Careful Words

mew (n.)

mew (v.)

I had rather be a kitten and cry mew

Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1.

Let Hercules himself do what he may,

The cat will mew and dog will have his day.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act v. Sc. 1.