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Lily
·add. ·noun A royal spade;
— usually in ·pl ·see Royal spade, below.
II. Lily ·noun That end of a ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Lily
The Hebrew name shushan or shoshan, i.e., "whiteness", was used as the general name of several plant...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Lily
(Heb. shushan, shoshannah). Although there is little doubt that the Hebrew word denotes some plant o...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Annunciation lily
·add. ·- The common white lily (Lilium candidum). So called because it is usually introduced by pain...
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Bermuda lily
·add. ·- The large white lily (Lilium longiflorum eximium, syn. L. Harrisii) which is extensively cu...
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Day lily
·- A genus of plants (Funkia) differing from the last in having ovate veiny leaves, and large white ...
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Easter lily
·add. ·- The Atamasco lily.
II. Easter lily ·add. ·- The daffodil (Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus).
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Guernsey lily
·- A South African plant (Nerine Sarniensis) with handsome lilylike flowers, naturalized on the isla...
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Jacobaean lily
·- A bulbous plant (Amaryllis, / Sprekelia, formosissima) from Mexico. It bears a single, large, dee...
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Lily-handed
·adj Having white, delicate hands.
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Lily-livered
·adj White-livered; cowardly.
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Mariposa lily
·- One of a genus (Calochortus) of tuliplike bulbous herbs with large, and often gaycolored, blossom...
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Sea lily
·- A <<Crinoid>>.
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Water lily
·- A blossom or plant of any species of the genus Nymphaea, distinguished for its large floating lea...
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lily white
A chimney-sweeper.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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lily shallow
(WHIP SLANG)
A white driving hat.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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flax-lily
n.
1) An Australian fibre plant, Dianella laevis, var. aspera, R. Br., N.O. Liliaceae. (2) Phormium...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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giant-lily
n.
See under lily.
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gordon lily
n.
See under lily.
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lily, darling
n. a bulbous plant, Crinumflaccidum, Herb., N.O. Amaryllideae; called also the Murray Lily. (See Lil...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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lily, flax
n.
See flax-lily, and flax, New Zealand.
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lily, giant
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a fibre plant, Doryanthes excelsa, Corr., N.O. Amaryllideae.
1860. G. Bennett...
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lily, gordon
n.
a Tasmanian plantand its flower, Blandfordia marginata, Herb., N.O. Liliaceae, and other species...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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lily, murray
n.
i.q. Darling Lily. See above.
1877. F. v. Mueller, `Botanic Teachings,' p. 119:
«This showy ge...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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lily, rock
n.
an orchid, Dendrobiumspeciosum, Smith, N.O. Orchideae. although not aLily, it is always so calle...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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lily, water
n.
There are several indigenousnative varieties of the N.O. Nymphaeceae – – Cabombiapeltata, Pursh;...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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lily, yellow
n.
a Tasmanian name for Bulbine bulbosa, Haw., N.O. Liliaceae.See Leek, Native.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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murray-lily
n.
See lily.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock lily
n.
See under lily.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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spear-lily
n.
See lily.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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yellow lily
n.
a Tasmanian name for the Native Leek. See Leek.
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Lily Pot Lane
West out of Staining Lane to No. 7 Noble Street (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate Ward.
First mention...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.