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lilly-lows

lilly-lows is the plural of lilly-low.

Meaning of lilly-low

Noun

lilly-low (plural lilly-lows)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete) A flame, especially a bright, small or lovely one.
    • Should any pretend to quibble at the little eſcapes of ſuch men, the bulk of the world would know no more of it than of the Anatomiſts interſcapularia, and the reſt would conſider it as a north-country Lilly-Low, that is, a mere ſtraw-fire.1782, Robert Robinson, “The Preface”, in Arcana: in VIII. Letters to a Friend, London: […] W. Lepard and J. Buckland, page xv

Questions about lilly-lows

What is lilly-lows the plural of?
Lilly-lows is the plural of lilly-low.

Words near lilly-lows in the dictionary

  1. lills
  2. lilly
  3. lilly pillies
  4. lilly pilly
  5. lilly-low
  6. lilly-lows
  7. lilly-pillies
  8. lilly-pilly
  9. Lillyan
  10. Lillyanna
  11. Lillyanne

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