单词 | unlaboured |
释义 | unlabouredunlaboredadj.ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > not working or unemployed servicelessc1450 unlabouredc1450 masterless1471 unwrought1550 unplaced1558 labourless1576 flag-fallen1609 unlabouring1619 disemployed1651 hireless1651 unengaged1654 unemployed1667 unworking1696 untoiling1748 workless1758 occupationless1822 placeless1828 out of work1833 non-working1841 unhired1852 jobless1862 out of (or in) collar1862 non-employed1876 spare1919 on the beach1923 in dry dock1927 off-the-job1950 on (also upon) the street(s)1980 unwaged1981 society > education > learning > [adjective] > acquired by learning > not unlabouredc1450 unlearneda1533 unlearnt1644 c1450 Contin. Lydgate's Secrees (Sloane 2464) l. 1516 These Sevene Sustryn..The nyne musys blame shal in maneere, That they vnlabouryd stant on my partye. a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 2106 The frounte alonge is sure, Vnlabored with fight, or otherwise. 1549 T. Broke tr. J. Calvin Of Life Christen Man sig. F.iii Horsses, but halfe broken, which, if a fewe daies they stand vp pampered in the stable, vnlaboured, afterwardes for wyldnes and fersnes, can not be tamed. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Descr. Germanie ii, in Annales 261 Horses; which are..maintained in those woods.., white, vnbacked, or vnlaboured. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. xxi. 717 The bread that is made of the flower of the meale, being the purest and finest part thereof, is good for idle and vnlaboured persons: such as are students, Monkes, Chanons and other fine and daintie persons. 1612 W. Martyn Youths Instr. 59 An oxe vnlabored is most vnfitting for the plough. 1765 J. Beattie Judgment of Paris 33 The bower of bliss..be thine, Unlabour'd ease, and leisure's careless dream. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective] westeeOE wildc893 wastyc1230 wastec1290 untilled1297 void1398 wilsomea1400 desolate1413 wastablea1450 unlaboured1474 untilthed1495 spare1508 unmanured1541 unculted1548 uncultured1555 Hyrcan1567 untoiled1578 manureless1595 griggy1597 Wealdish1598 Hyrcanian1600 unwrought1600 wealy1601 uncultived1605 incult1624 unmanaged1634 incultivateda1657 uncultivate1659 uncultivated1684 unreclaimed1753 wildered1810 irreclaimed1814 natural1827 feral1882 1474 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879) I. 201 Gif thar be ony..that levis ony his land..onlaboryt. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxix. f. cxl He destroyed the Lande..insuche wyse that .ix. yeres after or there aboute the Lande laye vnlabored, and vntylled. 1572 H. Hawkes in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) 549 On the other side, the Kings officers will giue no licence to make Ordinance thereof: whereupon the Mynes lie vnlaboured, and of no valuation. 1595 N. Bownd Doctr. Sabbath 89 That which groweth of it owne accord of thy haruest, thou shalt not reape, neither gather the grapes that thou hast left vnlaboured. 1602 T. Lodge tr. Josephus Wks. iv. 92 Let..the inhabitants thereof, buy a Heifer which they shall bring into a place vnlaboured and vnplanted. 1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth ii. 243 Seeing it..had a soil so fruitful, a new unlabour'd soil. 1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 115 Let thy Ground Not lye unlabour'd. a1776 Life (1778) 52/2 The idea of their never allowing their lands to lie one season unlaboured. 1804 European Mag. 45 60/2 Gallia mourns..Unpeopled cities, and unlabour'd plains. 1857 N.Y. Times 2 Sept. 4/5 This lake and forest region lies like an island, uninhabited and unlabored. 1909 S. MacCathmhaoil Mountainy Singer 31 The silence of unlaboured fields Lies like a judgment on the air. 3. Not obtained or brought about by labour or effort; attained or accomplished in an easy or natural manner, effortless. In early use also: †natural, innate (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > doing effortlessly > not produced or accomplished by effort unlaboured1565 unstrained1582 unforceda1616 1565 J. Hall tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. Table 143 Galen sayeth it [sc. Ginger] heateth but not at the first as pepper, & therfore is to be estemed of subtiller partes: and semeth to retayne in it selfe a certeyne grosse and vnlaboured humiditie, lyke Piperi longo. 1601 W. Cornwallis Disc. Seneca sig. C7v When goodnes was vnlaboured excellencie. 1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. ii. 110 The motion of the Heauens is the most sincere and vnlaboured of all motions. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 18 Unlabour'd Harvests shall the Fields adorn. 1721 Let. to Henry Maxwell 18 I have taken the Liberty to trouble you, with this unlabour'd Epistle, the Errors of its Oratory I hope will be easily overlook'd or pardon'd. 1797 Monthly Mag. 3 538 Of the translation itself we shall only observe, that it is natural and unlaboured. 1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. viii. 369 Their perfect, pure, unlaboured naturalism. 1882 Homiletic Monthly July 599 Such inspirational and unlabored success was built on a firm basis of general study. 1922 Current Opinion Jan. 129/1 (advt.) The small-bore, long-stroke Earl motor..gives you smooth, unlabored progress in traffic. 1955 N.Y. Times 11 Sept. (Bk. Review) 28/2 In the unlabored, forthright way in which she strokes a tennis ball, Doris tells how she overcame her handicap and attained world prominence. 2004 Field Sept. 34 (advt.) Whilst keeping my work realistic and quite photographic, I try to keep a certain freshness and unlaboured feel to each image with easy flowing and minimal brush work. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [adjective] > not influenced by others > left uninfluenced unlaboured1644 1644 in W. Laud Hist. Troubles (1695) xxvii. 278 If..the Judge at Chester (altogether unknown to me, and unlaboured by me,) did say (as Mr. Aston says he did) That for higher Powers above he durst not; he was the more unworthy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1450 |
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