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unˈworked, ppl. a.
[un-1 8. Cf. OHG. ungaworaht, ungewurchet (MHG. ungeworht, G. -wirkt), MLG. ungewercht; also unwrought and unwerked ppl. adjs.]
1. Not wrought into shape; not worked upon.
1730Bailey (fol.), Unwrought (of un and weorcian, Sax.), unworked. 1862J. Newton in Trans. Hist. Soc. Lancs. & Chesh. (N.S.) II. 103 Flint implements..obtained by a few adroit cleavages from the unworked boulders amidst which they lie. 1865Lubbock Preh. Times viii. 265 One single unworked flint.
2. Not worked in or operated upon. Chiefly fig.
1817Lady Morgan France (1818) II. 190 Drawing from the unworked mine of fancy and imagination. 1858Glenny Gard. Every-day Bk. 83/1 This applies to all kinds of un⁓worked subjects. 1874Raymond Statist. Mines & Mining 365 Harris Gulch..contains much unworked ground. 1884Longm. Mag. Mar. 486 The ingenuity of inventors..would not allow so fine a field for invention to remain long un⁓worked.
b. = unwrought ppl. a. 3 b.
1883Gresley Gloss. Coal-m. 268 Unwrought or Unworked, coal or other mineral which has not been mined or worked away. |