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unˈquenched, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Unextinguished; unsuppressed:
a. Of fire or light. Also fig.
c1200Ormin 10491 Inntill þatt fir þatt bærnenn shall A butenn ende unncwennkedd. a1400MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38 fol. 26 (Halliw.) I lycken the worlde to fyre un-queynte. 1596Spenser F.Q. iv. v. 4 Vulcan..This pretious ornament..wrought in Lemno with vnquenched fire. a1626Bacon Prayer Wks. 1879 I. 340 My heart..hath been an unquenched coal upon thine altar. 1703Rowe Fair Penit. ii. D 4, If any Spark from Heav'n remain unquench'd Within her Breast. 1764Goldsm. Trav. 222 Their level life is but a smouldering fire, Unquench'd by want. 1812Byron Ch. Har. ii. lxxv, Who but would deem their bosoms burn'd anew With thy unquenched beam, lost Liberty! 1836Lyra Apost. (1849) 180 On high th' unquenched stars Blaze. 1882Farrar Early Chr. I. 286 Even amid the moral aberrations of heathenism it was granted to some..to keep that light unquenched.
b. Of feelings, qualities, etc.
1590Marlowe 2nd Pt. Tamburl. v. iii, His teare-thyrsty and vnquenched hate. 1593Sidney's Arcadia iii. (1598) 367 Being depriued of her vnquenched desire. a1625Fletcher Woman's Prize iv. iv, My unquench'd charity shall tell you thus much, (Though you deserve it well) you shall not beg. 1762Falconer Shipwr. iii. 168 On the youthful mind th' impression cast Of ancient glory..; There all unquench'd by cruel fortune's ire, It glows. 1797Coleridge Osorio v. 100 The Tyger, that with unquench'd cruelty, Still thirsts for blood. 1817Byron Lament Tasso v, All unquench'd is still my better part. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 116 The ardour of his unquenched philanthropy.
†2. Of lime: Unslaked. Obs.
c1500Melusine 142 Barels full of vnquynched lyme. c1550H. Lloyd Treas. Health U j b, Make an oyntment..of Aloes and vnquenchyd lime wyth comon oyle. 1608Topsell Serpents 43 Vnquenched Lyme, mixeth with Honnie and oyle. 1660Sharrock Vegetables 129, I..sometimes have added unquenched lime into the infusions. |