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unˈstirred, ppl. a. (un-1 8.) α13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 706 At a stylle stollen steuen, vnstered wyth syȝt, Luf lowe hem bytwene lasched so hote. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xliv. (Lucy) 255 Vnsterit scho stud stil as a crag. 1513Douglas æneid vii. xi. 53 Vnsterit lang tyme and vnmovit, Itale Now birnis into fury bellicale. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) III. 61 Neuir ane ox wes ȝokkit into bow, Bot lay full still into thair stall wnsteird. βa1340Hampole Psalter xxv. 12 Mi fote..departid not fro þi ryȝtwysnes bot stod vnstird ogeyne alle sclaunders. 1470–1Rolls of Parlt. VI. 233/1 Uncompelled, unstirred or undesired soo to doo. 1551Recorde Pathw. Knowl. i. xiv, Set the one foote of the same compasse vnsturred, in the eande of the other line. 1589Fleming Virg. Georg. ii. 28 Vnstird it doth remaine, And conquereth..by lasting many yeares. 1624Gataker Transubst. 55 The selfe same body..sitting there still unstirred and untouched. 1628Feltham Resolves 221 Like the Wind..It disperses Exhalations from the muddy Earth, which would, vnstirr'd, infect it. 1699Bentley Phal. 506 It was immortal Vellum..that could last for ten Ages, though untouch'd and unstirr'd. 1830Mrs. Hemans Lady of Provence 11 Many a Chatillon.., Unstirr'd by the ringing trumpet's breath, His shroud of armour wore. 1843Ruskin Mod. Paint. I. ii. v. iii. §27 Glassy pools, upon which the drinking cattle cast an unstirred image. 1882‘Ouida’ Maremma i. 192 The ilex leaves..drooping above their heads, unstirred by any breeze. |