Lexic.us

Definition of Lidless

1. Adjective. Not having or covered with a lid or lids. "A lidless container"

2. Adjective. Having no lid. "A lidless container"

3. Adjective. Always watchful. "To an eye like mine, a lidless watcher of the public weal"

Definition of Lidless

1. a. Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes; hence, sleepless; watchful.

Definition of Lidless

1. Adjective. without a lid ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lidless

1. having no lid [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lidless

lid-closure reaction lid-lifter lid-lifters lid crutch spectacles lid reflex lidar lidars lidase lidded liddicoatite

lidding lidge lidger lidgers lidges lidless (current term) lidlessness lidlike lidlock lidlocks

lido lido deck lidocaine lidocaine N-deethylase lidocaines lidoflazine lidol lidos lids

Literary usage of Lidless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hellenistic Pottery: The Plain Wares by Susan I. Rotroff (2006)
"625 is a very large Early Hellenistic or Late Classical piece, similar in shape to the lidless, one-handled chytra except that it has an unusually elaborate ..."

2. Dictionary of Scientific Illustrations and Symbols: Moral Truths Mirrored in (1894)
"... sinister expression of the glaring, lidless eye, with its linear pupil, are sufficient to cause the observer to retreat with shuddering precipitancy. ..."

3. Poems by Brian Hooker (1915)
"At last The Princess, glancing where the Dragon lay, His scaly length melting into the floor And lidless eyes flickering, murmured: " Sir Prince, ..."

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