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unˈpressed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. a. Not pressed or squeezed; not subjected to pressure.
1552Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. X. 123 Thre elnis, thre quarteris, unprest blak. 1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iii. xiii. 106 Haue I my pillow left vnprest in Rome,..to be abus'd By one that lookes on Feeders? 1615G. Sandys Trav. 65 A beastly kind of vnpressed cheese. 1718Prior Solomon i. 346 Unpress'd their Vintage, and untill'd their Ground. 1794Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho i, The forest-walk, where flowers unprest, Bow not their tall heads. 1812Cary Dante, Purg. vi. 90 What boots it, that thy reins Justinian's hand Refitted, if thy saddle be unpressed? 1879E. Arnold Lt. Asia iv. 90 On our bed there lay An unpressed pillow. 1932W. Faulkner Light in Aug. xix. 419 A tall, loosejointed man with a constant cob pipe,..wearing always loose and unpressed dark gray clothes. 1968J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 96 Soft pleats with edges rounded and left unpressed. 1974J. Flint Cecil Rhodes (1976) ii. 19 Rhodes was notable for the shabbiness of his unpressed suits. 1977Lancashire Life Nov. 115/3 (caption) A dress with an intricately seamed bodice falling into unpressed pleats.
b. Not obtained by pressing.
1630Quarles Div. Poems 309 Our tender Vine Should cheare thy palate with her unprest wine. 1708J. Philips Cyder i. 414 Snails, that creep O'er the ripe Fruitage,..and unprest Cyder drink. 1802Lamb J. Woodvil 111, Because your poet-born hath an internal wine,..unpressed in mortal wine-presses.
2. Not pressed into service; unconstrained.
1603J. Davies Microcosmos Wks. (Grosart) I. 58/2 Our Kings might warre with Tenants of their owne, Who would vnprest haue yet bin prest for shame To follow their Liege-land-lords. 1871H. King Ovid's Met. xiii. 43 The first to arms who sprang Unpressed, by no informer dragged to war. |