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unˈwatery, a.
[OE. unwæteriᵹ (un-1 7).]
Not supplied with or containing water.
c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke xi. 24 He gæð þurh unwæterie stowa, reste secende. a1300E.E. Psalter cvi. 4 Thei erreden in wildernesse, in vnwatri place. 1382Wyclif Ps. lxxvii. 40 In to wrathe thei to-stiriden hym in vnwatri place.
1739C. Wesley Hymns 222 Divinely led the Favourites pass Th' Unwatry Deep, and emptied Sea. 1872Browning Fifine cii, How..The solid surface-shield was outcome..Of simple dew at work to save itself amid The unwatery force around. 1877Blackie Wise Men 67 Age to youth May sooner pass than from unwatery crust Be birth of water. |