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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Alite, Alyt(e, adv. [ME. alite, alyte, properly two words, lite being OE. Lýt little. In Sc. only under Chaucerian influence.] A little; to a slight extent; a little way. c1450-2 Howlat 927.
Thar with that lady a lyte leuch hir allane a1500 Henr. Test. Cr. 271.
Befor Cupide veiling his cap alyte Id. III. 96/16.
Thair dwelt alyt besyde the king A fowll gyane 1513 Doug. viii. Prol. 3.
I slaid on a swevynnyng, slummyrrand a lite 15.. Clar. i. 813.
Clariodus … changit hew alyte Ib. ii. 1872.
I man … restraine my pen alite c1550 Rolland C. Venus i. 639.
Anone his bak alyte he wryit, To pas away
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