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unˈdressed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8, 8 c.]
I. Not dressed by trimming, putting in order, or preparing in some way.
1. Of the hair. (Cf. dress v. 13 b.)
1445tr. Claudian in Anglia XXVIII. 281 Gallia fers with heere vndressid stode with a coler of price, Holdyng in hande ij. dartys to gider. 1598Florio, Scapigliata, desheueled, vnkembd, vndrest about the head.
b. fig. Inelegant, unkempt.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. iv. ii. 17 To show as it were his inclination after his vndressed, vnpolished..fashion.
c. Of a horse: Ungroomed.
1731Fielding Grub St. Op. i. ix, Have I not left my horses undrest, to whet thy knives?
2.
†a. Of places (or things) in respect of orderly appearance or arrangement. Obs.
1530Nottingham Rec. III. 364 [He] suffreth the merkett places to be vndressed. 1611Cotgr., Taudis,..a foule, sluttish, vnhandsome, or vndressed roome. 1635Boston Rec. (1877) II. 4 That all the wood..shall bee gathered up, and layd or heaped in pyles,..upon the forfeyture of 6s. for every load left undressed up. 1649G. Daniel Trinarch., Rich. II, ccxxxix, Ashes flew about The vndrest Hearth, and the ill house-wif'd roome Lay all on heaps.
b. Of a shop-window. (Cf. dress v. 8.)
1883R. Broughton Belinda ii. vii, In the haberdashers' undressed windows..are to be seen nothing but bare boards and skeleton stands.
3. a. Of textile fabrics or materials. (Cf. dress v. 13 g and 11.)
1535Act 27 Hen. VIII, c. 13 §1 Whiche white clothe..shalbe..solde for lesse price..then thei shuld be vndressed. 1557N. T. (Genev.) Matt. ix. 16 No man peceth an olde garment with a pece of new clothe and vndressed. 1617Moryson Itin. iii. 274 Strict Lawes are made..that the web vndressed be viewed by three skillfull men, and be marked according to the goodnes. 1670R. Coke Disc. Trade 3 The Exportation of our White and Undrest Clothes. 1763Act 4 Geo. III, c. 26 (heading), The Importation of..rough and undressed Flax. 1834McCulloch Dict. Commerce (ed. 2) 646, Undressed hemp imported in 1831.
b. Of skins or leather. (Cf dress v. 13 f.)
1808Scott Marm. v. v, The hunted red-deer's undress'd hide Their hairy buskins well supplied. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. v. (1856) 38 A black-locked Esquimaux, enveloped in an undressed seal-skin. 1898Daily News 2 Dec. 5/1 The bindings in undressed morocco which mellows with age.
c. Of stone or wood. (Cf. dress v. 11.)
1846Hull & Lincoln Railway Bill 11 All undressed materials for the repair of public roads. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. (1858) 101 Flat undressed stones lay thick amid the rank grass. 1893Earl Dunmore Pamirs I. 22 Piers composed entirely of undressed logs.
4. Of wounds or sores. (Cf. dress v. 10.)
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 45 b/2 Simple Fractures, we keep sometimes sixe or seaven dayes vndressed. 1669Earl of Orrery Parthen. (1676) 781 Those sleight hurts I had received, were still undrest. 1747Doddridge Col. Gardiner 12 The poor Patient's Wound being still undressed. 1782J. Warton Ess. Pope II. ix. 102 With their wounds undressed and putrifying. 1848T. Aird Christian Bride iii. xxxii, That I may know if, still his wounds undressed, 'Tis safe to move him farther on his way.
5. Of grounds, trees, etc. (Cf. dress v. 13 c.)
1611Bible Lev. xxv. 5 Thou shalt not..gather the grapes of thy Vine vndressed. ― 2 Esdras xvi. 78 Like as a field is..left vndressed. 1697Dryden Virg. Past. ii. 104 Thy vineyard lies half-pruned, and half-undressed. 1780A. Young Tour Irel. I. 264 Crossing some of this undressed ground, we came to the point of a hill. 1813Scott Rokeby ii. xvii, Untrimm'd, undress'd, neglected now, Was alley'd walk and orchard bough.
6. Of food. (Cf. dress v. 13 a.)
1647Cowley Mistress, Answ. Platonicks 10 Beasts..taste those pleasures as they do their food; Undrest they tak't. 1714Advt. in Westm. Gaz. 18 Mar. (1909) 2/3 If any..bring with them their own Provisions for Eating, undressed,..they may have them dress'd after their own way. 1771Goldsm. Haunch of Venison 21 So I cut it [sc. venison], and sent it to Reynolds undrest. 1806A. Hunter Culina (ed. 3) 220 A dish, that..differs very little from the flesh of an undressed lobster. 1832R. & J. Lander Exped. Niger I. i. 22 The chief was eating an undrest onion.
II.
7. Not covered or invested with clothing; unclothed, naked (or nearly so).
1613W. Browne Brit. Past. i. iv. 474 To see misfortune spending Her utmost rage on Truth, dispisde, distressed, Unhappy, unrelieved, yet undressed. 1649Marvell in Lovelace Poems (1904) 5 The Ladies..all in mutiny though yet undrest Sally'd. 1749Fielding Tom Jones i. iii, He..now..recollected his being undressed, and put an end to her terrors by desiring her to stay without the door. 1815L. Simond Tour Gt. Brit. I. 3 The women highly dressed, or rather highly undressed, in extremely thin draperies. 1892Daily Tel. 28 Apr. 3/2 What I would consider..indecent is a naked woman which represents an undressed woman.
fig.1754Warburton Bolingbroke's Philos. ii. 102 You catch his First Philosophy..undressed, and without a rag of form, but flaunting and fluttering in Fragments.
8. Not properly or fully dressed; wearing informal dress or undress.
1605Chapman All Fooles i. i. 73 Undressed, sluttish, nasty, to their husbands, Spung'd up, adorn'd, and painted to their lovers. 1668Pepys Diary 31 Mar., Took up my wife and Deb., and to the Park, where, being in a hackney, and they undressed, was ashamed to go into the tour. 1693W. Bowles in Dryden's Juvenal v. (1697) 96 Thus Blest, must Trebius to his Levees run,..Break off sweet Slumbers, drowsie, and undrest, To shew his Zeal. 1753Richardson Grandison (1781) II. iv. 42 You came, though undressed, with your sword on. 1792A. Young Trav. France 213 The orchestra powerful, yet..the musicians all so dirty and undressed. 1859Habits of Gd. Society iii. 155 To be ‘undressed’ is to be dressed for work and ordinary occupations.
b. transf. Not of a dressy character; not requiring formal or full dress.
1798Jane Austen Northang. Abb. v, Neither at the upper nor lower rooms, at dressed or undressed balls, was he perceivable. 1809Malkin Gil Blas i. xv. ⁋3 Plain cloths..I threw aside with contempt, as thinking them too undrest. |