{ } n. 1. An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. 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.
