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unˈcombed, ppl. a.
Also 6 vncomde, vncomed, 7 vnkombt; Sc. and north. 7 unkamed, 9 unkaimed.
[un-1 8. Cf. unkempt ppl. a. and Sw. okammad, Du. ongekamd.]
1. Not combed; not dressed or smoothed with a comb:
a. Of hair (or of persons in this respect).
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iv. xii. §17. 79 Accused men..with long hanging beard, with vncombed heare. 1591Spenser Daphnaida 43 His carelesse locks, vncombed and vnshorne, Hong long adowne. 1606Daniel Queen's Arcadia 2509 Worthier people too, of subtler spirits, Then these vnfashion'd and vncomb'd rude swaines. 1648Crashaw Steps to Temple, Sospetto ix, Their lockes are beds of uncomb'd snakes. 1745Mrs. Montagu Corr. (1906) I. 203 The doctor's man, whose uncombed hair so resembled the mane of the horse he rode. 1809–11Combe Syntax xxiii. 98 My uncomb'd wig,—my suit of black. 1849–50Alison Hist. Eur. XII. lxxix. §43. 37 The rustic air and uncombed locks of these Scandinavian warriors. 1883Sword & Trowel July 355 All these ragged, unwashed, uncombed children.
b. Of wool.
1642Bk. Rates Merchandizes H 2 b, Irish wooll uncomb'd the hundred weight,..{pstlg}2. 16s. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm III. 894 Combed and uncombed wool of different varieties.
2. fig. Rude, inelegant. (Cf. incompt a.)
1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. iii. iii, How may I hope to quit your strong desires, In verse uncomb'd such wonders comprehending? |