def lookup(object)
      string = object.to_s.downcase
      Timeout::timeout(timeout) do
        @server = Server.guess(string)
        @server.configure(settings)
        @server.lookup(string)
      end
    end
def lookup(object)
      string = object.to_s.downcase
      Timeout::timeout(timeout) do
        @server = Server.guess(string)
        @server.configure(settings)
        @server.lookup(string)
      end
    end
Initializes a new <tt>Whois::Client</tt> with <tt>settings</tt>.

 If <tt>block</tt> is given, yields <tt>self</tt>.

 @param  [Hash] settings Hash of settings to customize the client behavior.
 @option settings [Integer, nil] :timeout (DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)
         The timeout for a WHOIS query, expressed in seconds.
 @option settings [String] :bind_host (nil)
         Providing an IP address or hostname will bind the Socket connection
         to the specific local host.
 @option settings [Fixnum] :bind_port (nil)
         Providing port number will bind the Socket connection
         to the specific local port.
 @option settings [String, nil] :host (nil)
         The server host to query. Leave it blank for intelligent detection.
 @option settings [Boolean, nil] :referral (nil)
         Set to +false+ to disable queries to referral WHOIS servers.

 @yield  [self]

 @example Creating a new Client
   client = Whois::Client.new
   client.lookup("google.com")

 @example Creating a new Client with custom settings
   client = Whois::Client.new(:timeout => nil)
   client.lookup("google.com")

 @example Creating a new Client an yield the instance
   Whois::Client.new do |c|
     c.lookup("google.com")
   end

 @example Binding the requests to a custom local IP
   client = Whois::Client.new(:bind_host => "127.0.0.1", :bind_port => 80)
   client.lookup("google.com")

 Lookups the right WHOIS server for <tt>object</tt>
 and returns the response from the server.

 @param  [#to_s] object The string to be sent as lookup parameter.
 @return [Whois::Record] The object containing the WHOIS response.

 @raise  [Timeout::Error]

 @example

   client.lookup("google.com")
   # => #<Whois::Record>