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lewisson |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 2. A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth. {Lewis hole}, a hole wider at the bottom than at the mouth, into which a lewis is fitted. --De Foe.
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