† litteragen.
Obsolete.
a. The process of littering or being littered; birth.
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breeding1387
whelping1398
broodc1440
feture?1440
litterc1440
littering1542
fall1593
litterage1601
cast1646
1601 R. Dolman tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. III. 392 In the same countrey there are bores like to others..in their litteridge, which are growne in two moneths, and yet are smaller then conies.
b. (See quot. a1650.)
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a1650 G. Boate Nat. Hist. Ireland (1726) 79 The other [sort of ore]..went most away into litteridge or dross.
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- prickleapple
- pricklearmed
- prickleback
- pricklebacks
- pricklebasket
- prickled
- prickled apple
- prickled pear
- prickleedge
- prickleedged
- pricklefish
- pricklemachine
- pricklenosed
- pricklepalm
- prickles
- prickleshaped
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- pricklet
- prickleyellow
- pricklier
- prickliest
- prickline