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.
Lid"ded (ld"dd), a. Covered with a lid. Keats.
Lidge (lj), n. Same as Ledge.[Obs.] Spenser.
Lid"less (ld"ls), a. Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as
the eyes; hence, sleepless; watchful.
A lidless watcher of the public weal.
Tennyson.
Lie (l), n. See Lye.
Lie (l), n. [AS. lyge; akin to D. leugen, OHG. lugi, G. lüge, lug,
Icel. lygi, Dan. & Sw. lögn, Goth. liugn. See Lie to utter a
falsehood.] 1. A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of
deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with
the intention to deceive.
The proper notion of a lie is an endeavoring to deceive another by
signifying that to him as true, which we ourselves think not to be
so.
S. Clarke.
It is willful deceit that makes a lie. A man may act a lie, as by
pointing his finger in a wrong direction when a traveler inquires
of him his road.
Paley.