About The Word Lid

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Lid

Lid Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Lid?
[n] headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
[n] a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening of a container [n] either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye; "his lids would stay open no longer" Synonyms | Synonyms for Lid: chapeau | eyelid | hat | palpebra Related Terms | Find terms related to Lid: baby blues | banjo eyes | bright eyes | bung | cap | chapeau | check valve | clear eyes | cock | cork | cornea | cover | coverchief | eye | eyeball | eyelid | faucet | goggle eyes | handkerchief | hat | headcloth | headdress | headgear | headpiece | headtire | headwear | iris | kerchief | lens | millinery | naked eye | nictitating membrane | oculus | operculum | optic | optic nerve | orb | organ of vision | peeper | peg | pin | plug | popeyes | pupil | retina | saucer eyes | sclera | sea cock | spigot | spike | spile | spill | starry orbs | stop | stopgap | stopper | stopple | tap | top | unaided eye | valve | visual organ See Also | bearskin | beaver | boater | bonnet | bowler | bowler hat | box | brim | busby | campaign hat | cavalier hat | chest | cilium | cocked hat | conjunctiva | cover | cowboy hat | crown | deerstalker | derby | dress hat | dunce cap | dunce's cap | eye | eyelash | fedora | felt hat | fool's cap | fur hat | hatband | headdress | headgear | high hat | homburg | jar | lash | leghorn | lock | millinery | oculus | opera hat | optic | Panama | Panama hat | peeper | pith hat | pith helmet | plug hat | poke bonnet | porkpie | porkpie hat | protective fold | sailor | shako | shovel hat | silk hat | skimmer | slouch hat | sombrero | sou'wester | Stetson | stovepipe | straw hat | sun helmet | ten-gallon hat | titfer | top | top hat | topee | topi | topper | toque | trilby | trunk lid | tyrolean | woman's hat Lid In Webster's Dictionary \Lid\ (l[i^]d), n. [AS. hlid, fr. hl[=i]dan (in comp.) to
cover, shut; akin to OS. hl[=i]dan (in comp.), D. lid lid,
OHG. hlit, G. augenlid eyelid, Icel. hli[eth] 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.
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