Definition of "lire" []

• Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin. (noun)
• The fleshy part of a roast capon, etc. as distinguished from a limb or joint. (noun)
• The cheek. (noun)
• Face; appearance of the face or skin; complexion; hue. (noun)
• The Manx shearwater (bird). (noun)

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• "It granted the pope royal honors and prerogatives and full liberty in the exercise of his religious functions; representatives of foreign powers at the Vatican received diplomatic rights and immunities; the pope received an annual income of 3.25 million lire from the Italian treasury and full enjoyment of the Vatican and other palaces with rights of extraterritoriality."
• "Sailors sometimes call the Italian money "lira money," because the lire, which is worth about the same as the French _franc_, or twenty cents, is the common unit of Italian currency."
• "The next time I met this student he had completed his studies and was employed as a clerk in the Italian railway station at Chiasso, the frontier town on the S. Gottardo, at an annual salary of 1,080 lire, which is about 43 pounds 4s."