Lyre, Hr

n a musical instrument like the harp, anciently used as an accompaniment to poetry Lyra, one of the northern constellations. n. Lyr'ist, a player on the lyre or harp. [Fr —L. lyra— Gr.] Lyrebird, hr herd, n. an Australian bird about the sue of a pheasant, having the 16 tail-feathers of the male arranged in the form of a lyre Lyric, lir'ik. Lyrical, lir'ik-al, adj. pertaining to the lyre fitted to be sung to the lyre written in stanzas said of poetry which expre es the individual emotions uf the poet that composes lyrics. u. Lyr'ic, a lyric poem. M Mab, mab, « the queen of the fairies. [W, mab a male child.] Macadamise, mak-ad'om-7/, v.i. to cover, as a road, with small bioken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard surf.ue. n. Macadamlsa'tion. [From.Macadam, the inventor, 1756-1836