† liriconfancyn.
Obsolete.
The lily of the valley.
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great park lily1538
May lily1548
lily of the valley1563
wood lily1563
liriconfancy1567
May blossoms1578
lily convally1597
valley-lily1597
wood-lily1597
lily-bell1729
vale-lily1823
lily cup1826
mugget1866
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 49 Liricumfancie, or as other iudge May Lilie.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xxvi. 178 Lyllie Conuall, is now called..in English..Lyryconfancy.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 332 It is called in English Lillie of the valley, or the Conuall Lillie, and May Lillies, and in some places Liriconfancie.
1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden xii. 24 It [Lily of the Valley] is called..in some places, Liriconfancy or Lilly-Confancy.
1746 Poor Robin sig. A 8v The Honey-suckle, Rosemary, Liricumphancy, Rose-parsley,..Which do this Month adorn each Field.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Liriconfancy, a flower.
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