To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave.
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To strew or scatter over; to besprinkle.
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A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it.
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To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.
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To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.
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of Spread
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To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow.
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