unbiggedadj.
1. Uninhabited.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [adjective] > not
unbiggedc1175
desert1297
void1338
desolatec1374
unhabited1490
inhabitable?1529
disinhabit1530
depopulate1531
uninhabita1540
unpeopled1547
undwelta1557
uninhabited1571
dishabited1577
dispeopled1577
unhabit1580
disinhabited1600
desertful1601
unmanned1609
inhabited1614
peopleless1621
deserted1629
depopulated1632
unhabitated1648
unseated1662
desolated1693
unpopulous1715
unsettled1724
unpopulated1776
bandless1862
populationless1885
unlived-in1927
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3199 He..flæh himm inn till wesste land Þær itt wass all unnbiggedd.
2. Unbuilt.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [adjective] > built > not
unbuilt1455
unbigged1496
unbuilded1519
1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 270 For tymmir and diuers odir expens maid apone the bigging of the harnes mill, quhilk ȝit is vnbiggit.
a1795 Bonnie James Campbell iv, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1890) IV. vii. 143/2 My house is unbigged,..My corn's unshorn.
3. Not built upon.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > country as opposed to town > [adjective] > without buildings, houses, etc.
rooflessOE
unbuilded1519
unbigged1555
unhoused1582
unbuilt1631
dwellingless1882
1555 Sc. Acts Mary (1814) II. 490/1 Gif the awnaris lattis the ground to be vnbiggit.
1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione at Annuell Quhen the ground and propertie of onie land bigged or vnbigged, is disponed and annalied.
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