lidlessadj.
/ˈlɪdlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈlɪdlᵻs/ a. Without a lid.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > without a cover or lid
lidless1522
covertless1596
coverless1863
unlidded1897
1522 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 116 A potell pewter pott ledles.
1867 G. MacDonald Poems 119 Lidless coffins.
1894 H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Romance 138 Tea which had been boiled over the smoky logs in the lidless billies.
b. Of the eyes: Having no lids; not covered with the lids. Chiefly poetic = ‘ever-watchful’.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > having watchful eyes > of eyes: watchful
openeOE
lidless1796
lidless-eyed1818
1796 S. T. Coleridge Ode Departing Year 15 Her lidless dragon eyes.
1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to Liberty iv, in Prometheus Unbound 210 Philosophy did strain Her lidless eyes for thee.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 81 Not less to an eye like mine, A lidless watcher of the public weal.
Compounds
lidless-eyed, lidless-looking adjs.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > having watchful eyes > of eyes: watchful
openeOE
lidless1796
lidless-eyed1818
1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 31 The lidless-eyed train Of planets.
1878 N. Amer. Rev. 127 153 Lidless-looking eyes.
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