lier

[ lahy-er ]

noun

1. a person or thing that lies, lie, as in wait or in ambush.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lier¹

First recorded in 1575–85; lie ² + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Last night Aunt Mary awoke and found herself alone; she gave the alarm, and people have hunted for lier ever since.

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Why should not Mrs. Smith, who was out over night in the blizzard of 1888, recount lier experiences, mental as well as physical?

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Item, pour cordes la lier et hler, deux sols huit deniers parisis.

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True, for one Sinner destroyeth much good, and a poor man is better than a Lier.

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She tore one of the coverings from her bosom, with which she made a first bandage that she fastened with a tress of lier hair.

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