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liar/lier/lyre

liar  (lī'ər)

Noun.

  • One that tells lies.

 

lier

Noun.

  • One who lies down; one who rests or remains, as in concealment.
  • There were liers in a ambush against him.

 

lyre  (līr)

Noun.

  • A stringed instrument of the harp family having two curved arms connected at the upper end by a crossbar, used to accompany a singer or reciter of poetry, especially in ancient Greece.

 

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