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noun(lew-is)an iron dovetailed tenon that is made in sections, can be fitted into a dovetail mortise, and is used in hoisting large stones
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biographical name(lew-is)Cecil Day
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biographical name(lew-is)C(live) S(taples) 1898—1963 English novelist and essayist
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biographical name(lew-is)Edward B. 1918—2004 American biologist
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biographical name(lew-is)John Llewellyn 1880—1969 American labor leader
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biographical name(lew-is)Matthew Gregory 1775—1818 Monk Lewis English author
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biographical name(lew-is)Meriwether 1774—1809 American explorer
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biographical name(lew-is)(Harry) Sinclair 1885—1951 American novelist
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biographical name(lew-is)(Percy) Wyndham 1882—1957 British painter and author
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geographical name(lew-is)island in the Outer Hebrides of northwestern Scotland, divided administratively into Lewis (in the north; chief town and port Stornoway) and Harris (in the south) area 770 square miles (2002 square kilometers)