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Definition of lire

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noun

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal)Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin.
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noun

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal)Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin.
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal)The fleshy part of a roast capon, etc. as distinguished from a limb or joint.
  3. (Scotland, UK, dialectal)The cheek.
  4. (Scotland, UK, dialectal)Face; appearance of the face or skin; complexion; hue.
  5. (Orkney, Scotland, Shetland, UK, dialectal)The Manx shearwater (bird).
  6. (form-of, plural)plural of lira

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Etymology

From Middle English lire, lyre, from Old English līra (“any fleshy part of the body, muscle, calf of the leg”), from Proto-Germanic *ligwizô, *lihwizô (“thigh, groin”), from Proto-Indo-European *lekʷs-, *lewks- (“groin”). Cognate with Dutch lies (“groin”), Swedish lår (“thigh”).

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