单词 | unwatered |
释义 | unwateredadj. 1. a. Not sprinkled, moistened, or artificially supplied with water. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > arid or without water or moisture waterlessOE unwateryc1000 unwateredc1440 moistureless1562 droughty1596 floodless1606 squalid1615 arid1652 siccaneous1656 anhydrous1872 c1440 Pallad. on Husb. x. 111 Tyl hit be hard, vnwattred must hit [sc. land] be, Lest al the werk corrupte humydite. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Ongewatert, vnwatered, or Vnsprinckled. 1731 A. Pope Epist. to Earl of Burlington 10 Un-water'd see the drooping Sea-horse mourn. 1899 Daily News 12 June 7/5 To facilitate cavalry charges the main thoroughfares remained unwatered. b. Of dress materials: (see water v. 12). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > iridescence > [adjective] > moire > not watered (of materials) unwatered1535 1535 in Archaeol. IX. 248 A long gowne of unwatered chamblette. 1582 Rates Custome House (new ed.) sig. Bij Chamlets watered and vnwatred. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Ongewatert Kamelot, vnwatered Chamlot. 1706 London Gaz. No. 4189/4 Coarse unwatered Camblets. 1750 Lady J. Coke Let. 9 Oct. (1899) xiii. 61 I have given half-a guinea for an unwatered tabby. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > not made wet > not soaked, drenched, etc. unwatered1513 unsoaked1570 undrowned1580 unsteeped1626 undrenched1627 undipped1648 undeluged1791 unsodden1819 emersed1870 unimmersed1885 1513 Will of Robert Fabyan in R. Fabyan New Chrons. Eng. & France (1811) Pref. p. v Than I will that the said. xxiiij. peces of fleshe be altered unto saltfyche or stokfyshe, unwatered and unsodeyn. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Divv/1 Vnwatred, immaceratus. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Ongeweyckt, not laid in water, or Vnwatered, as Harberdine, &c. 3. a. Not mixed with water; undiluted. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > types or qualities of beverage > [adjective] > undiluted unwatered1562 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 35v Entre into a bath, and drynke vnwatered wyne after. 1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas 582 Augustus Cæsar..seldome dranke his wine unwatered. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Ongewaterden wijn, vnwatered wine, or Vn-mixed with water. 1870 R. W. Emerson Farming in Society & Solitude The farmer has a great health;..his milk at least, is un~watered. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid v, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 224 Twain huge flagons of wine unwatered. b. Finance. (See watered adj.1 4b). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [adjective] > other attributes of investments or capital sound1601 unexchanged1618 discountable1771 defensive1857 uncalled1869 callable1874 pooled1888 unwatered1893 labile1894 aggressive1899 non-callable1902 geared1930 escrowed1946 undynamized1969 banded1987 1893 Westm. Gaz. 29 June 6/1 The 25 per cent. represents 1,250 per cent. on the original unwatered capital, or over £687,000 on a real capital of £55,000. 4. Of land, a district, etc.: Not provided with a natural supply of water; waterless. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective] > barren or desert > waterless thirstya1425 carbuncled1577 unwatered1600 arid1656 starkc1740 thirstful1865 dry land1893 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vi. vii. 740 In hot, drie, and vnwatered places. 1794 A. Young Trav. France (ed. 2) II. 152 The country (that I saw) is poor and unwatered, in the Milanese. 1794 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Cambr. 55 The grass..is chiefly inferior to that..which grows..upon unwatered ground. 1829 J. Montgomery in S. Rogers et al. Poet. Wks. 194 Kedron's unwater'd brook is dumb. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 14 The soul of the sinner is..unfruitful;..for it is..unwatered by the Fountain of living waters. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 100 The unwatered region away from the river. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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