lame vs lew

lame

adj
  • Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect. 

  • Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect or temporary obstruction of a function. 

  • Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs. 

  • Failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant. 

  • Unconvincing or unbelievable. 

noun
  • A lamina; a thin layer or plate of material, as in certain kinds of armor. 

  • A stupid or undesirable person. 

  • A set of joined overlapping metal plates. 

  • Kitchen tool for scoring bread dough before baking. 

verb
  • To cause (a person or animal) to become lame. 

lew

adj
  • Weak. 

  • Lukewarm, tepid. 

  • Alee: protected from the wind. 

  • Sickly-looking, pale, wan. 

verb
  • To make warm or lukewarm. 

  • To shelter from the wind. 

noun
  • Warmth, heat. 

  • A shelter from the wind, particularly temporary structures raised by shepherds to protect their flocks. 

How often have the words lame and lew occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )