Lewisson

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lewis \Lew"is\ (l[=u]"[i^]s), Lewisson \Lew"is*son\ (-s[u^]n),
     n.
     1. An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be
        fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large
        stones, etc.
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     2. A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth.
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     {Lewis hole}, a hole wider at the bottom than at the mouth,
        into which a lewis is fitted. --De Foe.
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