instrew
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- enstrew (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Middle English *instrewen, instrien, equivalent to in- + strew.
Verb edit
instrew (third-person singular simple present instrews, present participle instrewing, simple past instrewed, past participle instrewn)
- (transitive) To strew about; scatter in or upon; spread.
- 1962, Acta radiologica, volume 4:
- Tubercles and granulations with numerous instrewn giant cells of tuberculous appearance together with necrosis 5 In May 1921 glands on the neck were observed which afterwards increased in size, together with a red swelling on the breast, [...]