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Quotation dates: 1796, 1928
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†WANLIT, adj. Unlit, darkened, dark. Liter.Gall. 1796 J. Lauderdale Poems 91:
An' further, for to show his spleen, Has near han' clay'd up baith his e'en; Sae wanlit like, held in disgrace, The creature scarce can show his face.Sc. 1928 J. G. Horne Lan'wart Loon 25:
Whiles herk'nin' in a wanlit glen That huntit tods wad brawly ken.
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