lewis bolt

A wedge-shaped bolt secured in its socket by lead, and used as a lewis in lifting. lex, s. [Lat.] Law. 2514 or explanation of the meaning of each; a dictionary, a word-book. Lexicon was originally, and is still chiefly applied to dictionaries of the Greek or Hebrew languages. "The lexicons of ancient tongues, now immutably fixed, and comprised in a few volumes." -Johnson: Pref. to the English Dict. †lex-i-con-ist, s. [English lexicon ; -ist.] The author or compiler of a lexicon or dictionary; a lexicographer. lex-i-graph-ic, *lex-i-graph-ic-al, a. [Eng. lexigraph ( y ); -ic, -ical.] Of or pertaining to lexigraphy.