ewer3 (uer)

[E. dial., also ure, yure; a contr. of udder.] An udder. Grose. [North. Eng.] ewery (ū'ér-i), n.; pl. eweries (-iz). [Also ewry, early mod. E. ewerie, ewrie; Cover thy cuppeborde of thy ewery with the towelle of diapery. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), р. 129. "No," says the King, "shew me ye way, I'll go to Sir Richard's chamber," which he immediately did, walking along the entries after me; as far as the ewrie , till he came up into the roo me where I also lay. Evelyn, Diary, March 1, 1671. ewel (u), n. [Early mod. E. also ye we , E. dial. yow ; ewe , dial, awe , ouwe , etc., cowu , rarely written ewe (fem., rarely with masc. gen., eowes , ewes ) = D. ooi = LG. ouwe, oye = OFries. ei, ey, Fries. ei, ey, öje, öj, öe , etc., = OHG. awi , au , ouwi , MHG. ouwe = Icel. ær , a ewe, = Goth. * awi , a sheep, in deriv. awethi (= AS. cowede , eowde , eowd ), a flock of sheep, aw- istr , a sheepfold; OBulg. (prop. dim.) ovitsa = Bulg. Serv. ovtsa = Bohem. ovce = Pol. owca = Ru . outs a = Lith. awis , awinas (> Finn. oinas ) = OPru . awins = L. ovis (> ult. E. ovine ) = Gr. δῖς (* ὅξις ), a sheep, = Skt. avi , a sheep.] A female sheep; the female of an ovine animal. ewlet, n. An obsolete spelling of yule . 21. The scullery of a religious house. ewght, n. An obsolete spelling of yew. ewk (uk), v . i . [Sc., a var. of yuck , ult. giccan = D. jeuken = G. jucken , itch: see itch .] To itch.