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unˈthrown, ppl. a. (un-1 8 b, 8 c; cf. throw v. 32 d.)
a1547Surrey æneis ii. 605 No stone vnthrown, nor yet no dart vncast. 1642T. Wilson Jerichoes Down-fall (1643) 86 Wherefore downe must the house, leave not one stone upon another unthrowne downe. 1651–7T. Barker Art of Angling (1820) 6 If any of the Line falleth into the water before the Flie, it is better unthrown then thrown. a1716South Serm. (1842) III. 522 As long as the old ferment remains unthrown out, a man cannot be safe. 1959G. Greene Complaisant Lover i. i. 4 Victor (quite unthrown). Take him any way. 1977C. Wood James Bond, Spy who loved Me xiv. 128 Bond tried to appear unthrown. |