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unˈcropped, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Of flowers, etc.: Not cut or plucked; not eaten by cattle. Also fig.
1601Shakes. All's Well v. iii. 328 If thou beest yet a fresh vncropped flower, Choose thou thy husband, and Ile pay thy dower. 1610Fletcher Faithf. Sheph. i. i, If I keep My Virgin Flower uncropt, pure, chaste, and fair. 1667Milton P.L. iv. 731 Where thy abundance wants Partakers, and uncropt falls to the ground. 1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan III. 396 A bright circle of uncropped herbage was about the root. 1835E. Jesse Glean. Nat. Hist. Ser. iii. 228 Nature has given them a distaste for several flowers which are..left uncropped.
2. Not cropped or cut; left uncut.
1802Coleman Br. Grins, Knt. & Friar (1819) 101 Uncropp'd his ears, undock'd his flowing tail. 1895Westm. Gaz. 7 June 3 Nineteen black-and-tans with uncropped ears. Ibid., The first prize..was won by..an uncropped dog.
3. Of land: Not used for cropping.
1857Miller Elem. Chem., Org. xiii. §1. 733 Allowing the land to lie uncropped for a year. |