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Definition of Bletted
1. blet [v] - See also: blet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bletted
Literary usage of Bletted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee concordance of the Old Testament[based by William De Burgh (1860)
"Thou shall be bletted above all 28: Я. ... bletted (be ) the Lord, 10: 9.Blessed be
the Lord thy God, !Ch.l6:36. Blessed (be) the Lord God of 29:10. tilled ..."
2. Brunetière's Essays in French Literature by Ferdinand Brunetière (1898)
"We may prefer green apples, we may prefer bletted pears, but we cannot pretend
that it is just when apples are green or pears are ..."
3. The Every-day Book: Or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports by William Hone (1826)
"The Annunciation of the bletted f-'irgin Mary. ... in England LADY DAY, ;)n
abridgement of the old term Our Lady's Day, or the Day of our bletted Lady. ..."
4. Epitome of gardening by Thomas Moore (1881)
"It becomes bletted and fit for use in the course of two or three weeks. The Melon,
Cucumis Melo, is an annual tropical plant of climbing or trailing habit, ..."
5. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Its Medlar, fruit is hard, acid, and unfit for eating till it loses its green
color and becomes "bletted," in which state it acquires an agreeably acid and ..."
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