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▪ I. unˈfouled, ppl. a.1 [un-1 8 + foul v.1] Not made foul or impure; undefiled.
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 388 Seynt Jame seis, For þis is a clene religioun,..to kepe a mon unfoulid fro þis worlde. a1425Cursor M. 19504 (Trin.), God him kepte..His hondes vnfouled of monnes blood. a1470Harding Chron. lxxii. vii, Hir wyfehode..Afore that tyme euer was kept vnfouled. 1653H. More Antid. Ath. ii. xii. §3 Light and Colours unfoul'd and unsophisticated by any inward tincture. 1916G. Frankau Poet. Wks. (1923) II. 3 The Killer⁓men of Valhalla looked up from the banquet-board At the unfouled breach of his rifle. 1929D. H. Lawrence Pansies 74 The soul's first passion is for sheer life Entering in shocks of truth, unfouled by lies. ▪ II. † unˈfouled, ppl. a.2 Sc. Obs. [un-1 8 + foul v.2] Unexhausted.
1535W. Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) II. 412 Kenethus than..maid efter thame till go The freschest men [that] onfowllit wer in feild. |