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单词 unsinged
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unsingedadj.

Etymology: un- prefix1 2. Compare Dutch ongezengd.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈsinged.
Not singed; untouched by fire.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [adjective] > subjected to heat or fire > not
unscorched1596
unsinged1599
unscalded1615
unburnt1626
unfired1791
unbranded1890
1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 48 That is, (as some do expounde this worde vnseriall,) vnsered, vnsinged, vnwithered.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. x. 358 He was cast into a Cauldron of burning oyle, and came out againe unsinged . View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 572 By thee protected, with our naked Soles, Thro' Flames unsing'd we march.
1737 Earl of Orrery Let. to Swift 15 Mar. Let the thunder burst where it will, so that you are safe, and unsinged.
a1751 P. Doddridge Hymns (1755) 90 iv Then let the Fires their Rage display,..Unburnt, unsing'd he leads them thro'.
1834 T. Moore in S. Walpole Life Ld. J. Russell (1889) I. 203 You at least come safe and unsinged out of the furnace.
a1850 Bryant Rhode-Island Coal 54 That men might to thy inner caves retire, And there, unsinged, abide the day of fire.
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