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unˈchewed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8. Cf. unchawed ppl. a., and MDu. ongecouwet, -kauwet, Du. ongekaauwd, G. ungekaut.]
Not chewed.
1646Quarles Sheph. Orac. ix, Say, do you eat and grind it,..Or like an unchew'd Pill, but swallow't down? 1697Dryden æneis x. 1025 His mouth runs o're With unchew'd morsels. 1742Young Nt. Th. v. 973 All,..wide-expanding their voracious jaws, Morsel on morsel swallow down unchew'd. 1766Compl. Farmer s.v. Cubbitting O 2/2, Horses addicted to this vice are but of small value; they drop a great part of their food unchewed. 1884Browning Ferishtah, Two Camels, No sprig Of toothsome chervil must I leave unchewed!
fig.1643–5Milton Divorce Introd., If she presume to bring forth ought, that sorts not with their unchew'd notions and suppositions. 1681Dryden Abs. & Achit. i. 113 Not weigh'd or winnow'd by the Multitude, But swallow'd in the Mass, unchewed and crude. |