litten
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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When Launfal heard these words he rejoiced greatly, for his heart was litten by another's torch.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de
Travers took the path leading to the wood, and entering in the coppice, saw the red blaze of a fire which these two thieves had litten.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene
Everywhere the green fire of Spring would be litten anew.
From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Macleod, Fiona
Not braver he that leaps the wall By level musket-flashes litten, Than I, who stepped before them all, Who longed to see me get the mitten.
From Recitations for the Social Circle by Harvey, James Clarence
Not in a litten house: Not ere the hour when night turns on itself And shakes the silence: not while ye wake together.
From King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? by Bottomley, Gordon
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