Definition of "lew" in English

noun

1. (Scotland, obsolete) A French gold coin circulated in 15th-century Scotland.

   • ...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...

adjective

1. (obsolete) Sunny; warm.

2. (dialect) Lukewarm, tepid.

3. (dialect) Alee: protected from the wind.

   • Lee or Lew, Calm, under the wind. Suss.

noun

1. (now Scotland) Warmth, heat.

   • To th' end a fruitfull lew May euerie Climate in his time renew.

2. (dialect) A shelter from the wind, particularly temporary structures raised by shepherds to protect their flocks.

   • Lew, shelter; defence from storms or wind.
   • Lew, a thatched hurdle, supported by sticks, and set up in a field to screen lambs, etc. from the wind.

verb

1. (transitive) To make warm or lukewarm.

2. (intransitive, obsolete) To become warm.

3. (transitive) To shelter from the wind.

   • Lew... Those trees will lew the house when they're up-grown.

adjective

1. Weak.

2. Sickly-looking, pale, wan.

   • Mi bodi wexit lewe.

interjection

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of lo or look: a cry to look at something.

verb

1. (mining, dialect, transitive) Alternative form of lue: to sift, particularly while mining tin or silver.