ungatheredadj.
1.
a. Not gathered or brought together; uncollected.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > not gathered together
ungathered1590
uncollected1730
unrallied1826
ungleaned1858
1461 Rolls of Parl. V. 495/1 Youre dettes remaynyng ungadered.
a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 478 Þer rested behynde vngadered..of þe seide hole some xiij li. ix s. vj d.
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cxvi. 332 A great parte of that money as than nat payde and vngadered.
1590 H. Barrow in H. Barrow & J. Greenwood Coll. Certain Lett. & Conf. i. 9 They being as yet vngathered to Christ.
1625 King Charles I Speech in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 177 Your love to me..you expressed by a Grant of Two Subsidies yet ungathered.
1851 Buried City of East, Nineveh vi. 93 Finding..the bundle of faggots for the evening fire yet ungathered.
1873 R. A. Proctor Expanse of Heaven 191 Enormous quantities of as yet ungathered materials.
b. spec. (See quot. 1888.)
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society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [adjective] > bound > unbound
in (loose) quires1437
unbound1541
in sheets1693
ungathered1888
1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 149 Ungathered, books delivered to binders in sheets, i.e. not gathered into books.
2. Of flowers, etc.: Not gathered or culled; unpicked, unharvested.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [adjective] > harvested > not
unpluckedc1536
unled1569
ungathered1592
unpicked1600
uncropped?1610
ungarnered1850
unharvested1867
1592 S. Daniel Complaint Rosamond I 3 b Th' vngathred Rose, defended with the thornes.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. lxv. 412 If at this time there be found euer a combe vngathered and not pluckt away,..you must not therefore kill the bees.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 3 We wonder'd..For whom so late th' ungather'd Apples hung.
1825 W. Scott Talisman vi, in Tales Crusaders IV. 104 Is it not hard that..I should be doomed to see fade before me ungathered such a rich harvest of glory to God?
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam ciii. 160 This holly by the cottage-eave, To night, ungather'd, shall it stand.
1896 Daily News 4 Sept. 7/5 The barleys which are still ungathered will, it is feared, be spoilt for malting purposes.
3. Not drawn together.
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the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective] > hanging down > loosely
swagging1593
ungathered1615
swaggy1646
sagged1647
slouch1688
sloggering1825
flipperty-flopperty1859
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 63 Ouer all when they goe abroad they weare gownes..vngathered in the shoulders.
1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 104 As a web of cloth is rolled up, only a little left at the end ungathered.
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