lire

noun

Meaning

Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin.
The fleshy part of a roast capon, etc. as distinguished from a limb or joint.
The cheek.
Face; appearance of the face or skin; complexion; hue.
The Manx shearwater (bird).
The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar)
The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

No descendant words have been linked yet.