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Lukewarm; tepid. [Obs.] Wyclif.

hence, unlearned; simple. [Obs.] For if priest be foul, on whom we trust, No wonder is a lewed man to rust. Chaucer. So these great clerks their little wisdom show To mock the lewd, as learn'd in this as they. Sit. J. Davies.

A lewd person. [Obs.] Shak.

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.

Halloo. [Obs.] Spenser.

A woman who keeps an alehouse. Gay.

In an angular manner; angularly.

A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm.

of Blow.

Same as Buhl, Buhlwork.

A plant of the Mint family and genus Lycopus; esp. L. Virginicus, which has mild narcotic and astringent properties, and is sometimes used as a remedy for hemorrhage.

One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation. A bookworm, a candlewaster. B. Jonson.

Same as Castleguard.

To direct; to guide, as by a thread. [Obs.] Direct and clew me out the way to happiness. Beau. && Fl.

A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself. Untwisting his deceitful clew. Spenser.

A variety of cabbage in which the leaves never form a compact head.

The district to which a constable's power is limited. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Costly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

See Crackle, n., 3.

A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill.