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Definition of Lewder
1. lewd [adj] - See also: lewd
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lewder
Literary usage of Lewder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"To lewder, vn To move heavily, SB Bat little speed she came, and yet the swate
... A blow with a great stick ; as, "I'se gie ye a lewder" Aberd. ..."
2. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"To move heavily, 8. B. Bow.— Teut. leuter-en, morari. lewder, i. ... A blow with
a great stick ; as, " I'se gie ye a lewder," Aberd. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are Explained in by John Jamieson (1867)
"To lewder, vn To more heavily, 8. B. Boss. ... the came with lewder. Union's Poems.
lewder, ». ... originally the aame with lewder, ..."
4. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Joseph Haydn, Benjamin Vincent (1889)
"... which can be readily separated by a sieve when ье lewder is ... the artist,
much injured. y lewder was sent by Pigou and Wilks to Derbyshire 1r busting ..."
5. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"lewder» A. A blow with a great stick ; as, " Fse gie ye a lewder" ... Perhaps
originally the same with lewder, a hand- epoke, &c. as denoting a blow with ..."
6. Ecumenical Missionary Conference, New York, 1900 by Ecumenical conference on foreign missions, New York, 1900 (1900)
"... given by his overlord, or at the feast to the idol, when the nautch girl dances
her lewd dance and sings her lewder songs before a still lewder idol ? ..."
7. Reports of Cases in Equity Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of by James Iredell, North Carolina Supreme Court (1852)
"... to whom Noding let the place for the year 1823; but lewder refused at first,
unless some allowance were made him for improvements. ..."
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