.
WATER SHREW
Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew , is rarely seen, owing to its nocturnal habits.
BESHREW
To curse; to execrate. Beshrew me, but I love her heartily. Shak. Note: Often a very mild form of imprecation; sometimes so far from implying a curse, as to be uttered coaxingly, nay even with some tenderness. Schmidt.