单词 | unlawed |
释义 | unlawedadj. Now rare. 1. Of a dog: that has not been lawed or expeditated (law v. 3, expeditate v.); not having had the forefeet mutilated to prevent it from chasing game. historical in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adjective] > having specific type parts > having (spec. type) feet or claws dew-clawed1575 unlawed?1592 unexpeditated1598 expeditated1610 inexpeditate1644 claw-footed1667 ?1592 J. Manwood Brefe Coll. Lawes Forest 38 It is lawfull to the Abbot of ye Borough of S. Peter..to haue vnlawed dogs, because he hath sufficient warrant thereunto. 1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest xvi. f. 92 The owners..are to be amerced 3s. for the keeping of such Dogges vnlawed. 1659 Termes de la Ley f. 163v/2 A priviledge to keep Doggs within the Forrest unlawed without punishment. 1685 R. Brady Compl. Hist. Eng. App. 142 He whose Dog at such time shall be found unlawed. 1866 G. R. Jesse Researches Hist. Brit. Dog I. xxxii. 379 That dogs unlawed, and greyhounds, might be kept within the bounds by certain privileged persons. 1913 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 560 It was considered a great honour to be allowed to keep unlawed dogs for pleasure of the chase. 1979 C. R. Young Royal Forests Medieval Eng. iii. 41 As might be expected, there are penalties for having unlawed dogs within the forest. 2. Exempt from law; not subject to or conforming to law or laws. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adjective] > random or haphazard uncertain1303 casualc1460 haphazard1576 roving1577 hazardous1585 chanceful1594 firmless1605 random1655 temerarious1660 aleatory1693 contingent1703 unlawed1789 by the way1846 chancy1860 fluky1880 hitty-missy1885 perchance1891 happenchance1905 happenstance1905 willy-nilly1933 1789 Patriot Soldier 18 Tho' unlaw'd Freedom lifts her banner high, 'Tis justice only bears them to the sky. 1880 Mem. J. Legge 291 Miracle is not an unlawed interference. 1935 Poetry 46 72 I wanted, and I had with her, A love immaculate of any reservations, A love unlawed, and competent to this. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?1592 |
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