lilly-low

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A flame, especially a bright, small or lovely one. Scotland,UK,dialectal,obsolete
    — Should any pretend to quibble at the little eſcapes of ſuch men, the bulk of the world would know no more of it than of the Anatomiſts interſcapularia, and the reſt would conſider it as a north-country Lilly-Low, that is, a mere ſtraw-fire.

词形变化

lilly-lows plural lilly low alternative lillylow alternative

词源

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