Lyra

lil a, n. (Astron.) A northern constellation, situated directly in front of Ursa a Major. — Lyre, lir, n. (Mvs.) A; stringed ment of music; instrua kind of harp used by cients. the (Astron.) an- The constellation n. Lyra. One — who Ly'rist, plays upon the lyre. Lyre. Lyre'-bird, bird, having n. the An 16 Australian'1 tail feathers of the male arranged in the form of a lyre: it'is the only known speck's of its genus. — Lyric, lYrlk, -ical, fitted a. Pert, to be to sung a lyre to the or harp; lyre;^ =~~' the appropriate for song. — Lyr'-. ic, n. A lyric poem; a song; a verse of the kind usually Lvre-bird. employed in lyric poetry, — chiefly in pi.; 6nd, eve, term; In, Ice; 5dd, tone, 6r j 235 M M. M, em, the 13th letter of the Eng. alphabet, represents a labial articulation, and is called the labia! nasal. —As a numeral M = 1,000. {Print.) A quadrat, the face or top of which is a square, as formerly the letter M also was: it is the unit of measuring the amount of type in any work: this page in length is equal to 91 lines of pearl, in breadth 58; it would therefore measure 58 X 91 = 5,278 m's. [Written also em.) Ma, ma, n. Mother, — an abbr. of mamma, a child's title for mother. — Ma'am, mam, n. Madam, — a colloq. contraction of madam. 247