† lirt Obs.
[cf. belirt v.]
Deception, trick.
| c 1440 York Myst. xxvi. 255 For truly þou moste lerne vs That losell to lache, Or of lande, thurgh a lirte, That lurdayne may lepe. 1887 Jamieson, Suppl. s.v., ‘He gied her the lirt’, i.e. the slip, go-by. |