MEW, MEWING
NOUNS
► YARM the cry or whine of a cat; mewing, caterwauling → 1880 Sc.
VERBS
► MELL of a cat: to mew → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MEOWL to mew or cry like a cat → 1888 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MEWT of a cat: to mew → 1737 Sc. obs.
► WRAW to mew as a cat → 1481 obs.
► YARM of a cat: to mew, esp. in a plaintive, persistent manner → a1838 Sc.
► YAW to cry like a cat; to mew, to caterwaul → 1819 Sc. obs.
Lexicophilia 