Definition of "rew"

rew¹

/ɹuː/

noun
plural rews
1. Obsolete or dialectal form of row
  Quotations
  So ended shee: and then the next in rewBegan her mournfull plaint, as doth ensew
  1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “The Teares of the Muses”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […]
  a rew of sundry coloured stonesThe spelling has been modernized.
  , Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter; The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volumes (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843,
verb
1. (obsolete or dialectal) simple past of row

rew²

phrase
1. Abbreviation of rewind.