unfoiledadj.1
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > free from harm or damage
unwoundedOE
scathelessc1175
skerea1225
unhurta1225
harmlessc1290
soundc1290
unshent1303
wella1325
quartc1330
untouchedc1400
inviolatea1420
unscathed1425
dangerlessc1440
unshendc1440
undefiledc1460
unhurted1483
hailscarta1522
undefaced1537
unpairedc1540
uncloyeda1560
undamnified1576
undemnified1576
uninjured1578
unfoiled1579
salamander-like1593
unvulnered1613
undamaged1648
invulneratea1680
sincere1700
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 244 When the golden and vnfoiled age remained yet whole..at Rome.
a1640 T. Jackson Exact Coll. Wks. (1654) 3019 The Naturalist..hunts after the Truth upon a Fresh-unfoyled Sent.
1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 22 To let in [to the eye] the Light and Colors unfoiled and unsophisticated by any inward Tincture.
2. Not overcome, beaten, or baffled.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adjective] > prevented or checked > thwarted > not
unfoiled1587
unbaffled1796
unthwarteda1807
1587 T. Hughes Misfortunes Arthur v. i. 31 For had impatient ire indu'rde abuse,..I mought haue liu'd in forreine coastes vnfoilde.
1600 F. Vere Comm. 93 Their footmen (which were old trained souldiers, and to that day unfoiled in the field).
1680 W. Temple Ess. Orig. & Nature Govt. in Wks. (1720) I. 107 The usurped Powers..thought themselves secure in the Strength of an unfoiled Army of above Sixty Thousand Men.
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† unfoiledadj.2
Obsolete.
Unploughed.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [adjective] > unploughed
unearedc1000
unploughed1523
unharrowed1580
unfoiled1611
quick1620
maiden1622
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Terre vierge, ground that is whole or vnfoyled; good ground that was neuer plowed.
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unfoiledadj.3
Not coated or backed with foil.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > mirror > [adjective]
unfoiled1640
reflex1672
quicksilvered1754
mirrored1820
convex-concave1841
West Coast1957
1640 Tables Rates & Duties in J. Entick New Hist. London (1766) II. 165 Glass-plates, or sights for looking-glasses, unfoiled.
1732 Philos. Trans. 1731–2 (Royal Soc.) 37 155 The second Speculum may have a Part unfoil'd.
1763 Philos. Trans. 1762 (Royal Soc.) 52 561 By reflexion from the unfoiled part of the speculum.
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