chaliced
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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They can never, of course, get very far away from the regions skirted by eternal frost, for their cup of joy must be chaliced by the snow-flake, or their beautiful life is soon ended.
From Life: Its True Genesis by Wright, R. W.
Blossoms hold Mines of gold Deep within the farthest heart of each chaliced flower.
From A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass by Lowell, Amy
Now the fields are laughing; now the maids Take their pastime; laugh the leafy glades: Now the summer days are blooming, And the flowers their chaliced lamps for love illuming.
From Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse by Symonds, John Addington
The frost of age Has touched the once-brown hair, And left it white as are the chaliced lilies.
From Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two by Various
God knows that he is worshipped there, The chaliced cowslip's graceful bending Is mute devotion, and the air Is sweet with incense of her lending.
From Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden by Richardson, David Lester
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