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lyed, ppl. a. U.S.|laɪd|
Also leyed, lied.
[f. lye v.2 + -ed1.]
Treated with lye; steeped or washed in an alkaline fluid. lyed corn, maize or other grain steeped in weak lye to remove the husk.
1814Brackenridge Jrnl. in Views Louisiania 202 Their food consists of lied corn homony for breakfast. 1823E. James Acct. Expedition Rocky Mts. I. 114 Another very acceptable dish was called leyed corn. 1825W. Biggs Narr. Captivity among Kickapoo Indians (1922) 35 Sandy hill cranes boiled in leyed corn. 1860Emerson Cond. Life, Wealth 70 Pride can go without domestics;..can eat potato, purslain, beans, lyed corn. |