Obs. [f. prec. sb.] trans. To put (a spear) into the ‘fewter’ or rest.

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c. 1400.  Melayne, 1474. Thay ferlyde why he fewterde his spere.

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1470–85.  Malory, Arthur, VI. vi. And thenne they fewtryd their sperys and cam to gyders with a grete dasshe.

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1557.  K. Arthur (Copland), V. ix. Whan syr Gawayn espyed this gaye knyght he fewtred hys spere and rode strayght unto hym.

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1596.  Spenser, F. Q., IV. vi. 10.

        Which being yeelded, he his threatfull speare
  Gan fewter, and against her fiercely ran.

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