Līd, n.

n. [A-S. hlid, from hlīdan, to cover; D. lid, O. H. Ger. hlit, M. H. Ger. lit, N. H. Ger. lied.]

1. A cover; that which shuts the opening of a vessel or box; as, the lid of a chest or trunk.
2. The cover of the eye, the membrane which is drawn over the eyeball of an animal at pleasure, and which is intended for its protection; the eyelid.

Tears, big tears, gushed from the rough soldier’s lid. Byron. 3. (Bot.) (a.) The cover of the spore-cases of mosses. (b.) A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece.