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unˈsinged, ppl. a.
[un-1 8. Cf. Du. ongezengd.]
Not singed; untouched by fire.
1599[see unseared]. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vii. x. 358 He was cast into a Cauldron of burning oyle, and came out againe unsinged. 1697Dryden æneis xi. 1158 By thee protected, with our naked soles, Through flames unsinged we march. 1737Earl of Orrery Let. to Swift 15 Mar., Let the thunder burst where it will, so that you are safe, and unsinged. 1755Doddridge ‘Let Jacob’ iv, Then let the fires their rage display,..Unburnt, unsinged, He leads them through. 1834T. Moore in Walpole Life Ld. J. Russell (1889) I. 203 You at least come safe and unsinged out of the furnace. a1850Bryant Medit. Rhode Isl. Coal 54 That men might to thy inner caves retire, And there, unsinged, abide the day of fire. |