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Quotation dates: 1920
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LILY, n. Also lullie (Fif. 1896 D. S. Meldrum Grey Mantle 290; Per. 1915 Wilson Lowl. Scotch 257). Sc. usages: 1. The narcissus, esp. the common daffodil and poetaz varieties, freq. distinguished as yellow and white lily (Sc. 1886 B. & H.; Uls. 1953 Traynor). Gen.Sc. Combs. (1) lamb-lily, the mountain asphodel, Tofieldia patustris (Ayr. 1886 B. & H.); (2) lily-can, the yellow water-lily, Nuphar luteum (Per., Fif. 1825 Jam., “the lily in the form of a cup or can”); (3) loch-lily, id. See Loch.Fif. c.1920 R. Holman Scottish Sketches 38:
At hame I look at a faded daffodil … the first yellow lily that you peened to my breest.
‡2. Aphthae or thrush, the children's ailment (Sc. 1825 Jam.); also infantile jaundice, Icterys neonatorum (Ags.20 1960). Cf. Gum, n.2, 2.
[Meaning 2. may be a different word or phs. is so called from a fancied resemblance of the symptomatic spots in the mouth to those on a lily. Cf. Rose.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
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