Meaning of lilly-low | Babel Free

Definitions

A flame, especially a bright, small or lovely one.

Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete

Examples

“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.”

“Then she arranged the logs in a more scientific manner, blew one long, well-directed breath, causing what Yorkshire folk call⟳ "a lilly-low," then nodded her head significantly, with another broad smile⟳.”

“For lily-lows is nought to it for burning.”

“Lilly-low, lilly-low, set⟳ up on end⟳, See⟳ little baby go out at town end⟳.”

“Winter, disputing every inch of ground, at last⟳ retreated beaten. The sun burst⟳ through the sullen clouds, and flung his lusty beams about the house. The dust-motes caught their radiance, and danced in shimmering lilly-lows, which played about the kitchen.”

“Occasionally at evenglome one of the Gillie Girls would come⟳ and sit⟳ on a Rock offshore and sing⟳ to me by the light⟳ of the lilly-lows, accompanying herself on her long golden hair, which should not have⟳ sorted very well with her scaly green skin but somehow did.”

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