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unˈpicked, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not picked out or selected; not freed from what is of inferior quality.
1587Palfreyman Baldwin's Mor. Philos. To Rdr. (1600) B ij b, Some curious or scornfull person finding it vnpicked, emptie, barren of eloquence. 1641Milton Prel. Episc. 3 Whatsoever time, or the heedlesse hand of blind chance, hath drawne down..in her huge dragnet, whether Fish, or Sea⁓weed, Shells, or Shrubbs, unpickt, unchosen. 1765Museum Rust. IV. 384 A small sample of each kind of seed, certified..to have been taken indifferently and unpicked out of the gross quantity gathered. 1830M. Donovan Dom. Econ. I. 277 An inferior quality of wine will be afforded by unpicked clusters. 1887in Moloney Forestry W. Africa 135 In a rough state unpicked, but simply roughly..sifted, it sells for {pstlg}45 to {pstlg}60 per ton.
2. Not gathered or culled.
1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, ii. iv. 397 Now comes in the sweetest Morsell of the night, and wee must hence, and leaue it vnpickt. 1612Parkes Curtain-Drawer 4 Then Tobacco was an Indian, vnpickt and vnpiped, now made the common Iuy-bush of luxury.
3. Not unfastened or opened; not rifled or robbed. Also in fig. context.
1598Greene Jas. IV, i. ii, I cannot abide..a fat capon vncaru'd, a full purse vnpickt. a1704T. Brown Laconics Wks. 1711 IV. 2 How is it possible..for a Woman to keep her Cabinet unpick'd, when every Rascal has got a Key to 't?
†4. Without incision. Obs.—1
1605J. Mosan Wirtzung's Gen. Pract. Phys. 420 Bathing in sweet water is very profitable. So are also boxing cups set vnpickt vpon the sides, whereby to extract all windinesse. |