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littered, ppl. a.|ˈlɪtəd|
[f. litter v. + -ed1.]
In senses of the vb.
1. Employed or strewn as litter; also, scattered in disorder.
1754Dodsley Public Virtue, Agriculture ii. 231 Strew around Old leaves or litter'd straw, to screen from heat The tender infants. 1863A. B. Grosart Small Sins 67, I remember how the littered concealing straw was raised. 1863Ld. Lytton King Amasis II. 137 See these littered shards upon the sordid earth!
2. Covered or strewn with litter; clogged up with litter.
1870Evening Standard 29 Oct., From one of the upper balconies of this littered chateau we looked down upon Paris. 1895Educat. Rev. Sept. 166 The mind is left in a littered-up condition. 1900Blackw. Mag. Aug. 220/1 He looked at the littered table.
3. nonce-use. That has produced a litter.
1894Gladstone Horace, Odes iii. xxvii. 1 With littered fox, and lapwing's call. |
