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unˈpared, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Of fruit: Not having the skin pared off.
c1305Pilate 232 in E.E.P. (1862) 117 Þe gayler him tok an appel; he seide hit was vnriȝt Vnpared an appel take, an heȝ man oþer a kniȝt. 14..Burlesques ii. in Rel. Ant. I. 83 Adam, Adam, why ete thu the appull unpard? 1530Palsgr. 652/2 Can you nat eate a peere onpared? 1658Evelyn Fr. Gard. (1675) 190 The fruits being pared or unpared, according to..your curiosity.
2. Of nails: Uncut, untrimmed.
1547Boorde Introd. Knowl. 117 Who shall let me, the deuyls nayles vnpared? 1598Dallington Meth. Trav. X iij, Wearing long vnpared nayles. 1635Quarles Embl. iii. vi. 146 If the peevish Infant fights, and flies, With un⁓par'd weapons, at his mother's eyes. 1743Francis tr. Hor., Epode v. 60 Her unpar'd Thumbs Canidia gnaws. |