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lew-warm, a. Now dial. Forms: see lew a.1; also 6 leau-, leuwarm. [f. lew a. (used advb.) + warm a.] Lukewarm.c 1450 M.E. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 207 Hete hyt lew warm. 1486 Bk. St. Albans C vij b, Let it stonde and wax lew warme. 1513 Douglas æneis iv. xii. 81 Feche hiddir sone the well wattir lew warm...
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lukewarm
▪ I. lukewarm, a. and n. (ˈl(j)uːkwɔːm) Forms: 4–7 lukewarme, 5 lewk(e)-warm(e, (lowk warm), 5–6 leuk(e)-warm(e, (7 luk warme, 8 luckwarm), 6– lukewarm. [f. luke a. + warm a. Cf. lew-warm and LG. lukwarm (also slukwarm).] A. adj. 1. Moderately warm, tepid.1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. xciii. (14...
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lew
▪ I. † lew, n.1 Sc. Obs. Also (pl.) leois. [perh. a sing. inferred from lewis (a. F. louis) treated as a plural.] The name of a French gold coin formerly current in Scotland; ? the louis d'or (Jam.).1467 Sc. Acts Jas. III (1814) II. 88/2 That..þe Ingliss noble, henry, ande Eduarde w{supt} þe ross, þ...
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