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LEWIS; LEWISSON n. 2 definitions
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.
LIKEWISE adv.
In like manner; also; moreover; too. See Also. Go, and do thou likewise. Luke x. 37. For he seeth that wise men die; likewise the fool and the brutish person perish. Ps. xlix. 10.
LONGWISE adv.
Lengthwise.
LOVERWISE adv.
As lovers do. As they sat down here loverwise. W. D. Howells.
LOWISH a.
Somewhat low. [Colloq.] Richardson.
MANYWAYS; MANYWISE adv.
In many different ways; variously.
MARROWISH a.
Of the nature of, or like, marrow.
NEWISH a.
Somewhat new; nearly new. Bacon.
NOWISE adv.
Not in any manner or degree; in no way; noways. Others whose case is nowise different. Earle.
OTHERWISE adv. 3 definitions
Thy father was a worthy prince, And merited, alas! a better fate; But Heaven thought otherwise. Addison.
OVERWISE a.
Too wise; affectedly wise. -- O`ver*wise"ly, adv. -- O`ver*wise"ness, n.
PALEWISE adv.
of a pale or pales; by perpendicular lines or divisions; as, to divide an escutcheon palewise.
RAWISH a.
Somewhat raw. [R.] Marston.
RIGHTWISE a. 2 definitions
Righteous. [Obs.] Wyclif.
RIGHTWISELY adv.
Righteously. [Obs.]
RIGHTWISENESS n.
Righteousness. [Obs.] In doom and eke in rightwisnesse. Chaucer.
SALLOWISH a.
Somewhat sallow. Dickens.
SALTIREWISE adv.
In the manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center.
SHADOWISH a.
Shadowy; vague. [Obs.] Hooker.
SHOWISH a.
Showy; ostentatious. Swift.
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