† unracedadj.1
Obsolete.
Not torn up, not obliterated.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adjective] > whole or intact > untorn
unraced?c1400
unrent?1440
unrivena1450
untorn1563
rentless1629
unrended1646
?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iv. pr. i. l. 3115 Yif þe þinges þat I haue concluded a litel here byforne ben kept[e] hoole and vnraced [1478 Caxton vnaraced; L. inconvulsa].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
† unracedadj.2
Obsolete.
Unrazed; not erased. Also with out.
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1595 W. Perkins Expos. Creed Apostles 496 These and such like opinions may be maintained, the foundation of saluation vnraced.
1601 R. Verstegan Odes 99 Thus stood from age to age and race to race, The score of sin vnpayd vnraced out.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xii. 5 Nor could the brode dike of the Greeks, nor that strong wall they made To guard their fleete, be long vnrac't.
1641 G. Abbot Vindiciæ Sabbathi sig. Ff2v It stands good in the morality or equity of it, to keep unraced the ejaculation annexed to it in our Liturgy.
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unracedadj.3
/(ˌ)ʌnˈreɪst/, U.S. /ˌənˈreɪst/ That has not taken part in a race.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [adjective] > not taken part in race
unraced1951
1951 Times 9 Feb. 9/4 Those blank winter days which are the despair of trainers with large yards of unraced horses.
1960 Motor Sport June 498/1 (advt.) An unraced car with all extras; only available for sale because tall driver cannot get in!
1976 Horse & Hound 3 Dec. 9/4 Miles Away was bought..for 10,000 guineas, a record price in Ireland for an unraced gelding of his age.
1992 N. Mordin Betting for Living viii. 111 You might be tempted to go for an unraced runner with a good pedigree from a top trainer.
2007 S. S. Collins Unraced 43/1 Honda is still hesitant to reveal many details about the unraced cars of the 1990s.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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