lew-warmadj.
/ˌljuːˈwɔːm/, /ˌluːˈwɔːm/, U.S. /ˌluˈwɔrm/ Now dialect.
Lukewarm.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > warm > lukewarm
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c1450 Middle Eng. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 207 Hete hyt lew warm.
1486 Bk. St. Albans C vij b Let it stonde and wax lew warme.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. xii. 81 Feche hiddir sone the well wattir lew warm.
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 134 Thay..quhilk ar idil, sleuthfull, and quhome the scripture callis leuwarme.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 462 Now thair conschiences ar compellit..in thair muk to clag and fyle thame selfe, that is, for the baptisme of thair saluatioune to receiue water I wat not how lue warme.
1863 C. Reade Hard Cash II. xxiv. 93 Scalded dog fears lue-warm water.
1878 R. L. Stevenson Inland Voy. 16 The..egg was little more than loo-warm.
1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Lew-warm, tepid, lukewarm.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > warm > lukewarm
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1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. Cert. Deuot. Pray. 33 Lat thy maist mightie gudenes fulfil that quhilk my maist leauwarmed vaikenes desyres to doe.
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