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▪ I. † unˈtight, n. Obs.—1 [un-1 12 + tight n.1 Cf. Du. ontucht, OHG., MHG. unzuht (G. unzucht).] An immoral act or practice.
a1300Body & Soul in Map's Poems (Camden) 336 Ȝwanne thouȝ me tauȝtist on untiȝth, an me gan ther offe mone. [Ibid. 341 (Vernon MS.), Whon I dude an untiht.] ▪ II. unˈtight, a. (un-1 7.)
1622F. Markham Bk. War i. vi. 21 However crazie or untight my pore Vessell may be, it must stil put forth into the Sea. 1622Malynes Anc. Law-Merch. 142 If the ouer⁓loope of the Ship be vntyth, or the Pumpe be faultie. 1815W. Finlayson Scot. Rhymes 27 Like some poor bodie, in his mind untight. 1823P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 336 When lime has been long kept in..untight casks. |