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unˈweighed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8. Cf. Da. uveiet, Sw. ovägd.]
1. Not weighed.
1481–90Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 348, lix. bales of Gene wode unweyed. 1535Coverdale 1 Kings vii. 47 Salomon let all the apparell be vnweyed [1539 vnwayed, 1611 vnweighed] because the metall was so moch. 1555Inv. Ch. Goods (Surtees) 153, xlv sowes of leade unwaied. 1697Walsh Life Virgil ⁋17 in Dryden's Virgil, Massy Plate, unweigh'd to a great value.
transf.1852Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 171 Such we hold Thy sanctity of nature, and unweighed Largess of light.
2. Not deliberately considered; not pondered before utterance or expression; hasty, inconsiderate.
a1586Sidney Arcadia ii. xxii, Disgraced with wandring eyes, and vnwaied speeches. 1598Shakes. Merry W. ii. i. 23 What an vnwaied Behauiour hath this Flemish drunkard pickt..out of my conuersation! 1697Collier Ess. Mor. Subj. i. 111 If an Emperour throws out an unweigh'd Sentence, must we be governed by it? 1725Pope Odyss. i. 84 Daughter! what words have pass'd thy lips unweigh'd? 1828–32Webster s.v., To leave arguments or testimony unweighed. 1850J. F. Cooper Ways of Hour II. 241 Much unmerited misery is..entailed by such unweighed assertions and opinions. |