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▪ I. unˈfoiled, ppl. a.1
[un-1 8 + foil v.1]
†1. Not injured, marred, or impaired. Obs.
1579–80North Plutarch (1595) 242 When the golden and vnfoiled age remained yet whole..at Rome. a1640Jackson Creed x. viii. §3 The Naturalist..hunts after the truth with fresh unfoiled scent. 1691Ray Creation ii. (1692) 22 To let in [to the eye] the Light and Colors unfoiled and unsophisticated by any inward Tincture.
2. Not overcome, beaten, or baffled.
1587T. Hughes Misfort. Arthur v. i. 31 For had impatient ire indu'rde abuse,..I mought haue liu'd in forreine coastes vnfoilde. 1600Sir F. Vere Comm. 93 Their footmen (which were old trained souldiers, and to that day unfoiled in the field). 1672Temple Ess., Govt. Wks. 1720 I. 107 The usurped Powers..thought themselves secure in the Strength of an unfoiled Army of above Sixty Thousand Men.
▪ II. † unˈfoiled, ppl. a.2 Obs.
[un-1 8 + foil v.3]
Unploughed.
1611Cotgr., Terre vierge, ground that is whole or vnfoyled; good ground that was neuer plowed.
▪ III. unfoiled, ppl. a.3
[un-1 8 + foil v.4]
Not coated or backed with foil.
1640in Entick London (1766) II. 165 Glass-plates, or sights for looking-glasses, unfoiled. 1731Phil. Trans. XXXVII. 155 The second Speculum may have a Part unfoil'd. 1761Ibid. LII. 561 By reflexion from the unfoiled part of the speculum. |