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单词 lew
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lewn.1

Forms: Also (plural) leois.
Etymology: perhaps a singular inferred < lewis ( < French louis) treated as a plural.
Scottish. Obsolete.
The name of a French gold coin formerly current in Scotland; ? the louis d'or (Jamieson).
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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

/ljuː//luː/
Forms: Old English ( ge)hléow, Middle English–1600s lewe, Middle English, (1800s) lue, 1700s– loo(e, Middle English– lew.
Etymology: Old English *hléow (implied in hléowe adverb), gehléow (compare unhléow; all three occur only once) = Old Norse hlýr warm, mild. The relation of this word to the synonymous Old High German lâo (Middle High German , lâw-, German lau) is obscure; no cognates outside Germanic are known.
Now dialect.
A. adj.1
1.
a. Warm; sunny (in Old English). Obsolete.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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

Etymology: Of obscure origin; compare Old English geléwed ‘debilitatum’ (Ælfric Exodus xxii. 10 Laud MS.; Grein conjectured geléfed), also -lǽwe in limlǽweo lame in a limb, léwsa ‘inopia.’
dialect.
Weak. Also, of a leaden or pale colour; pale, wan.
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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.

Forms: Also 1600s lue, 1800s loo(e.
Etymology: Old English hlíewan , < hléow lew adj.1 Compare Old Norse hlýja to cover, shelter, make warm.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
1.
a. transitive. To make warm or tepid.
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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.
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b. intransitive. To become warm. Obsolete.
2. To shelter.
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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!
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a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 46 Hence bot a litill She commys, lew, lew!
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