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lue en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ljuː/
  • (US) audio
  • /luː/ yod-dropping

Etymology

Clipping of dillue (“sift with a sieve”), from Cornish dyllo (“sift with a sieve”).

Meanings

  1. (dialectal, transitive) To sift using a sieve, particularly in mining tin or silver.
    • Cardiganshire... That which is thus Buddled they lue with a thick hair sieve close wrought in a tub of water. 1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words, Not Generally Used, page 116:
    • Cornwall... The fine [sc. tin] is lewed in a fine sierce. 1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words, Not Generally Used, page 122:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lued Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lued Tense=Past lexicographic
luing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lues Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
lew alternative lexicographic