单词 | unlocated lands |
释义 | > as lemmasunlocated lands Not placed or located (in various senses of the verb). Frequently spec.: (North American and Australian): (of land) not granted or designated for settlement, esp. in unlocated lands; cf. locate v. 4 (now historical). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [adjective] > having a (specified) position > not unlaid1467 unplaced?a1527 placeless1644 unlocated1714 positionless1871 unstowed1884 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [adjective] > without fixed boundaries unlocated1714 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [adjective] > of places, paths: unexplored uncouthc960 uncoutha1000 unknowna1393 undiscovered1555 unbeaten1617 tractless1628 unbeat1635 untravelled1646 trackless1656 unexplored1697 unmapped1805 uncharted1895 unlocated1902 1714 Laws Province Pennsilvania 147 To make good to any purchaser of a Right or Rights to unlocated Lands, who inadvertently..may obtain a Patent or confirmation of Lands which are discovered to be the prior Right of another person. 1776 Let. 20 Aug. in West India Merchant (1778) 159 This vagrant, unlocated idea, called supreme power..has no real station or existence, except what it derives from public opinion. 1816 in Compilation Laws State of Georgia 1810–19 (1821) 218 All that unlocated territory lying south-east of the boundary line..shall be added and become a part of the county of Wayne. 1837 Colonial Times (Hobart, Tasmania) 14 Nov. The unlocated lands of the Colony, without any reservation, except for public purposes, are to be thrown open to purchasers. 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) III. xlviii. 346 The duties on trade and the unlocated lands. 1902 Academy 23 Aug. 200/2 He was coo-eeing to some party of unlocated climbers in the cloud-enveloped heights. 1924 Pingelly (W. Austral.) Leader 14 Feb. 4/2 The ‘Perth Gazette’ feared that it [sc. the determination of the Colonial Office to raise the price of Crown lands] would force people to adopt the method of squatting, or grazing upon unlocated land. 1973 C. Elias Dollar Barons i. 26 At the time, Georgia's boundaries were still uncertain and large tracts of unlocated land existed. 2003 M. J. Hatchett Compan. New Harp of Columbia 34 Indications are that the unlocated first edition had been published in 1830 or 1831. < as lemmas |
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