[f. LIE v.1 + -ER1.]
a. One who lies, in senses of the vb.
1596. Dalrymple, trans. Leslie’s Hist. Scot., V. 292. The Scotis sa blyth of that Victorie and proud … heidet thair the deid lyeris.
1737. Bracken, Farriery Impr. (1757), II. 72. Chusing a Horse that is a good Lier, or such a one as lays himself down often…. There is a great Difference in Horses, with relation to their being good or bad Liers.
b. With advs. or advb. phrases. † Lier-by, a kept mistress (cf. LIE-BY 1, LIG-BY). Obs.
1583. Melbancke, Philotimus, Aa iij. It is a Prouerbe in Englande that the men of Tiuidal borderers on ye english midle marches, haue likers, lemmons, and lyerbies.
1608. Willet, Hexapla Exod., 394. These whom the Apostle calls αρσενοκοιται, liers with men.
1611. Bible, Joshua viii. 14. There were liers in ambush against him. Ibid., Judg. ix. 25. And the men of Shechem set lyers in wait for him.
1657. Fuller, Serm., Best Employment, 10. He [our Saviour] was no large lier on bed.
1827. Carlyle, Germ. Rom., I. 25. She turned the corner with her, and escaped the eyes of the lier-in-wait.
1844. Mary Howitt, My Own Story, x. 101. The old squire was a late lier in bed.
