lewis
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lewis/ˈluːɪs/
▶noun a steel device for lifting heavy blocks of stone or concrete, consisting of three pieces arranged to form a dovetail.
– origin ME: prob. from OFr. lous, pl. of lou(p) ‘wolf’, the name of a kind of siege engine.
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- chortle
- drift
- frabjous
- galumph
- Harris tweed
- jabberwocky
- jam
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- Lewis base
- Lewis gun
- Lewisian
- lewisite
- mimsy
- snark
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee
- unbirthday
