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unˈfired, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not set on fire; unignited.
1590Sir J. Smyth Disc. Weapons 18 b, With the powder next vnto the bullets vnfired. 1623Massinger Bondman iv. ii, Marullo. We'll right ourselves... Gracculo. And not leave One house unfired. 1664Evelyn Sylva 102 It is continually to be fed with short and fitting wood, that no part remains unfir'd. 1756Demi-Rep 14 Chaste as unfired coals they seem. 1781Phil. Trans. LXXI. 248 No less than 40 large grains of unfired powder were driven through the screen. 1849James Woodman ix, The abbey itself was still unfired.
fig.1729T. Cooke Tales, etc. 24 The human Brute, who view'd her Charms unfir'd. a1788Earl Nugent Ep. Visct. Cornbury 154 Such gifts she to the happy few imparts,..To heads unfir'd by youth's tumultuous rage.
2. Not subjected or exposed to fire.
1791Cowper Iliad xxiii. 1092 Then, last, Achilles in the circus placed A pond'rous spear and cauldron yet unfired. 1888Archaeol. LI. i. 52 These un-fired bricks lasted perfectly well.
3. Of a gun: Not discharged by firing.
1892Greener Breech-Loader 200 If one barrel is fired repeatedly without discharging the other, it is advisable to take out the unfired cartridge occasionally. 1902Daily Chron. 16 Apr. 7/6 The starboard gun remained unfired. |