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lighten
Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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v.
make a décharge (def. 2).
See: décharge(def. 2)
Quotations
1829
The whole of these Rapids we shot down, and only lightened at two of them, where it was necessary to run altho' dangerous, as there was no possibility of making a portage. . . .
1830
. . . ran twelve strong rapids, two of which we lightened at. . . .