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(mining, dialect, transitive) Alternative form of lue: to sift, particularly while mining tin or silver.

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lew

Source Word

lew

IPA(Pronunciation)

/luː/

Verb

alt-of alternative dialectal transitive

(mining, dialect, transitive) Alternative form of lue: to sift, particularly while mining tin or silver.

Japanese Meaning

鉱石中の錫や銀を採掘する際に、ふるいやすく分離するために篩（ふるい）にかける作業。 / 採鉱において、原鉱石をふるって細かい粒子にする行為。

The miners would lew the crushed ore by the river, separating the waste from the glinting tin.

鉱夫たちは川辺で砕かれた鉱石をふるいにかけ、廃石ときらめく錫を分けていた。

Sense（1）

(mining, dialect, transitive) Alternative form of lue: to sift, particularly while mining tin or silver.

Cornwall... The fine [sc. tin] is lewed in a fine sierce.

lews

（ present singular third-person ）

lewing

（ participle present ）

lewed

（ participle past ）

lewed

（ past ）