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unˈburnt, unˈburned, ppl. a.
Forms: (see burn v.).
[un-1 8 and 8 b. Cf. MDu. ungebernt, -brant, Du. ongebrand, G. ungebrannt, ON. and Icel. úbrendr, óbrendr (Sw. obrand, Da. ubrændt).]
1. Not burnt or consumed by fire.
αc1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 29/97 His bones þat weren bi-left vn-barnd amidde þe se to caste. c1440Alph. Tales 162 Þat was fon vnbyrnyd emang þe hate colis. 1563Foxe A. & M. 1224/1, I will geue vi fagottes to burne the with all or thou shuldest be vnburned. 1607Shakes. Cor. v. i. 27 He said, 'twas folly, For one poore graine or two, to leaue vnburnt, And still to nose th' offence. 1623Bingham Xenophon 57 They came..to the vnburnt villages, setting afire the villages, where they last quartered. 1676Grew Exper. Luctation iii. §11 Egg-shells..being burnt, are far stronger Medicines, than when unburnt. 1715Desaguliers Fires Impr. 133 Put what Wood is left unburn'd over them. 1849Thoms tr. Worsaae's Primeval Antiq. Denmark 94 The ancient cromlechs or giants' chambers, with unburnt bodies and objects of stone. 1884Health Exhib. Catal. 71/2 Stoves..constructed specially to bring all the air into the room..pure and warm but unburnt.
βc1384Chaucer H. Fame i. 173 Anchises..Bare the goddesse of the londe Thilke that vnbrende were. 1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy iv. 6527 Þei ne lefte with-inne þe cite No þing vnbrent. c1450Mirk's Festial 163 So [he] sauet his bokes vnbrent þrogh þe grace and þe mercy of God. 1509Barclay Shyp of Folys (1570) 171 Because the lightning or thunder violent..suffreth thee and thy house to be vnbrent. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 346 They..made a road into Scotland,..and left nothing vnbrent to Edenbourgh.
γc1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxvii. (Machor) 188 Þe barne stil can ly, Ay kepand it sa godis grace Þat in þe fyr vnbrynt it was. c1480Henryson Annunciation 40 The low of luf haldand þe hete Vnbrynt full blithlie birnis. 1555Sc. Acts, Mary (1814) II. 490/1 Gif samekill restis vnbrint of the haill tenement. 1571–2Reg. Privy Council Scot. II. 121 For sauftie of the houssis..being within the same unbrint and dimolissit.
fig.a1584Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (1597) 243 Bot now na bluid in me remaines, Vnbrunt and bruilȝeit throw my vaines, Be luiffis bellowes blawin.
2. Not subjected to the action of fire for a specific purpose. Esp. of bricks, clay, lime, etc.
1626Bacon Sylva §898 We see also, that burnt wine is more hard and astringent, than wine unburnt. c1650E. Norgate Miniatura (1919) 15 Cologne Earth unburnt..is a very good colour for deepe shadowes. 1815Elphinstone Acc. Caubul (1842) I. 305 The commonest house by far is built of unburned brick. 1877Raymond Statist. Mines & Mining 382 When the pile is finished the outside crust of unburned pyrites is taken off and put onto the next pile. |