(n) shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus, Syn. Pomolobus pseudoharengus, Alosa pseudoharengus

anglewing

(n) nymphalid butterfly having angular notches on the outer edges of the forewings

blewits

(n) edible agaric that is pale lilac when young; has a smooth moist cap, Syn. Clitocybe nuda

candlewick

(n) the wick of a candle

candlewick

(n) loops of soft yarn are cut to give a tufted pattern

lewis

(n) United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935), Syn. Jerry Lee Lewis

lewis

(n) United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961), Syn. Frederick Carleton Lewis, Carl Lewis

lewis

(n) United States explorer and soldier who lead led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River (1774-1809), Syn. Meriwether Lewis

lewis

(n) United States labor leader who was president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 and president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1935 to 1940 (1880-1969), Syn. John L. Lewis, John Llewelly Lewis

lewis

(n) United States novelist who satirized middle-class America in his novel Main Street (1885-1951), Syn. Sinclair Lewis, Harry Sinclair Lewis

lewis

(n) English critic and novelist; author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963), Syn. Clive Staples Lewis, C. S. Lewis

lewis and clark expedition

(n) an expedition sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the northwestern territories of the United States; led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark; traveled from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River from 1803 to 1806

lewisia

(n) genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers, Syn. genus Lewisia

lewiston

(n) a town in southwestern Maine to the north of Portland

lewiston

(n) a town in northwestern Idaho

nimblewill

(n) slender branching American grass of some value for grazing in central United States, Syn. Muhlenbergia schreberi, nimble Will

siskiyou lewisia

(n) evergreen perennial having a dense basal rosette of long spatula-shaped leaves and panicles of pink or white-and-red-striped or pink-purple flowers; found on cliffs and in rock crevices in mountains of southwestern Oregon and northern California, Syn. Lewisia cotyledon

bitterroot

(n) showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower, Syn. Lewisia rediviva

carroll

(n) English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), Syn. Charles Dodgson, Reverend Dodgson, Lewis Carroll, Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

morgan

(n) United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881), Syn. Lewis Henry Morgan

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Alewife

n.; pl. Alewives A woman who keeps an alehouse. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alewife

n.; pl. Alewives. [ This word is properly aloof, the Indian name of a fish. See Winthrop on the culture of maize in America, “Phil Trans.” No. 142, p. 1065, and Baddam's “Memoirs, ” vol. ii. p. 131. ] (Zool.) A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anglewise

adv. [ Angle + wise, OE. wise manner. ] In an angular manner; angularly. [ 1913 Webster ]

blewit

n. 1. an edible agaric (Tricholoma personatum) that is pale lilac when young.
Syn. -- blewits. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

blewits

n. 1. same as blewit.
Syn. -- blewit, Tricholoma personatum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Constablewick

n. [ Constable + wick a village ] The district to which a constable's power is limited. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lewisson

{ } 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.

[ 1913 Webster ]

Palewise

adv. (Her.) In the manner of a pale or pales; by perpendicular lines or divisions; as, to divide an escutcheon palewise. [ 1913 Webster ]

Polewig

n. [ Cf. Polliwig. ] (Zool.) The European spotted goby (Gobius minutus); -- called also pollybait. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Rattlewings

n. (Zool.) The golden-eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shufflewing

n. (Zool.) The hedg sparrow. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Shuttlewise