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lire

The English word “lire” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin.
  2. The fleshy part of a roast capon, etc. as distinguished from a limb or joint.
  3. The cheek.
  4. Face; appearance of the face or skin; complexion; hue.
  5. The Manx shearwater (bird).

Etymology

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”).

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