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unˈcharged, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1.
†a. Not called upon; unsummoned. Obs.
1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 91 Gyf a man gais to the weris unchargit, sall he tak wagis? 1539Reg. Privy Seal Scot. II. 472/2 The said Johnne to be..unchargit to find souerte to the law.
b. Not burdened (with something).
c1475Golagros & Gaw. 435 Sen hail our doughty elderis has bene endurand, Thriuandly in this thede, vnchargit as thril. 1746Eliza Heywood Female Spect. No. 24 (1748) IV. 317 When the Almighty, offended with our presumption, gives his fiat to our wishes, they seldom come uncharged with ills. 1896Westm. Gaz. 23 Sept. 5/1 The national desire to be at any rate uncharged with responsibility.
c. Not formally accused.
1900Westm. Gaz. 3 Apr. 3/2 His two native evangelists, who were arrested with him, are reported to be still in prison, untried and uncharged.
2. Unassailed, unattacked.
1607Shakes. Timon v. iv. 56 Then there's my Gloue Desend and open your vncharged Ports.
3. Her. Not furnished with a charge.
1610J. Guillim Heraldry ii. v. 49 The Bend containeth in breadth the fifth part of the Field, as it is vncharged. 1845Antiq. & Archit. Year Bk. 312 Beneath each figure appears a shield, but uncharged.
4. a. Not loaded with powder and shot.
1719De Foe Crusoe i. (Globe) 307 Snapping an uncharg'd Pistol, close to the Powder, [I] set it on fire. 1745E. Montagu Corr. (1906) I. 203 The first was my servant, valiantly armed with two uncharged pistols. a1829Parcy Reed xv. in Child Ball. III. 26/2 You have left me in a fair field standin, And in my hand an uncharged gun.
b. Not charged with electricity.
1815J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 263 A coating was then put on the uncharged glass. 1873Maxwell Electr. & Magn. I. 53 When they are gone, other uncharged particles [of air] take their place.
c. Not furnished with a load.
1796T. Twining Trav. India, etc. (1893) 157 The jolting of the uncharged machine became almost insupportable.
5. Not subjected to a financial charge.
1894Daily Tel. 5 Dec. 5/7 A Four and a Half per Cent. Gold Loan, secured on the uncharged revenues of the Treaty ports. |