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lilly-low

noun

Etymology

Likely from Scots lilly (“lovely”) + low (“flame”). The first term might also directly come from liefly.

  1. derived from *legʰ-✻
  2. derived from *lēgaz✻
  3. derived from lágr
  4. inherited from lowe
  5. compounded as lilly-low — “lilly + low”

Definitions

  1. A flame, especially a bright, small or lovely one.

    • Then she arranged the logs in a more scientific manner, blew one long, well-directed breath, causing what Yorkshire folk call "a lilly-low," then nodded her head significantly, with another broad smile.
    • For lily-lows is nought to it for burning.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA