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unˈclothed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not covered with clothes; bare, naked.
1440J. Shirley Dethe K. James (1818) 15 The Kyng..stondyng in his night gowne, all unclothid save his shirt, his cape [etc.]. 1495Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. xviii. ix. 762 A serpent dredyth a nakyd man & dare not touche hym though he lepe on hym whan he is vnclothed. 1601Ld. Mountjoy Let. in Moryson Itin. ii. (1617) 204 Then will the souldier be vnclothed, which rather then he will indure, he will runne away. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme i. xxviii. 128 Vpon his necke, and other outward parts which are vnclothed. 1816Byron Siege Cor. xxvi, Their leader's nervous arm is bare,..Unclothed to the shoulder it waves them on. 1862Sharpe Egypt. Antiq. Brit. Mus. 13 The unclothed parts of their bodies are painted red. 1874L. Carr J. Gwynne I. vii. 237 Prone to cravings after a savage ideal of untaught, unclothed freedom.
transf.1581Howell Devises (1906) 32, I sawe the naked Fields vnclothde on euery side. 1855Orr's Circ. Sci., Inorg. Nat. 85 The unclothed jaws—covered with hard enamel instead of skin—are lined with a double row of teeth.
2. Not covered with a cloth or cloths.
1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. ix. 93 [The table] still stands in its simple dignity, an unclothed platform of boards. 1891E. Kinglake Australian at Home 94 A plainly furnished room with an unclothed deal table.
Hence unˈclothedly adv.
a1648Ess. on Death in Bacon's Remaines (1648) 8 Forgetting how unclothedly they came hither, or with what naked ornaments they were arrayed. 1683E. Hooker Pref. Pordage's Mystic Div. 67 Where, unclothedly, uncoveredly, nakedly, uncompoundedly,..Hee stood. |