lye

name

1. A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9284).
2. A diminutive of the female given name Lyanna.

noun

Etymology: Variant of lie (“to rest horizontally”) now used in a specialised sense; compare sett.

1. Obsolete spelling of lie.
2. A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.

   “Brakevan lye. [same page in the main text] There is also an inclined lye for brakevans at each end of the yard.”

verb

Etymology: Variant of lie (“to rest horizontally”) now used in a specialised sense; compare sett.

1. Obsolete spelling of lie.

   “Now negligent of sports I lye, And now as other Fawkners use, I spring a mistresse, sweare, write, sigh and weepe: And the game kill'd, or lost, goe talk, and sleepe.”

   “But when his foe lyes proſtrate on the plain, He ſheaths his paws, uncurls his angry mane; And, pleas'd with bloudleſs honours of the day, Walks over, and diſdains th' inglorious Prey,[…]”