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1. Not lighted; not set on fire; unkindled.
169[?]. Ad Populum Phaleræ, ii. Ask him but whence unlighted Candles came?
1718. Prior, Solomon, III. 708. The sacred Wood, which on the Altar lay, Untouch’d, unlighted glows.
1863. Thornbury, True as Steel, III. 16. The cannonier, rising, unlighted linstock in hand.
1883. D. C. Murray, Hearts, xxxiv. With his unlighted pipe between his teeth.
2. Not lighted up or illuminated; not furnished with light. Also fig.
[1775. Ash, Unligkted,… not directed by light.]
1825. T. Hook, Sayings, Ser. II. III. 102. The countenance of … Fanny, was the only one unlighted by smiles and happiness.
1855. Arnold, Balder Dead, II. 213. Ye … gave me nine unlighted realms to rule.
1886. C. E. Pascoe, London of To-day (ed. 3), 254. A cell … unlighted except by the door.
