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unˈwatered, ppl. a.
[un-1 8. Cf. older Flem. onghewaetert (Kilian), Du. ongewatert, G. ungewässert.]
1. Not sprinkled, moistened, or artificially supplied with water.
c1440Pallad. on Husb. x. 111 Tyl hit be hard, vnwattred must hit [sc. land] be, Lest al the werk corrupte humydite. 1648Hexham ii, Ongewatert, Vnwatered, or Vnsprinckled. 1731Pope Ep. Burlington 125 Un-watered see the drooping sea-horse mourn. 1899Daily News 12 June 7/5 To facilitate cavalry charges the main thoroughfares remained unwatered.
b. Of dress materials: (see water v. 9).
1535in Archaeol. IX. 248 A long gowne of unwatered chamblette. 1583Rates Custome ho. B ij, Chamlets watered and vnwatred. 1648Hexham ii, Ongewatert Kamelot, Vnwatered Chamlot. 1706Lond. Gaz. No. 4189/4 Coarse unwatered Camblets. 1750Lady Jane Coke Lett. (1899) 61 I have given half-a guinea for an unwatered tabby.
†2. Not soaked or steeped in water. Obs.
1511Fabyan Will in Chron. (1811) p. v, Than I will that the said .xxiiij. peces of fleshe be altered unto saltfyche or stokfyshe, unwatered and unsodeyn. 1570Levins Manip. 51 Vnwatred, immaceratus. 1648Hexham ii, Ongeweyckt, Not laid in water, or Vnwatered, as Harberdine, &c.
3. Not mixed with water; undiluted.
1562Turner Herbal ii. 35 b, Entre into a bath, and drynke vnwatered wyne after. 1576Gascoigne Steele Gl. 582 Augustus Cæsar..seldome dranke his wine unwatered. 1648Hexham ii, Ongewaterden wijn, Vnwatered wine, or Vn⁓mixed with water. 1870Emerson Soc. & Solit., Farming, The farmer has a great health;..his milk at least, is un⁓watered. 1887Bowen æneid v. 78 Twain huge flagons of wine unwatered.
b. Finance. (See watered ppl. a. 4 c.)
1893Westm. Gaz. 29 June 6/1 The 25 per cent. represents 1,250 per cent. on the original unwatered capital, or over {pstlg}687,000 on a real capital of {pstlg}55,000.
4. Of land, a district, etc.: Not provided with a natural supply of water; waterless. Also in fig. context.
1600Surflet Countrie Farm vi. vii. 740 In hot, drie, and vnwatered places. 1794A. Young Trav. (ed. 2) II. 152 The country (that I saw) is poor and unwatered, in the Milanese. 1794Vancouver Agric. Cambridge 55 The grass..is chiefly inferior to that..which grows..upon unwatered ground. 1828J. Montgomery Tombs Fathers Wks. 1841 IV. 178 Kedron's unwater'd brook is dumb. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 14 The soul of the sinner is..unfruitful;..for it is..unwatered by the Fountain of living waters. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 100 The unwatered region away from the river. |