Definition for LID

LID, n. [Sax. hlid, a cover; hlidan, to cover; ge-hlid, a roof; D. Dan. lid; L. claudo, cludo; Gr. κλειω, contracted from κληιδοω; Heb. לאט or לוט, to cover, Ar. لَطَّ latta. Class Ld, No. 1, 8, 9.]

A cover; that which shuts the opening of a vessel or box; as, the lid of a chest or trunk; also, the cover of the eye, the membrane which is drawn over the eyeball of an animal at pleasure, and which is intended for its protection; the eyelid.

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