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unˈsold, ppl. a.
[un-1 8 b. Cf. MSw. osalder, Sw. osåld.]
Not disposed of by sale.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 122 Bote nedde þe grace of gyle i-gon a-mong my ware, Hit hedde ben vn-sold þis seuen ȝer. 1388Wyclif Acts v. 4 Whethir it vnseld was not thin; and whanne it was seld, it was in thi power? 1489Paston Lett. III. 354 If Bayard be onsolde, I pray yow late hym be made fatte. a1513Fabyan Chron. (1811) 594 All suche marchaundyse, beyng than vnsolde, to be forfayted vnto the kyng. 1583B. Melbancke Philotimus R iv b, Pertinax..did rather leaue his wood vnsould, then abate one blancke of his price. 1620in Foster Eng. Factories Ind. I. (1906) 207 The last yers corrall is unsould. 1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing 8 Some Trades are..sooner sold off, which renders the remainder of the un-sold Exercises unperfect. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 246, I always reserved a small quantity of all goods unsold. 1809N. Pinkney Trav. France 57 When the property of the emigrants is unsold. 1878Jevons Prim. Pol. Econ. 100 She begins to fear that she may have to carry her butter back unsold. |