lidless

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lidless - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lidless \Lid"less\ (l[i^]d"l[e^]s), a.
     Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes;
     hence, sleepless; watchful.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           A lidless watcher of the public weal.    --Tennyson.
     [1913 Webster]

lidless - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lidless
      adj 1: not having or covered with a lid or lids; "a lidless
             container" [ant: lidded]
      2: having no lid; "a lidless container"
      3: always watchful; "to an eye like mine, a lidless watcher of
         the public weal"- Alfred Tennyson [syn: lidless,
         sleepless]