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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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¶LILLY, n. In phr. to get the lilly, to be set on edge, of the teeth. Cf. Seg, v.²Per., Ayr. a.1838 Jam. MSS. X. 183:
When one has been eating fruit, esp. if unripe, it is said that one's teeth “ha' gotten the lilly.”