lewis

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[ˈluːɪs], (Noun)

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- a steel device for gripping heavy blocks of stone or concrete for lifting, consisting of three pieces arranged to form a dovetail, the outside pieces being fixed in a dovetail mortise by the insertion of the middle piece


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late Middle English: probably from Old French lous, plural of lou(p) ‘wolf’, the name of a kind of siege engine


[ˈluːɪs], (Noun)

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- the northern part of the island of Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides


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