单词 | unmoistened |
释义 | unmoistenedadj. Not moistened. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > not made wet unmoisted1492 unmoistened1583 unliquored1642 unwetted1664 sicced?1677 unbathed1697 undamped1898 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie lxxvi. 466/2 We reade not that any other countrie of the world is vnmoystened with raine and showers from aboue, saue only Egypt. a1627 J. Fletcher & T. Middleton Nice Valour ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ttt4v/1 Maist thou dye with an unmoistned eye. 1735 W. Somervile Chace i. 176 The drooping Pack..loll their unmoisten'd Tongues. 1853 W. C. Bryant Poems (new ed.) 121 They..marked his grave with nameless stones, Unmoistened by a tear. 1943 Geogr. Jrnl. 101 156 The valley alluvium is often left unmoistened a few inches below the surface after a flood of several hours' duration. 2001 Vancouver Province (Nexis) 19 Apr. a26 Their skin will dry and peel if left unmoistened. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1583 |
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