unbruisedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈbruːzd/, U.S. /ˌənˈbruzd/ 1. Not injured by bruising or crushing.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > spotless or unblemished
without sakea1250
wemless1398
masclelessc1400
motelessc1400
unbruisedc1440
unblemished?c1450
unwemmedc1475
unstained1555
blemishless1583
blankless1589
ungalled1603
speckless1788
fleckless1847
invitiate1870
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > free from harm or damage > specific
unbruisedc1440
ungnawna1560
unblasted1589
unstamped1594
unmaimed1595
unscarred1597
unbattered1603
ungored1604
unhackeda1616
unhatcheda1616
unmutilated1615
unscratcheda1616
scarless1623
uncrushed1635
uncloured?1719
unbitten1794
untrampled1817
scratchless1829
unscarifieda1834
immutilate1890
the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > free from injury > specific
unhewna1400
unstangeda1400
uncutc1426
unbirsed1435
unpricked1561
unpoisoned1579
unvenued1581
unwrung1604
unbruiseda1616
unstung1615
unbraineda1627
pierce-free1629
whole-eared1681
unscalped1726
bite-free1730
unembowelleda1731
unbleeding1812
unlamed1839
undrugged1868
undislocated1876
unjabbed1891
unshot1897
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 353 So sawe hit that the bark vnbresed be.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. DDiiv A floure, whan it is fresshe,..vnbrused, and hole, is moche delectable and swete.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Oct. 42 Doubted Knights, whose..helmes vnbruzed wexen dayly browne.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida (1623) Prol. 14 On Dardan Plaines The fresh and yet vnbruised Greekes do pitch Their braue Pauillions.
a1652 R. Brome City Wit v. sig. F6, in Five New Playes (1653) Unbruis'd bones, and smooth foreheads to you both.
1801 T. S. Surr Splendid Misery I. 172 Foul imps of ignominy will squat their loathsome forms on my unbruised bones.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. viii. 182 The callant had come off wi' unbrizzed banes.
1900 F. T. Bullen Men of Merchant Service xxxii One man..beat me until there was not a square inch of my small body unbruised.
2. Not crushed small; unpounded.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > grinding or pounding > [adjective] > ground > not ground
incontunded1599
uncontunded1599
unbeaten1607
unbruised1607
unground1805
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 327 It should seeme that none of his meate should fall thereinto vnbruised.
1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. ix. 144 The rough action of the unbruised spiculæ.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 191 The horses fed on unbruised raw and on boiled grain, gave results..very nearly alike.
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