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Definition of Dight
1. v. t. To prepare; to put in order; hence, to dress, or put on; to array; to adorn.
Definition of Dight
1. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To deal with, handle. ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To have sexual intercourse with. ¹
3. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To dispose, put (in a given state or condition). ¹
4. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To compose, make. ¹
5. Verb. (archaic transitive) To furnish, equip. ¹
6. Verb. (archaic transitive) To dress, array; to adorn. ¹
7. Verb. (archaic transitive) To make ready, prepare. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dight
1. to adorn [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: adorn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dight
Literary usage of Dight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to Stevenson by Henry Spackman Pancoast (1915)
"70 strive, Once more the sky was black, the thunder roll'd: Fast running o'er
the plain a priest was Not dight full proud nor buttoned up in gold; ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... But ere he could his armour on him dight, Or get his shield. Ibid., L, vii, 8.
And in a diable near, even ta a place divine. ..."
3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"... stand up too suddenly, and bring her fashionably be- dight head-gear in contact
with the under side of the deck. ..."
4. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Why do these steeds stand ready dight ? They watch to hear the bloodhound baying ;
They watch to hear the war-horn braying ..."
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