lilt

i. & t. [LILT, s.] A. Intransitive: 1. To do anything with a spring, jerk, or hop; to jerk, to spring. 2. To sing in a cheerful, lively style. B. Trans.: To sing or play in a cheerful, lively style. "Hech! but she would lilt that bonnily."-C. Kingsley: Alton Locke , ch. ix. lilt, s. [Prob. onomatopoetic.] A cheerful, lively air or tune; an Irish dance accompanied with singing. 111-ў, *111-1, *lil-ie, *lil-ly, s. & a. [A. S. lilie , from Lat. lilium , from Gr. leirion a lily; Fr. lis ; Sp. lirio ; Ital. giglio .] IMG:content-0571.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0572.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Scripture : (1) Old Test .: Heb. shush an , 1 Kings xii. 19; sho shan , Song of Solomon ii. 16, iv. 5, v. 13, vi. 2-3, vii. 3; shoshanah , 2 Chron. iv. 5, Song of Solomon ii. 1-2. Perhaps Lilium chalcedonicum . (2) New Test .: The lily [Gr. krinon ] alluded to by Jesus in Matt. vi. 28 is by some believed to have been Lilium chalcedonicum , which has red flowers, and is common in Syria. The African lily is Agapanthus umbel lat us ; the Barb a does lily, Hippeastrum equestre ; the Belladonna lily, Amaryllis belladonna ( Belladonna pur purascens ); the Blackberry lily, Pard an thus chi nensis (American); the Brisbane lily, Euryclea austral a sic a; the Cape Coast lily, Crinum specta bilis ; the Day lily, the genus Hemerocallis ; the Fire or Flame lily, Pyro liri on ; the Flax lily, Phor mium tenax ; the Guernsey lily, Nerine sarniensis ; the Lentlily, Narci us pseudo - narci us , the Le er Water lily, Hydro char is morsusrane ; the Mexican lily, Hippeastrum reg inæ ; the Persian lily, Fritil lari a persica ; the Pond lily, the genus Nuphar ; the Prairie lily, Mentzelia ornata ; the Rock lily, Selaginella convoluta ; the Scar borough lily, Val lota purpure a ; the Water lily, Nymphea ; and the Whitsun lily, Narci us poetic us. (Treas. of Bot ., .) The Stone-lily is not a plant but a lily-shaped animal. [LILY-ENCRINITE. Oil of lilies : An unguent formerly obtained by infusing the flowers of Lilium candidum in oil. B. As adj.: Pure, as a lily; unstained, unsullied. ( Keats.)