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unˈbacked, a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Of horses: Unmounted; untrained.
1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 320 The vnbackt breeder full of fears, Iealous of catching, swiftly doth forsake him. 1613W. Browne Brit. Past. i. v. 98 A stubborne Nagge of Galloway; Or vnback'd Iennet, or a Flanders Mare. 1656Stanley Hist. Philos. iv. (1687) 136/2 Being demanded how the Learned differ from the unlearned, he answered, as Horses unback'd from such as are well manag'd. 1753Hogarth Anal. Beauty xvii. 223 A fine Arabian war-horse, unbacked, and at liberty, and in a wanton trot. 1787Generous Attachment II. 66 My Louisa's long unbacked mare..frisked like a fawn across the neighbouring meadow.
2. Not backed or supported; not endorsed.
1609Daniel Civ. Wars iii. lxxix, He..will not avouch thy fact, But let the weight of thine owne infamie Fall on thee, vnsupported, and vnbackt. 1642H. More Song of Soul To Rdr., Nor is reason unback'd with better principles mathematically satisfiable in matters of this kind. 1658Earl of Monmouth tr. Paruta's Wars Cyprus 34 Most..were new men, and unexperienced, especially being unback'd by Horse. 1846Mrs. Gore Eng. Char. (1852) 115 A sucking politician unbacked by parliamentary interest. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. (1858) 548 They were in danger of being put down, unbacked by the popular support which in such a cause they deserved. 1892Daily News 25 May 2/3 An arrangement which gives only an unbacked promise of half interest.
b. Not backed by betting.
1883Times 22 Oct. 10/2 This year he took part in the race for the Great Yarmouth Handicap,..but he was unbacked and unplaced.
3. Not furnished with a back or backing.
1861Daily Tel. 19 Aug., The target fired at was an unbacked slab of wrought iron. 1895Funk's Stand. Dict., Unbacked, having no back, as a stool. |