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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lid \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
lid
n 1: either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or
open the eye; "his lids would stay open no longer" [syn:
{eyelid}]
2: a movable cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening
of a container
3: protects from weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
[syn: {hat}, {chapeau}]
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