Usually means: Sheltered from wind; less exposed.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word lew:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. lew: Merriam-Webster
  2. lew: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Lew, lew: Wordnik
  4. lew: Wiktionary
  5. Lew: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Lew, lew: Dictionary.com
  7. Lew (given name), Lew (locomotive), Lew (surname), Lew: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Lew: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. lew: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Lew: Rhymezone
  11. Lew: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. lew: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. lew: FreeDictionary.org
  14. Lew: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. LEW: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. L.E.W, The Lew, lew: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Lew)

noun:  diminutive of Lewis
noun:  A male given name.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  (Scotland, obsolete) A French gold coin circulated in 15th-century Scotland.
adjective:  (obsolete) Sunny; warm.
adjective:  (dialect) Lukewarm, tepid.
adjective:  (dialect) Alee: protected from the wind.
noun:  (now Scotland) Warmth, heat.
noun:  (dialect) A shelter from the wind, particularly temporary structures raised by shepherds to protect their flocks.
verb:  (transitive) To make warm or lukewarm.
verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To become warm.
verb:  (transitive) To shelter from the wind.
adjective:  Weak.
adjective:  Sickly-looking, pale, wan.
verb:  (mining, dialect, transitive) Alternative form of lue: to sift, particularly while mining tin or silver. [(mining, dialect, transitive) To sift using a sieve, particularly in mining tin or silver.]

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