LICOROUS
Lic"o*rous, a.
Defn: See Lickerish.
— Lic"o*rous*ness, n. [Obs.] Herbert.
LICOUR
Lic"our, n.
Defn: Liquor. [Obs.] Chaucer.
LICTOR
Lic"tor, n. Etym: [L.] (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: An officer who bore an ax and fasces or rods, as ensigns of his office. His duty was to attend the chief magistrates when they appeared in public, to clear the way, and cause due respect to be paid to them, also to apprehend and punish criminals. Lictors and rods, the ensigns of their power. Milton.
LID
Lid, n. Etym: [AS. hlid, fr. hlidan (in comp.) to cover, shut; akin
to OS. hlidan (in comp.), D. lid, OHG. hlit, G. augenlid eyelid,
Icel. hli gate, gateway.
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.