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Lire

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
  2. 2
    The cheek. Scotland, UK, dialectal
  3. 3
    The Manx shearwater (bird). Orkney, Scotland, Shetland, UK, dialectal
  4. 4
    plural of lira form-of, plural
  5. 5
    The fleshy part of a roast capon, etc. as distinguished from a limb or joint. Scotland, UK, dialectal
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  1. 6
    Face; appearance of the face or skin; complexion; hue. Scotland, UK, dialectal

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English lire, lyre, from Old English līra (“any fleshy part of the body, muscle, calf of the leg”), from Proto-Germanic *ligwizô, *lihwizô (“thigh, groin”), from Proto-Indo-European *lekʷs-, *lewks- (“groin”). Cognate with Dutch lies (“groin”), Swedish lår (“thigh”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English lire, lyre, from Old Norse hlýr (“cheeks”, plural). Compare Middle English lere, from Old English hlēor (“cheek, countenance, complexion”). More at leer.

Etymology 3

From Old Norse líri. Cognate with Norwegian lira.

Etymology 4

From Italian lire.

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