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unˈlet, ppl. a. Also 5 unlate, 6 unletton. (un-1 8 b; cf. let ppl. a.)
1453Paston Lett. Suppl. (1901) 49, I know not oon rode unlate, but alle ocupyed to your profyghte. 1537in Lett. Suppress. Monast. (Camden) 163 The house..wiche was unlet at the tyme of owre repare thether. 1545Act 37 Hen. VIII, c. 12 §16 Hawles of Craftes.., soo long as they bee keapte unletton. 1769Gray in Corr. G. & Nicholls (1843) 93, I believe all that are unlet will be cheap as the time approaches. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt ii, Having three farms unlet. 1885Law Times 28 Mar. 384/2 In the present day, when unlet land is becoming so common. |