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Definition of Lythe
1. n. The European pollack; -- called also laith, and leet.
2. a. Soft; flexible.
Definition of Lythe
1. Adjective. (obsolete) soft; flexible ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lythe
1. a common fish of the cod family [n -S]
Medical Definition of Lythe
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lythe
Literary usage of Lythe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Political Beginnings of Kentucky: A Narrative of Public Events Bearing by John Mason Brown (1889)
"John lythe, the House waited on the proprietors and acquainted them that they
... John lythe (an ordained Episcopal clergyman) and James Douglass sat for ..."
2. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris, Edward Wedlake Brayley (1813)
"... or lythe, the ancient hundred of Lyda being joined with it ; BASSETLAW contains
the ancient hundred of ..."
3. Report on the Manuscripts of Lord Montagu of Beaulieu by Henry John Douglas Scott-Montagu Montagu, Mrs. Sophia Crawford Lomas (1900)
"The residue of the Frenchmen intendeth to keep lythe, and (as it is said) they
will burn ... lythe ..."
4. Gairloch in North-west Ross-shire: Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and by John Henry Dixon (1886)
"These rods, with a supply of guttapercha sand-eels and strong traces for lythe
fishing, lighter traces and artificial minnows for the ferox, ..."
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