ppl. a. [f. LAUNCH v. + -ED1.] In senses of the vb.

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1601.  Weever, Mirr. Mart., F ij. With goarie sides, and deeper lanched brest.

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1639.  G. Daniel, Ecclus., xli. 54. Let thy blushes rise From a lanch’t heart.

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1875.  Browning, Aristoph. Apol., 95. The launched lie Whence heavenly fire has withered.

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1896.  Daily News, 1 April, 6/5. A launched vessel always begins her career by illustrating the process known in the proverb as kicking down the ladder by which you have risen.

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