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uninˈflamed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not set on fire.
1626Bacon Sylva §602 When any of those..Bodies come to bee Inflamed then they gather a much greater Heat, than others have un-inflamed. 1663J. Spencer Prodigies 15 The more gross and uninflamed parts must sometimes needs interrupt our sight of that fire. 1743Young Nt. Th. iv. 647 Rise odours sweet from incense uninflam'd? 1794R. J. Sulivan View Nat. II. 163 That this inflammable body of coal should have remained uninflamed..seems highly improbable.
2. fig. Not emotionally warmed or excited.
1714Young Force of Relig. ii. 199 Oh! let thy thought o'er our past converse rove, And show one moment un⁓inflam'd with love! 1846Landor Imag. Conv. Wks. I. 204/2 You enunciate even these sentences,..the most seditious, uninflamed, unwarmed. 1876Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. ii. 235 So hard is it to escape..uninflamed by the tumult of partisanship which besets the doors.
3. Path. Not affected by inflammation.
1793J. Hunter Treat. Blood, etc. (1794) 280 The un⁓inflamed ear dried clear and transparent. 1813Thomson Lect. Inflam. 75 That the circulation is slower in inflamed than in uninflamed arteries. 1866Aitken Pract. Med. II. 911 Dry, imbricated scales..resting upon a perfectly un⁓inflamed surface. |