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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Newly alighted.

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Examples

  • It looks as if it would fly again without the least effort, -- as if it had just 'new-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill'!

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 Various

  • "A head overflowed by ripples of dark-brown hair sat with heroic grace upon his solid white throat, like some glossy falcon new-lighted on a Parian column."

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 Various

  • "My," said he to Amanda, scurrying back to the new-lighted fire, "it's only four above!"

    The Adventures of Bobby Orde Stewart Edward White 1909

  • It was much later on, in the evening, when they sat alone near the twin beeches, under a new-lighted moon, that Roy at last managed to speak of

    Far to Seek A Romance of England and India Maud Diver 1906

  • Presently he laughed -- a crackling cackle like new-lighted kindling wood; nothing could have been more inhuman in sound.

    The Battle of the Strong — Complete A Romance of Two Kingdoms Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Presently he laughed -- a crackling cackle like new-lighted kindling wood; nothing could have been more inhuman in sound.

    The Battle of the Strong — Volume 4 A Romance of Two Kingdoms Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Presently he laughed -- a crackling cackle like new-lighted kindling wood; nothing could have been more inhuman in sound.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Before the horse and rider, upon the ground, yet as if new-lighted there from an aerial existence, half walks, half flies, a splendid winged figure, one arm outstretched, the other brandishing the palm -- Victory leading them on.

    Artist and Public And Other Essays On Art Subjects Kenyon Cox 1887

  • Below them the hill fell away so abruptly that the roofs of the nearest houses were almost at their feet; and beyond these the city tumbled raggedly down to meet the bay in a confused, vague mass of roofs, cornices, cupolas, and chimneys, blurred and indistinct in the twilight, but here and there pierced by a new-lighted street lamp.

    Blix Frank Norris 1886

  • Here they sat down, Blix settling herself on an old log with a little sigh of contentment, Condy stretching himself out, a new-lighted pipe in his teeth, his head resting on the little handbag he had persistently carried ever since morning.

    Blix Frank Norris 1886

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