† unhovenadj.
Scottish. Obsolete.
Unbaptized.
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unfulghtenedc1175
fulloghtlessa1225
unblessedc1310
unbaptized14..
unhovenc1480
undipped1693
unchristened1725
unchrisom1831
unimmersed1835
c1480 (a1400) St. Pelagia 115 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 207 He..byd þam þat vnhowine ware, þat þai suld ga þar gat but mare.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 192 Him behufit tobe slayne or ellis to leve the barne vnhovin.
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