licuala

[The name of one species in the Maca ar language.] Bot.: A genus of Palmaceæ, tribe Corypheæ, family Sabalidæ. Licuala acutifida furnishes the walking-sticks called Penang lawyers. The leaves of L. peltata are used in A am for umbrellas, and in the And a mans for thatching. lid, led, s . [A.S.hlid; cogn. with Dut. lid =a lid; Icel. hlidh a gate, a gateway, a gap; M. H. Ger. lit , lid =acover; A.S. hlidan ; O. S. hlídan =to cover; connected with A. S. hlidh a slope, a side of a hill; Lat. clivus .] I. Ordinary Language : 1. That which covers or shuts; a cover, cap, or shutter, as of a box, or of the objective or eye-gla of an optical instrument, or of the charging-end of a retort, or of the works or face of a watch, of a hatchway, . 2. The membrane which is drawn over and covers the ball of the eye; an eyelid (q. v.). II. Botany: 1. The calyx when it falls in a single piece from a flower. 2. The cover of the spore-cases of mo es. lid-closer, subst. A clamp for the covers of gas "He came galloping home at midnight to have a lick retorts, which, after charging, are closed with a at the honey-pot." -Dryden: A mph i try on, ii. 1. 2. A slight smear or coat, as of paint. 3. A place where salt is deposited at salt-springs, and where animals come to lick it. [KNOB-LICK, SALT-LICK.] 4. A small quantity, such as can be taken up with the tongue. 5. A blow; a beating. ( Slang .) 6. An exertion. licker, s. [Eng. lick, v.; -er.] One who licks. licker-in, 8. Carding- machine : A drum, with cards on its periphery, presented at the throat of a carding-machine, so as to catch or lick in the cotton filaments as they are presented by the pa age of the lay between the feed-rollers.