Obs. [cf. BELIRT v.] Deception, trick.
c. 1440. York Myst., xxvi. 255. For truly þou moste lerne vs That losell to lache, Or of lande, thurgh a lirte, That lurdayne may lepe.
1887. Jamieson, Suppl. s.v., ‘He gied her the lirt,’ i.e. the slip, go-by.
