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单词 lire
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liren.1

Brit. /ˈlʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈlaɪ(ə)r/, Scottish English /ˈlaɪ(ə)r/
Forms: Old English líra, Middle English–1600s lyre, Middle English Scottish lyr, (Middle English lere), Middle English– lire.
Etymology: Old English líra weak masculine, of obscure origin.
Obsolete exc. Scottish and northern dialect.
Flesh, muscle, brawn.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > bodily substance > flesh > [noun]
fleshc1000
lirec1000
quick flesha1382
pulp?a1425
substance?a1425
meat1829
beef1851
c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 216 Þa liran þara lendena sariað.
c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 264 Breost ablawen & sar þeoh & lira.
c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 159/8 Pulpa, uel uiscum, lira.
a1225 Juliana 58 As þat istelet irn to limede hire ant te leac lið ba ant lire.
c1330 Arth. & Merl. 8202 (Kölbing) For he carf man & stiel & ire, So flesche hewer doþ flesches lire.
c1386 G. Chaucer Sir Thopas 146 He dide next his white leere Of clooth of lake fyn and cleere A breech and eek a sherte.
?c1390 Form of Cury (1780) 12 Take the lire of Pork and grynd it smal.
1460 Lybeaus Disc. 1899 Lybeauus..smot of hys theygh, Fell, and bone, and lyre.
c1480 (a1400) St. Adrian 504 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 286 Scho wald haf ronnyne in þe fire, til haf brynt hir bane & lyr.
1483 Cath. Angl. 218 Lyre of flesche, pulpa.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. iv. 35 The haill bowkis of beistis, bane and lyre.
1608 T. Hudson tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Ivdith vi. 95 in J. Sylvester Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) Ther was no sinew, Arter, vaine, nor lyre, That was not mangled with their vulgar rage.
1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xxi. iv. 840 A boyled Peacock was serued in, and I..tooke of some of the Lyre of the breast.
c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches VI. 133 He never observed..the hook, which indeed was buried in the lire.
a1835 J. M. Wilson Hist. Tales Borders (1837) III. 304/2 He was nae feckless smaik that, either in bane, limb, or lire.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Lire, the flesh of an animal, or rather the increasing substance as it grows bulky. ‘There's a fair deal o' lire about it.’

Derivatives

ˈliry adj. Obsolete exc. dialect Fleshy.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > bodily substance > flesh > [adjective]
fleshyc1400
liry1483
fleshen1538
fleshly?1541
flesh-like1552
carnose1562
carnous1577
carneous1578
incarnate1598
incardinatea1616
carnified1826
sarcous1840
1483 Cath. Angl. 218/1 Lyrye, pulposus.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘Quite liry’, well fleshed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

liren.2

Etymology: Apparently due to some mistake on Scott's part, perhaps a confused recollection of litre n.1
rare.
A supposed old French measure. (The glossaries of recent editions say ‘a pint’.)
ΚΠ
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward III. xi. 278 ‘If you want a confessor,’ said Trois-Eschelles—‘Or a lire of wine,’ said his facetious companion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

lirelierv.

Etymology: < *lire, *lier, lear n.2
Obsolete.
transitive. To thicken with a ‘lear’ (see lear n.2 2).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > perform general preparation processes [verb (transitive)] > thicken
lye?c1390
lirec1560
lithe1674
c1560 J. Lacy Wyl Bucke his Test. (Copland) sig. B.iiv Lire him vp with crustes of brede drawne with..wine.
c1560 J. Lacy Wyl Bucke his Test. (Copland) sig. B.iiv Take blode of a good shepe..& drawe hit with the brede & lier vp thy pot therwith but not to thicke.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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