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Lid   /lɪd/   Listen
Lid

noun
1.
Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.  Synonyms: eyelid, palpebra.
2.
A movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc..
3.
Headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim.  Synonyms: chapeau, hat.



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"Lid" Quotes from Famous Books



... under fire, do not take sufficient advantage of the sandy nature of the soil to construct cover for themselves. If such soil is scraped even with a canteen lid, a certain amount of cover from rifle fire can be obtained ...
— History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) - Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government • Frederick Maurice
... replied, and promptly began to operate on a close-fitting lid. It took her a little time, but at last, with the aid of Stane's knife, she managed to remove it. Then she gave an exclamation ...
— A Mating in the Wilds • Ottwell Binns
... and Margaret held up a basket. "Look!" and she raised the lid. "Elderberry pie, two pieces ...
— The Fortunes of Oliver Horn • F. Hopkinson Smith
... it cheered her heart to be in such a multitude of those so closely allied by race, thought, and sufferings. And her soul was still more deeply moved when three old men reverentially approached the sacred ark, drew aside the glittering curtain, raised the lid, and very carefully brought forth the Book which God wrote with His own hand, and for the maintenance of which Jews have suffered so much—so much misery and hate, disgrace and death—a thousand years' ...
— The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. VI. • Editor-in-Chief: Kuno Francke
... has been found beneath the lid of thy pianoforte and is already despatched to thee—that pianoforte, alas! which must now remain silent until thy longed-for return. Greet the worthy Moschki and request him urgently to send the samples of tea, as I have now an opportunity ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 15, 1916 • Various


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