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Definition of Stetted
1. stet [v] - See also: stet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stetted
Literary usage of Stetted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the State Convention of Maryland, to Frame a New Constitution by Maryland Constitutional Convention, Maryland (1867)
"1866 May term—20 indictments—-10 convicted 4 acquittals., 5 stetted $nd 1 ...
October term—14 indictments—2 convictions, 6 acquittals, 1 stetted and 5 ..."
2. Maryland Historical Magazine by Maryland Historical Society (1921)
"... but on his producing her to the Court, she was turned over to her uncle,
Secretary Hatton, and the case was, as we would now say, "stetted. ..."
3. A Shakespearian Grammar: An Attempt to Illustrate Some of the Differences by Edwin Abbott Abbott (1884)
"There was also great licence in using the foreign words which were pouring into
the language. " And quench the stetted fires."—Lear, iii. 7. 61. ..."
4. Charles Reade as I Knew Him by John Coleman (1903)
"... deleted " here and "stetted" there, and interlined everywhere, were scattered
about in slatternly confusion. After all these years I recall quite ..."
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