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▪ I. † unˈsoiled, ppl. a.1 Obs.—1
[un-1 8 + soil v.2 3.]
Unsolved, unanswered.
1533More Answ. Poysoned Bk. Wks. 1061/2 That question Christ left vnsoyled.
▪ II. † unˈsoiled, ppl. a.2 Obs.
[un-1 8 + soil n.3 8 or v.3]
Not covered or treated with manure.
1616Markham Cheap Husb. (ed. 2) 46 You shall remoue her into the best grasse you haue, which is fresh and unsoiled.
▪ III. unˈsoiled, ppl. a.3
[un-1 8.]
Not soiled or dirtied. Also in fig. context.
c1592Marlowe Jew of Malta ii. 419 Lod. This is thy Diamond, tell me, shall I haue it? Bar. Win it, and weare it, it is yet vnsoyl'd. 1649Lovelace Poems 131 Which..Lookes..Like Gold in Canvas, or with dirt Unsoyled Ermins close begirt. 1686Dryden To Mem. Mrs. Anne Killigrew iv, Her Arethusian Stream remains unsoil'd..and undefil'd. 1784Cowper Task iv. 212 Time, as he passes us, has a dove's wing, Unsoil'd and swift. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. iii, A white handkerchief was thrust into the muzzle of the piece, and returned unsoiled or blackened. 1867Morris Jason ii. 71 With unsoiled feet scarce touching the wet way.
fig.1603Shakes. Meas. for M. ii. iv. 155 My vnsoild name, th' austeerenesse of my life,..Will..your accusation ouerweigh. 1699Ld. Tarbut in Pepys' Diary, etc. (1870) 691 That common opinion that young infants (unsoiled with many objects) do see apparitions which are not seen by those of older years. 1704D'Urfey Abrad. & Panthea i. 9 Yet shall her honour be unsoil'd and clear. 1815Chalmers Let. in Hanna Life (1850) II. 29 An unsoiled gracefulness and brilliancy of character. 1848James Sir T. Broughton I. 159 Her spirit [was] unsoiled by the world. |