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Webster 1913 Edition
Lid
Lid
(lĭd)
, Noun.
[AS.
hlid
, fr. hlīdan
(in comp.) to cover, shut; akin to OS. hlīdan
(in comp.), D. lid
lid, OHG. hlit
, G. augenlid
eyelid, Icel. hlið
gate, gateway. √40.] 1.
That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover;
as, the
. lid
of a chest or trunk2.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lid
LID.
n. [L. claudo, cludo; Gr.; Heb.]A cover; that which shuts the opening of a vessel or box; as the lid of a chest or trunk; also, the cover of the eye, the membrane which is drawn over the eyeball of an animal at pleasure, and which is intended for its protection; the eyelid.