/looh"is/ , n.
a device for lifting a dressed stone, consisting of a number of pieces fitting together to fill a dovetailed recess cut into the stone.
[ 1730-40; perh. after the surname of the inventor ]
/looh"is/ , n.
a device for lifting a dressed stone, consisting of a number of pieces fitting together to fill a dovetailed recess cut into the stone.
[ 1730-40; perh. after the surname of the inventor ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012