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unˈbearing, ppl. a.
[un-1 10. Cf. OHG. unberenti, -perendi, Goth. unbairands.]
Unfertile, unproductive, barren.
c825Vesp. Psalter cxii. 9 Se eardian doeð unbeorende [L. sterilem] in huse modur bearna. c950Lindisf. Gosp. John xv. 2 marg., Þæt unberende treo he ᵹenimes. c1000ælfric Deut. vii. 13 Ne bið mid eow nan þing unberendes ne on mannum ne on nytenum. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 125 Þe holi man..was of michel elde, & his woreldes make was..unberinde. 1685Dryden Horace, Ep. ii. 21 [He] Does..with his pruneing hook disjoyn Unbearing Branches from their Head. 1863J. G. Murphy Comm., Gen. xi. 6 Unwittingly provide a store for the unbearing period of the year. 1874C. R. Smith Rural Life Shaks. 4 Fruit-trees must be continually lacerated to decrease the growth of unbearing wood. |