lidn.[AS. hlid, fr. hldan (in comp.) to cover, shut; akin to OS. hldan (in comp.), D. lid lid, OHG. hlit, G. augenlid eyelid, Icel. hli gate, gateway. 40.]()1. That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk.()2. The cover of the eye; an eyelid.(Shak.)Tears, big tears, gushed from the rough soldier's lid. (Byron.)3. (Bot.) The cover of the spore cases of mosses.()