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unˈweathered, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
Of rocks, etc.: Not exposed to, unaffected by, the action of the weather or atmosphere.
[1775Ash.] 1843Portlock Geol. 527 The more compact variety [of rock], where unweathered, is distinctly porphyritic. 1860Tyndall Glac. ii. xx. 338 In no case was he able to discover these fissures in the sound unweathered ice. 1884Leisure Hour Aug. 493/2 Extensive quarries from which fresh, unweathered material could be procured. |