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unˈtied, ppl. a.2 [un-1 8.] 1. Not tied, in various senses.
c1374Chaucer Troylus ii. 752, I am myn owene woman wel at ese,..Right yong and stond vntyd in lusty lese. 1390Gower Conf. I. 307 Suche adaies be now fele..That lete here tunges gon unteid. Ibid. II. 117 Mi sorwe is everemore unteid, And secheth overal my veines. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. xxiii. (Bodl. MS.), Þat partie of þe tunge þat is nyȝe þe pipe of þe lunges is vntied. 1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xviii. (Percy Soc.) 86 Myne owne I am, what that I lyste to do I stand untyed. a1529Skelton Agst. Venemous Tongues 4, I care muche the lesse what euer they say, For tunges vntayde be rennyng astray. 1617Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. 114 There were Excesses to many committed in a time so vntied as this was. 1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xviii. 89 The untyed hands of that Man..that hath the Soveraignty. 1725Pope Odyss. ix. 158 A port there is, inclos'd on either side, Where ships may rest, un⁓anchored, and unty'd. c1730Ramsay Bonny Tweedside iv, Unty'd to a man..We never can thrive. 1888Stamford Mercury 27 Apr., An untied beerhouse, cottages and land. 2. Wrongly used for ‘unloosed’.
1608Shakes. Per. iv. ii. 160 If fires be hot, knives sharp, or waters deep, Untied I still my virgin knot will keep. |