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unˈcustomed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Of merchandise: On which no custom or duty has been paid. † Also, not charged with or liable to duty.
1393Rec. Elgin (New Spald. Cl. 1903) I. 19 Al ye wol, ye clathe and al vthir thyngis yt gais be schipe owte of wre hafine of Spee vncustomyt. 1427Rolls of Parlt. IV. 318/1 To passe oute of this Royaume be way of Marchandise, un⁓custumed. 1487Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 32, vij hausers forfetted..in bringyng the same on land uncustumed. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII, 65 A great numbre of rascal & pedlers..brought ouer hattes and cappes, and diuerse merchaundise vncustomed. 1594J. Dickenson Arisbas (1878) 48 Hee had aboord certayne vnlawfull and vncustomed wares. 1631Heywood Fair Maid of West v, An Englishman Hath forfeited his ship for goods uncustom'd. 1669Sturmy Mariner's Mag., Penalties & Forfeit. 7 Liberty to go on board and take out Prohibited and Uncustomed Goods. 1718–9Act 5 Geo. I, c. 11 (title), An Act against clandestine running of uncustomed Goods. 1733Gentl. Mag. May 266/2 The Watchmen..seized 1100 Weight of uncustom'd Tea. c1820Hogg Tales & Sk. (1836) I. 304 Uncustomed wine and spirits. 1887Times 10 Sept. 4/4 Dealing with uncustomed goods—i.e., tobacco—with intent to defraud Her Majesty's Customs.
2. Unaccustomed to something. Obs. or arch.
c1520Barclay Jugurth (1557) 41 b, Other vncustomed to suche busynesse of batayle..fered the losse of their libertie. 1607C. Lever A Crucifix cxv, To adulation they vncustomd are. 1791Cowper Odyss. viii. 553 Glad he beheld The steaming vase, uncustom'd to its use E'er since his voyage from the isle of fair Calypso. 1877Blackie Wise Men 179 They show like moles uncustomed to the light.
3. Not customary; unusual. Obs. or arch.
1552Huloet, Vncustomed or out of vse, disuetus. 1565Stapleton tr. Bede's Hist. Ch. Eng. 79 An Abbat..to whom..the bishops them selues ought after a straunge and vn⁓customed order to be subiect. 1581Marbeck Bk. of Notes 730 A Miracle is a worke, hard and vncustomed by the power of God. 1603Florio Montaigne i. xxv. 85 My father purposed to make mee learne it [sc. Greek] by arte; But by new and vncustomed meanes. 1872Blackie Lays Highl. 35, I feel the keen, uncustomed temper of the thin, clear air. |