variant of LIGHTER sb. and v.
Perh. mispr. for liters, litered. The quot. for the vb. is much older than those under LIGHTER v.)
1677. Yarranton, Eng. Improv., 152. The goods are littered to and from the Ships. Ibid., 153. The great charge … by carrying … goods by Litters, to and from the Ships.
