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unˈtoiled, ppl. a.
[un-1 8, 8 c.]
†1. Untilled, uncultivated. Obs.
1578Lyte Dodoens i. ii. 4 The common wormwood groweth naturally in..dry, rude, and untoyled places. 1601Holland Pliny II. 224 It commeth up..in untoiled and neglected places, and namely, common high waies. a1633G. Herbert tr. Cornarus on Temp. (1634) 40 The reducing of many rude and untoiled places..to cultivation. 1683J. Reid Scots Gard'ner (1907) 80 Trenching doth well prepare..untoil'd ground.
2. Not subjected to, or overcome by, toil.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. ii. Babylon 262 Un-toyld, un-tutor'd, sucking tender food, We learn'd a language all men understood. 1649G. Daniel Trinarch., Hen. V, ccli, A Iollitie Sprung from vntoyled Limbes. 1744Eliza Heywood Female Spect. No. 9 (1748) II. 143 He who preserves it [sc. hope]..is untoiled with disappointment, and never loses the prospect of his wish.
3. Not toiled for; got without toil.
1651H. Vaughan Olor Iscanus, To best Couple 20 Like the dayes Warmth may all your Comforts be, Untoil'd for, and Serene as he. |