a. [ Cf. lee a calm or sheltered place, lukewarm. ] Lukewarm; tepid. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
For if a priest be foul, on whom we trust,
No wonder is a lewed man to rust. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
So these great clerks their little wisdom show
To mock the lewd, as learn'd in this as they. Sir. J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]
But the Jews, which believed not, . . . took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, . . . and assaulted the house of Jason. Acts xvii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]
Too lewd to work, and ready for any kind of mischief. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. A lewd person. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Lewis hole,
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