单词 | unpenned |
释义 | unpennedadj.1 Not written with or as with a pen; not set down in writing. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keeping from publication > [adjective] > not written or recorded unwritten1362 unsetc1445 unpenned1587 unlettered1633 illiterate1645 unwrit1656 nonscript1657 imperscriptible1791 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 3v My booke..I send..Though reason willes it rather left vnpend. 1594 R. Wilson Coblers Prophesie sig. C3v Loath was I that vnpend one iote of this should goe. 1615 S. Norris Antidote Pestiferous Writings: 1st Pt. ii. i. 31 S. Paul left some holy decrees and ordinances vnpenned, of which he spake to the Corinthians. 1822 Christian Observer Apr. 212/1 Remarks and descriptions in Milton's work which it would have been far better to have left unpenned. 1898 E. Robins B. Franklin v. 127 Those letters remained unpenned. 1903 Munsey's Mag. Sept. 956/2 Heroines of unpenned story, Waiting but the poet's art. 1975 R. Graves Coll. Poems xxx. 550 What is a poem if as yet unpenned? 2001 Times 21 July 16/7 Mo Mowlam had struck a deal to write her as yet unpenned memoirs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). unpennedadj.2 Not shut up in a pen; unenclosed. Also occasionally: †that has been released from a pen (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [adjective] > unpenned unpenned1596 unstalled1829 free range1885 free-ranged1924 1596 W. Smith Chloris viii. sig. A4v But I..My vnpend flocke vnto the mountaines led. 1636 W. Sampson Vow Breaker ii. sig. E2 I have sought thee [sc. Death] through the unpend groves, The shady cells where melancholly walkes. 1791 Lady's Mag. Sept. 493/1 His sheep that were once his delight, He left unprotected to stray, Unpen'd to remain all the night. And unheeded to wander all day. 1836 C. Hooton Adventures Bilberry Thurland I. iv. 81 At length the prisoners..were released from their dungeon, glad as an unpenned flock of sheep. 1846 J. Iredell Rep. Supreme Court N. Carolina 6 273 Some of those [sc. cows] belonging to the defendant being found at night in the town unpenned. 1851 Househ. Words 8 Feb. 457/1 Drovers are yelling to dogs, and dogs plunging amongst herds yet unpenned. 1910 Rep. Scallop Fishery Mass. 93 A comparison of the growth of penned and unpenned scallops in the Powder Hole in 1905. 1998 C. Kaufman Being John Malkovich (film script, final version) (O.E.D. Archive) 3 (stage direct.) The room is filled with penned and unpenned animals of all kinds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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