ˈlily-flower
The flower of the (white) lily; occas. the heraldic fleur-de-lis.
| a 1300–1400 Cursor M. 25630 (Gött.) Þar þu lay in þi bright boure, Leuedi! quite als leli floure. 1340 Ayenb. 230 My lemman is ase þe lylye amang þe þornes... Þis lilye flour lokeþ his uayrhede amang þe þornes of uondingges of þe ulesse. c 1385 Chaucer L.G.W. Prol. 161 A garlond..of rose leuys Stekid al with lylye flourys newe. c 1440 York Myst. xii. 91 Þe lelly floure full faire of hewe. 1612 Webster Wh. Devil v. Stage Direction L 2 marg., A pot of lilly flowers. 1833 Tennyson Œnone 94 Poems 56 The smooth⁓swarded bower, Lustrous with lilyflower. |