luelewv.
/l(j)uː/ Tin mining and Silver mining.
transitive. To sift with a sieve.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > sifting > sift [verb (transitive)] > remove by sifting
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1674 J. Ray Smelting Silver in Coll. Eng. Words [Cardiganshire] 116 That which is thus Buddled they lue with a thick hair sieve close wrought in a tub of water.
1674 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words [Cornwall] 122 The fine [tin] is lewed in a fine sierce.
1804 M. Edgeworth Lame Jervas viii, in Pop. Tales I. 48 I had new models made of the sieves for lueing.
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