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unˈruled, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not ruled or governed; ungoverned, disorderly.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxx. (Theodera) 107 Certis, vnreulyt ware my wil gyf for þe my-self I suld spil. a1395Hylton Scala Perf. iii. i. (W. de W. 1494), For charyte vnruled tourneth somtyme in to vyce. c1425Wyntoun Cron. v. xiii. 4717 (Cott. MS.), Our Lady..repruffit hym fast Off his wnrewllit wilfulnes. a1513Fabyan Chron. vii. 530 Theyse vnrulyd Company gatheryd vnto them great multytude of the commons. 1538Starkey England ii. ii. 180 Man ys then myserabul..when reson ys ouer-run and vnrulyd affectys gouerne and reyne in hys ordur of lyfe. 1596Spenser St. Irel. Wks. (Globe) 617/1 The realme was left, like a shipp in a storme,..unruled, and undirected of any. 1615Chapman Odyss. iv. 925 But their unrul'd acts show their minds' estate. 1655R. Gentilis Servita's Inquis. xxxi. 136 Because the desire of gain is so unruled, that..it doth induce men to commit things against honesty. 1813Hogg Queen's Wake Concl. xvii, To end this strife, unruled and vain, Let all the three be called again. 1897Westm. Gaz. 29 Mar. 3/1 The same strong and unruled passions.
†2. Not decided or decreed. Obs.—1
1456Paston Lett. I. 387 The atteynte abidith unreuled til the next terme.
†3. Irregular. Obs.—1
1551Recorde Pathw. Knowl. i. Defin., They haue no syde equall to an other.., neither keepe they any rate in their corners, and therefore are they counted vnruled formes.
4. Not having ruled lines.
1888E. M. Gallaudet Life T. M. Gallaudet 23 It is written on unruled paper.
Hence unˈruledly adv. rare.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Desreigléement, vnruledly. 1587[see unrulily adv. 2, quot. 1561]. |