lewisson

Noun

lew=is=son

CIDE DICTIONARY

lewisson, n.

An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc. [1913 Webster]
A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth. [1913 Webster]

Lewis hole, a hole wider at the bottom than at the mouth, into which a lewis is fitted. De Foe.

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