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unˈturned, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not turned over, round, away, etc.
c1550[see stone n. 16 c]. 1575Gamm. Gurton i. iv. 12 So see in all the heaps of dust thou leave no straw vnturned. 1665R. Oliver in Earl Orrery St. Lett. (1742) 120, I will leave no stone unturned, till I find out the root, from whence those wicked branches grow. 1670[see stone n. 16 c]. 1760Law Spir. Prayer ii. 79 Whilst man stood in his first perfection, unturned from God. 1814Monthly Mag. XXXVIII. 438 Oft I took, and oft return'd This key, and left the lock unturn'd. 1822Byron Vis. Judgm. lxvii, Behold a candidate with unturn'd coat! 1904E. Rickert Reaper 303 He wanted to see how much ground was unturned.
2. Not shaped by turning.
1816J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 61 The part thus left unturned may be cut off either in the lathe or afterwards. 1875Carpentry & Join. 88 The head..of the bed..may be made of unturned posts. |