lenten color

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lenten color - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lenten \Lent"en\, a. [From OE. lenten lent. See Lent, n. ]
     1. Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or
        suitable to, Lent; as, the Lenten season.
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              She quenched her fury at the flood,
              And with a Lenten salad cooled her blood. --Dryden.
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     2. Spare; meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant
        or showy. "Lenten entertainment." " Lenten answer."
        --Shak. " Lenten suit." --Beau. & Fl.
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     Lenten color, black or violet. --F. G. Lee.
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