Lewis \Lew"is\ (l[=u]"[i^]s), Lewisson \Lew"is*son\ (-s[u^]n),
n.
1. An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be
fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large
stones, etc.
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2. A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth.
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{Lewis hole}, a hole wider at the bottom than at the mouth,
into which a lewis is fitted. --De Foe.
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