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unˈdrowned, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
Not drowned, in various senses.
(a)1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 104 To prouide ye of meadow for hay; if fennes be vndrowned, there cheapest ye may.
(b)1610Shakes. Temp. ii. i. 237 'Tis as impossible that hee's vndrown'd, As he that sleepes heere, swims. Seb. I haue no hope That hee's vndrown'd. a1684Leighton Com. 1 Pet. iii. 21 (1849) II. 240 What availed it wicked Ham, to outlive the flood,..to be kept undrowned in the waters? 1849Alison Hist. Eur. II. viii. §36 Such..as were thrown undrowned upon the shore. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. v. vii. (1872) II. 128 Gundling..breaks a big hole in the ice, and scarcely..can be got out undrowned.
(c)1838[Mrs. Maitland] Lett. fr. Madras (1843) 222, I was in hopes..I might be able to make out some of their tunes undrowned by their..accompaniments. 1861Geo. Eliot Silas M. i, A village where many of the old echoes lingered, undrowned by new voices. |