Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA cramp iron inserted into a cavity in order to lift heavy stones; used as a symbol of strength in Freemasonry. · The son of a Freemason, envisaged as assisting his father in heavy work or in old age. · A kind of shears used in cropping woollen cloth.
From Middle English lewis, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old French lous, plural of lou, loup (“the name of a kind of siege engine”, literally “wolf”); or related to clevis.
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