undeckedadj.
1. Not decked, adorned, or embellished.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [adjective] > ornamented or decorated > not
untiffed?c1225
plainc1330
ungarnishedc1400
undecked1570
dudgeon?1589
stark naked?1594
unbepranked1594
unembellished1630
unadorned1637
unbecomed1646
unfringed1646
unplumed1646
unembroidered1649
unornamented1688
undecorateda1763
naked1850
unveneered1886
no-frill1933
no-frills1948
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Div/2 Vndecked, incultus.
1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. B3v The ground vndect with natures tapestrie, Seemes barrayne.
1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xi. 225 A Fane, vndeckt with gold or marble stone Adioynes.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 380 Eve Undeckt, save with her self.., Stood to entertain her guest from Heav'n. View more context for this quotation
1740 J. Dyer Ruins of Rome 13 Those Piles undeck'd, capacious, vast.
1811 R. Willan in Archaeol. XVII. 162 Undight, undressed, or undecked.
2. Not furnished with a deck or decks.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > having deck(s) > not
undecked1769
deckless1823
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms at Couloirs The sides of undecked vessels.
1824 W. H. Smyth Mem. Sicily iv. 123 The undecked boats of the Rhegians.
1841 R. W. Emerson Self-reliance in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 87 Columbus found the New World in an undecked boat.
1894 C. N. Robinson Brit. Fleet 202 Large, undecked row-boats.
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