uncleftadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈklɛft/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈklɛft/, U.S. /ˌənˈklɛft/ Not cleft; unsplit.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adjective] > united into a whole > not divided, separated, or split > unserved or uncut
unclippeda1425
unsevered1453
unsned1513
uncut1546
uncloven1547
uncut1548
uncleft1599
unchopped1648
unquartered1697
1599 J. Minsheu Dict. Eng. & Spanish in Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. 374/2 Vncleft, vide Entéro, No hendído.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bois de brin, round, or vncleft-small-wood.
1634 J. Levett Ordering of Bees 19 They may force the upper uncleft end hard to the crowne of the Hive.
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. Vncleft, ongedeylt. [Also in later dictionaries.]
1798 J. Fawcett Poems 172 Long the proud turrets brav'd the wrath of Heaven; Spar'd by the passing storm, they stood uncleft.
1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. xxii. 267 The log which was to form the back-brand of the evening fire was the uncleft trunk of a tree.
1995 J. Fentress tr. U. Eco Search for Perfect Lang. (1997) xi. 230 Among the terrestrial animals..appear those with uncleft hooves.
2008 Systematic Bot. 33 390/2 Section Cochranea is characterized by its biovulate and uncleft carpels with two fertile cells and two seeds at maturity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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