Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
pight , an obsolete past participle of pitch.
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Examples
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Then she called unto her a gentlewoman and bad her bring forth a pavilion; and so she did, and pyght it upon the gravel.
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart
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Then she called unto her a gentlewoman and bad her bring forth a pavilion; and so she did, and pyght it upon the gravel.
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God, to owr most blessyd lady his mother: Vyrgyn Mary, the glorious Seint George, and all the saynts: and advaunced, directly upon his enemyes: approachinge to thier filde, which was strongly in a marvaylows strong grownd pyght, full difficult to be assayled.
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The Kynge apprailed hymslfe, and all his hooste set in good array: ordeined three wards: displayed his bannars: dyd blowe up the trompets: commytted his caws and qwarell to Almyghty God, to owr most blessyd lady his mother: Vyrgyn Mary, the glorious Seint George, and all the saynts: and advaunced, directly upon his enemyes: approachinge to thier filde, which was strongly in a marvaylows strong grownd pyght, full difficult to be assayled.
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The Kynge apprailed hymslfe, and all his hooste set in good array: ordeined three wards: displayed his bannars: dyd blowe up the trompets: commytted his caws and qwarell to Almyghty God, to owr most blessyd lady his mother: Vyrgyn Mary, the glorious Seint George, and all the saynts: and advaunced, directly upon his enemyes: approachinge to thier filde, which was strongly in a marvaylows strong grownd pyght, full difficult to be assayled.
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"And at that time the weather was hot. Then she called unto her a gentlewoman and bad her bring forth a pavilion; and so she did, and pyght it upon the gravel."
- Thomas Malory, 'The Holy Grail'.
September 10, 2009