n. [ 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Tears, big tears, gushed from the rough soldier's lid. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Covered with a lid. Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Ledge. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes; hence, sleepless; watchful. [ 1913 Webster ]
A lidless watcher of the public weal. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
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