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Definition of Lewis
1. Noun. United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935).
2. Noun. United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961).
3. Noun. United States explorer and soldier who lead led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River (1774-1809).
4. Noun. United States labor leader who was president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 and president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1935 to 1940 (1880-1969).
5. Noun. United States novelist who satirized middle-class America in his novel Main Street (1885-1951).
6. Noun. English critic and novelist; author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963).
Definition of Lewis
1. n. An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc.
Definition of Lewis
1. Proper noun. (Germanic male given name) of Norman origin, the English form of Louis. ¹
2. Proper noun. (surname A=An English patronymic from=given names) ¹
3. Proper noun. (surname Welsh from=Welsh dot=); anglicized form of Llewellyn. ¹
4. Proper noun. The Isle of Lewis, Scotland. ¹
5. Proper noun. The title given to a partially apprenticed Freemason who is normally the Master or Son of a practicing Freemason; One practising or learning the degrees of Freemasonry after introduction to the degrees and before full induction or before becoming a Worshipful Brother. ¹
6. Noun. A cramp iron inserted into a cavity in order to lift heavy stones; used as a symbol of strength in Freemasonry ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lewis
1. a hoisting device [n -ISES]
Medical Definition of Lewis
1. Gilbert N., U.S. Chemist, 1875-1946. See: Lewis acid, Lewis base, second law of thermodynamics. (05 Mar 2000)
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Literary usage of Lewis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Science ns 43:646-8 My 5 '16 Lewis, Howard T. Elevator movement in the ...
Am City 15:284 S '16 Lewis, Lila I. Open house day in an Illinois high school. ..."
2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Lewis, Mrs Bertha All living things appeal to the child. ... Yale Rns 6:673-5
Л '17 Lewis. Clarence Irving Types of order and the system 2- Philos R ..."
3. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1915)
"Lewis, PC Detection and estn. of bacterial índole—intercurrent phenomena, 1341.
... Lewis, JV Determinative Mineralogy with Tables for the Detn. of Minerals ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, William Brown, Robert Henley Eden Henley (1821)
"The testator had formerly a nephew named John Lewis, who died an infant twenty
... The interests therefore of James Edward Lewis in the testator's real and ..."
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