单词 | lew |
释义 | † lewn.1 Scottish. Obsolete. The name of a French gold coin formerly current in Scotland; ? the louis d'or (Jamieson). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > Scottish coins > [noun] > gold coins rider1367 rial1420 demy1440 lew1467 unicorn1487 liona1572 lion noble1586 thistle noble1590 hat piece1598 bonnet piece1684 thistle-crown1726 lozenge lion1890 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > gold mouton1357 francc1405 rial1420 salute145. lew1467 royala1513 angelot1515 sanchet1643 louis1689 louis d'or1689 pavilion1757 Napoleon1814 double Napoleon1816 nap1820 leopard- 1467 Sc. Acts Jas. III (1814) II. 88/2 That..þe Ingliss noble, henry, ande Eduarde wt þe ross, þe franche crowne, þe salute þe lewe and þe Ridar sall haif courss in þis realme [etc.]. 1488 in T. Thomson Coll. Inventories Royal Wardrobe (1815) 13 Four hundreth tuenti & viii Lewis of gold. 1497 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 314 Thre Harj nobles, and tua leois. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2021). lewadj.1n.2 Now dialect. A. adj.1 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > warm lewc1000 warmc1385 warmlyc1470 uncooled1513 calid1599 calent1607 warmful?1611 calorous1737 flannel1764 muggy1820 chilled1882 c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 280 Þonne..gereste him swiðe wel hleowe þær & wearme gleda bere man gelome inn.] c1000 in Cockayne Narr. Angl. Conscript. (1861) 23 Ond ða on gehliwran dene and on wearmran we gewicodon. b. Lukewarm, tepid. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > warm > lukewarm wlakc897 lukec1275 lewc1300 flakec1400 flashc1400 lukewarmc1400 tepidc1400 luke-hota1425 lew-warmc1450 lukewarmed1540 lew-warmed1588 c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 498 [He] Withdrou the knif, that was lewe Of the seli children blod. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2921 Þe sunne, brith and lewe. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Rev. iii. 16 For thou art lew [L. tepidus], and nether coold, nether hoot. ?c1390 Form of Cury in Warner Antiq. Culin. 19 Take calwar samon, and seeth it in lewe water. a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 33 Boyle hit..And kele hit, þat he be bot lue. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 333/1 A Scimming Dish..is to scum the Cream of the Lew Milk to Churn for Butter. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Lew and Lew-warm, luke~warm. 1902 N.E.D. at Lew Mod. Sc. (West) The water is quite loo. In eastern Sc. the current word is lew-warm. 2. Sheltered from the wind. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [adjective] > of the nature of a shelter > sheltered > from the weather lee?a1500 quiet1596 shaded1635 queem1673 lew1674 1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 70 Lee or Lew, Calm, under the wind. Suss. 1735–6 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms (E.D.S.) Lew, sheltered; an house is said ‘to lye lew’, i.e. the house lies snug under the wind. 1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 52 Lew, shelter; defence from storms or wind. 1844 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. 225 Milch cows in carners dry an' lew. 1863 J. R. Wise New Forest 193 The labourer still sits under the lew..of the hedge. 1871 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 278 The bit of brick wall gives me a very lew corner facing the east. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Lew, a thatched hurdle, supported by sticks, and set up in a field to screen lambs, etc. from the wind. 1889 ‘M. Gray’ Reproach of Annesley (ed. 5) vi. iii. 276 'Tis fine and loo here,..and you med set down and hrest. 1892 H. C. O'Neill Devonshire Idyls 7 His house..was ‘loo’ from the cold north winds. 1899 W. Raymond Two Men o' Mendip i. 7 The primroses an' cowslips too be out beautiful in the lew between Black-rocks. 1906 Daily Chron. 16 Aug. 3/6 It is cool and pleasant to find a ‘loo’ corner on the Esplanade [in Penzance]. 1909 S. Reynolds Poor Man's House vii. vi. 209 We crouched, all humped up, in the lew of a drifter's bows, whilst the rain water washed around our boots and coat-tails. 1963 R. M. Nance & P. A. S. Pool Gloss. Cornish Sea-Words 109 Loo,..(2) lee, sheltered out of a wind. B. n.2 1. Warmth, heat. Obsolete exc. Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > warmth or moderate heat lewthc1000 warmnessc1000 warmthc1175 warma1250 lew1605 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iv. 136 To th' end a fruitfull lew [Fr. chaleur] May euerie Climate in his time renew. a1634 T. Gerard Particular Descr. Somerset (1900) 11 Lockombe. So called I should rather deeme from the lowe situation or Lucombe from the warmnes, which wee yett call Lewe. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. (at cited word) Stacks of corn are said to take a ‘lew’, when they heat. 2. Shelter. See house-lew n. and lee n.1 1a, 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter leeOE lewthc1000 shadowc1200 coverturec1450 hele?1527 burrow1577 shelter1595 lown1603 umbrage1607 shield1615 lew1908 1908 Westm. Gaz. 6 Oct. 6/3 One of the most noticeable things about many gardens is..the absence of any protecting hedges or ‘lews’, as they are called. 1910 Daily Graphic 21 July 16/1 (advt.) Hop Lews, superior, stout, Rot-proof Canvas Wind Shelters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online December 2021). lewadj.2 dialect. Weak. Also, of a leaden or pale colour; pale, wan. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak unmightyeOE unferea1060 unwieldc1220 fade1303 lewc1325 weak1340 fainta1375 sicklyc1374 unwieldyc1386 impotent1390 delicatea1398 lowa1398 unmighta1450 unlustyc1450 low-brought1459 wearyc1480 failed1490 worn1508 caduke?1518 fainty1530 weak1535 debile1536 fluey1545 tewly?1547 faltering1549 puling1549 imbecilec1550 debilitate1552 flash1562 unable1577 unhealthful1595 unabled1597 whindling1601 infirm1608 debilitated1611 bedrid1629 washya1631 silly1636 fluea1645 tender1645 invaletudinary1661 languishant1674 valetudinaire?c1682 puly1688 thriftless1693 unheartya1699 wishy-washy1703 enervate1706 valetudinarian1713 lask1727 wersh1755 palliea1774 wankle1781 asthenic1789 atonic1792 squeal1794 adynamic1803 worn-down1814 totterish1817 asthenical1819 prostrate1820 used up1823 wankya1825 creaky1834 groggy1834 puny1838 imbeciled1840 rickety-rackety1840 muscleless1841 weedy1849 tottery1861 crocky1880 wimbly-wambly1881 ramshackle1889 twitterly1896 twittery1907 wonky1919 strung out1959 the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective] blatec1000 whiteOE greena1275 blakec1275 bleykea1300 wana1300 palec1330 bleach1340 pale and wan (wan and pale)c1374 colourlessc1380 deadlyc1385 deadc1386 bloodlessc1450 earthlyc1460 ruddylessc1460 wan visaged?a1513 wanny1555 as pale or white as a clout1557 bleak1566 mealy1566 pale-faced1570 ghastly1574 white-faced1577 bleakish1581 pallid1590 whiggish1590 tallow-faced1592 maid-pale1597 lily1600 whey-colour1602 lew1611 roseless1611 Hippocratical1615 cadaverousa1661 Hippocratic1681 smock-faced1684 white-looked1690 livid1728 as white (or pale) as a sheet1752 squalid1753 deathly1791 etiolated1791 light-skinned1802 suety1803 shilpit1813 blanched1828 tallowy1830 suet-faced1834 pasty1836 tallowish1838 whey-faced1847 pasty-faced1848 aghast1850 waxen1853 complexionless1863 light-skin1877 lily-cheeked1877 lardy1879 wan-faced1881 exsanguinous1889 wheatish1950 the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dilution > [adjective] > diluted allayed?a1475 lymphate1583 dilute1658 diluted1681 lew1882 watered-down1902 cut1938 c1325 Old Age in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 211 Mi bodi wexit lewe [gloss debile]. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Decoulouré,..pale, bleake, wan, lew. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Livide, wan, lew, bleake, pale, of a leaden, earthie, or dead colour. 1882 Lancash. Gloss. Liew, thin, poor, diluted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2021). lewv. Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. a. transitive. To make warm or tepid. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > heat or make hot [verb (transitive)] lew971 anheatOE heatc1000 warmOE hota1200 enchafec1374 eschaufec1374 chafea1382 achafea1400 calefy1526 heaten1559 glow1599 foment1658 to hot up1846 sultry1897 971 Blickl. Hom. 51 Þære sunnan hæto þe þas eorþan hlyweþ [MS. hlypeþ]. a1400–50 Alexander 4374 All þe land with his leme lewis & cleres. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. To Lew, to warm any thing moderately; usually applied to liquids; lewed, warmed, made tepid. Thesaurus » Categories » 2. To shelter. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > seek (refuge) [verb (transitive)] > shelter wrench?c1225 covera1275 herda1300 lown1487 scug1513 subumber1543 becalm1559 embower1580 ensconce1594 sconce1598 screen1611 burrow1657 lew1664 embosom1685 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva 101 This done, provide a Screene..to keep off the wind;..so as to be easily remov'd as need shall require for the luing of your pit. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. (at cited word) Those trees will lew the house when they're up-grown. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † lewint. Obsolete. Lo! behold! Π a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 46 Hence bot a litill She commys, lew, lew! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2018). > see alsoalso refers to : luelewv. < n.11467adj.1n.2c1000adj.2c1325v.971int.a1500 see also |
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