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Lid \Lid\ (l[i^]d), n. [AS. hlid, fr. hl[imac]dan (in comp.) to
cover, shut; akin to OS. hl[imac]dan (in comp.), D. lid lid,
OHG. hlit, G. augenlid eyelid, Icel. hli[eth] gate, gateway.
[root]40.]
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1. That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a
movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk.
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2. The cover of the eye; an eyelid. --Shak.
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Tears, big tears, gushed from the rough soldier's
lid. --Byron.
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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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