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▪ I. † lew, n.1 Sc. Obs.
Also (pl.) leois.
[perh. a sing. inferred from lewis (a. F. louis) treated as a plural.]
The name of a French gold coin formerly current in Scotland; ? the louis d'or (Jam.).
1467Sc. Acts Jas. III (1814) II. 88/2 That..þe Ingliss noble, henry, ande Eduarde wt þe ross, þe franche crowne, þe salute þe lewe and þe Ridar sall haif courss in þis realme [etc.]. 1488in Inv. R. Wardr. (1815) 13 Four hundreth tuenti & viii Lewis of gold. 1497in Ld. Treas. Acc. Scotl. I. 314 Thre Harj nobles, and tua leois.
▪ II. lew, a.1 and n.2 Now dial.|ljuː, luː|
Forms: 1 (ᵹe)hléow, 2–7 lewe, 5, (9) lue, 8– loo(e, 4– lew.
[OE. *hléow (implied in hléowe adv.), ᵹehléow (cf. unhléow; all three occur only once) = ON. hlýr warm, mild.
The relation of this word to the synonymous OHG. lâo (MHG. lâ, lâw-, G. lau) is obscure; no cognates outside Teut. are known.]
A. adj.
1.
†a. Warm; sunny (in OE.).
b. Lukewarm, tepid.
[c1000Sax. Leechd. II. 280 Þonne..ᵹereste him swiðe wel hleowe þær & wearme gleda bere man ᵹelome inn.] c1000in Cockayne Narr. Angl. Conscript. (1861) 23 Ond ða on ᵹehliwran dene and on wearmran we ᵹewicodon. c1300Havelok 498 [He] Withdrou the knif, that was lewe Of the seli children blod. Ibid. 2921 Þe sunne, brith and lewe. 1382Wyclif Rev. iii. 16 For thou art lew [Vulg. tepidus], and nether coold, nether hoot. c1390Form of Cury in Warner Antiq. Culin. 19 Take calwar samon, and seeth it in lewe water. c1420Liber Cocorum (1862) 33 Boyle hit..And kele hit, that he be bot lue. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 333/1 A Scimming Dish..is to scum the Cream of the Lew Milk to Churn for Butter. 1881Leicester Gloss., Lew and Lew-warm, luke⁓warm. Mod. Sc. (West) The water is quite loo. [In eastern Sc. the current word is lew-warm.]
2. Sheltered from the wind.
1674[see lee a.]. 1735–6Pegge Kenticisms (E.D.S.), Lew, sheltered; an house is said ‘to lye lew’, i.e. the house lies snug under the wind. 1825J. Jennings Observations Dial. W. Eng. 52 Lew, shelter; defence from storms or wind. 1844W. Barnes Poems Rur. Life 225 Milch cows in carners dry an' lew. 1863[see lee n.1 1]. 1871W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 278 The bit of brick wall gives me a very lew corner facing the east. 1887[see lee n.1 1 b]. 1889‘M. Gray’ Reproach of Annesley (ed. 5) vi. iii. 276 'Tis fine and loo here,..and you med set down and hrest. 1892H. C. O'Neill Devonshire Idyls 7 His house..was ‘loo’ from the cold north winds. 1899W. Raymond Two Men o' Mendip i. 7 The primroses an' cowslips too be out beautiful in the lew between Black-rocks. 1906Daily Chron. 16 Aug. 3/6 It is cool and pleasant to find a ‘loo’ corner on the Esplanade [in Penzance]. 1909S. Reynolds Poor Man's House vii. vi. 209 We crouched, all humped up, in the lew of a drifter's bows, whilst the rain water washed around our boots and coat-tails. 1963Nance & Pool Gloss. Cornish Sea-Words 109 Loo,..(2) lee, sheltered out of a wind.
B. n.
1. Warmth, heat. Obs. exc. Sc.
1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. iv. 656 To th' end a fruitfull lew [orig. chaleur] May every Climat in his time renew. 1633Gerard Part. Descr. Somerset (1900) 11 Lockombe. So called I should rather deeme from the lowe situation or Lucombe from the warmnes, which wee yett call Lewe. 1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. s.v., Stacks of corn are said to take a ‘lew’, when they heat.
2. Shelter. See house-lew, OE. húshléow (house n.1 24), and lee n.1 1, 1 b.
▪ III. lew, a.2 dial.
[Of obscure origin; cf. OE. ᵹeléwed ‘debilitatum’ (ælfric Exod. xxii. 10 Laud MS.; Grein conjectured ᵹeléfed), also -lǽwe in limlǽweo lame in a limb, léwsa ‘inopia.’]
Weak. Also, of a leaden or pale colour; pale, wan.
c1325Old Age in Rel. Ant. II. 211 Mi bodi wexit lewe [gloss debile]. 1611Cotgr., Decoulouré,..pale, bleake, wan, lew. Ibid., Livide, wan, lew, bleake, pale, of a leaden, earthie, or dead colour. 1882Lancash. Gloss., Liew, thin, poor, diluted.
▪ IV. lew, v. Obs. exc. dial.
Also 7 lue, 9 loo(e.
[OE. hlíewan, f. hléow lew a. Cf. ON. hlýja to cover, shelter, make warm.]
1. a. trans. To make warm or tepid. †b. intr. To become warm. Obs.
971Blickl. Hom. 51 Þære sunnan hæto þe þas eorþan hlyweþ [MS. hlypeþ]. a1400–50Alexander 4374 All þe land with his leme lewis & cleres. 1808Jamieson, To Lew, to warm any thing moderately; usually applied to liquids; lewed, warmed, made tepid.
2. To shelter.
1664Evelyn Sylva 101 This done, provide a Screene..to keep off the wind;..so as to be easily remov'd as need shall require for the luing of your pit. 1887Kentish Gloss. s.v., Those trees will lew the house when they're up-grown.
▪ V. † lew, int. Obs.
Lo! behold!
c1460Towneley Myst. iii. 507 Hence bot a litill, she commys, lew, lew!
▪ VI. lew
dial. form of lee n.1; variant of lue v. |