A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lewis, n. = Lose n. —a 1700 Smith Old Lodge Dumfries 100.
[A mason or fellow] shall not make any mould, square or rule for any who is but a lewis. A lewis is such as served an aprentiship to a mason, but not admitted as the costem of makeing of masons
