English Dictionary: lid | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lid \Lid\ (l[icr]d), n. [AS. hlid, fr. hl[c6]dan (in comp.) to cover, shut; akin to OS. hl[c6]dan (in comp.), D. lid lid, OHG. hlit, G. augenlid eyelid, Icel. hli[edh] gate, gateway. [root]40.] 1. That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk. 2. The cover of the eye; an eyelid. --Shak. Tears, big tears, gushed from the rough soldier's lid. --Byron. 3. (Bot.) (a) The cover of the spore cases of mosses. (b) A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian {Eucalypti}. (c) The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts. |