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lyed

lyed adjective: treated or prepared with lye. Also the simple past of lye.

Adjective

lyed

  1. Treated or prepared with lye.
    • lyed corn; lyed hominy; lyed fruit; lyed fish

Also used as

lyed is also the simple past of lye.

Origin of lyed

From lye + -ed.

Questions about lyed

What does lyed mean?
Lyed means treated or prepared with lye.
What part of speech is lyed?
Lyed is an adjective.

Words near lyed in the dictionary

  1. Lydney
  2. Lydon
  3. Lydons
  4. Lydstep
  5. lye
  6. lyed
  7. lyege
  8. lyeges
  9. lyeing
  10. Lyell
  11. Lyell's swift

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