What does lights mean?
Lights means plural of light.
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/laɪts/ · noun
plural of light.
But forst him gape and gaspe, with dread aghast, / As if his lungs and lites were nigh asunder brast.
[…] / hard puffing breasts and dance-o'erwearied lungs. / And truly had the crier will'd to shout / The doughty Piper's name through polish's trump, / His breath had not suffic'd to twang it out, / So did the poor man's lights puff, pant, and jump: / Wherefore to rest them from that dancing-bout, / […]
A hog's lights (or lungs), spleen, and brain found their way into dishes, as did the heart, liver, kidneys, and head, all considered delicacies. Even the feet, ears, and tail were eaten. The hooves were boiled to make glue.
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Lights means plural of light.
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But forst him gape and gaspe, with dread aghast, / As if his lungs and lites were nigh asunder brast.
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