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unˈcleared, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not cleared off or settled; undischarged.
1637Rutherford Lett. (1664) 132 When he & I fall in reckoning, we are both behinde,..& so marches lie still unrid & counts uncleared betwixt us. 172.Ramsay Evergreen Gloss., Unquit, uncleared or unpaid.
2. Not cleared or freed from something which encumbers; esp. not cleared of trees.
1772Cook Voy. i. v. (1773) 60 There was neither gnat nor musquito,..which perhaps is more than can be said of any other uncleared country. 1805R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 391 The water..is conveyed in a rut perpetually descending along the whole line of the uncleared moss. 1822J. Flint Lett. Amer. 239 In the uncleared woods, which are not suitable pastures for sheep. 1829Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) I. 234 Savage animals abounded as much in Scotland as in the other uncleared and wooded regions of northern Europe. 1880J. C. Crawford N. Zealand & Australia 27 The whole distance traversed..was through dense and uncleared forest.
3. Not freed from the imputation of guilt.
1724Savage Sir T. Overbury iv. i. 35 To fly, wou'd be, to leave my Fame unclear'd. 1903Westm. Gaz. 26 Jan. 8/2 Were the Crown to..release the prisoner, he would for ever remain an ‘uncleared’ man.
4. Not cleared up; not removed or explained.
1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) II. 405 A repugnancy, which, for want of cross-examination, remains uncleared up. 1861[F. W. Robinson] Under the Spell III. 237 That would necessitate another long night of suspense, with doubts ‘uncleared’.
5. Not freed from impurities; not made clear or transparent.
1837M. Donovan Dom. Econ. II. 343 It appears to me that uncleared coffee has a less agreeable taste than the same quality if transparent. |