单词 | unworked |
释义 | unworkedadj. 1. Not wrought into shape; not worked upon. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > [adjective] rough1364 rudec1384 crudec1386 rawa1398 unwroughtc1400 unwerkedc1430 uncured1622 unmanufactured1644 unworked1730 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum at Unwrought (Of un and weorcian, Sax.), unworked. 1862 J. Newton in Trans. Hist. Soc. Lancs. & Cheshire (N.S.) II. 103 Flint implements..obtained by a few adroit cleavages from the unworked boulders amidst which they lie. 1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times viii. 265 One single unworked flint. 2. a. Not worked in or operated upon. Chiefly figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > product of work > [adjective] > not unworked1817 1817 Lady Morgan France (1818) II. 190 Drawing from the unworked mine of fancy and imagination. 1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 83/1 This applies to all kinds of un~worked subjects. 1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 365 Harris Gulch..contains much unworked ground. 1884 Longman's Mag. Mar. 486 The ingenuity of inventors..would not allow so fine a field for invention to remain long un~worked. b. = unwrought adj.1 3b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [adjective] > mined > of coal > not whole1753 unwrought1789 unworked1883 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 268 Unwrought or Unworked, coal or other mineral which has not been mined or worked away. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1730 |
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