Obs. exc. dial. Also 7 lue, 9 loo(e. [OE. hlíewan, f. hléow LEW a. Cf. ON. hlýja to cover, shelter, make warm.]

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  1.  a. trans. To make warm or tepid. † b. intr. To become warm. Obs.

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971.  Blickl. Hom., 51. Þære sunnan hæto þe þas eorþan hlyweþ [MS. hlypeþ].

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a. 1400–50.  Alexander, 4374. All þe land with his leme lewis & cleres.

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1808.  Jamieson, To Lew, to warm any thing moderately; usually applied to liquids; lewed, warmed, made tepid.

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  2.  To shelter.

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1664.  Evelyn, Sylva, 101. This done, provide a Screene … to keep off the wind;… so as to be easily remov’d as need shall require for the luing of your pit.

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1887.  Kentish Gloss., s.v., Those trees will lew the house when they’re up-grown.

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