unrubbedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈrʌbd/, U.S. /ˌənˈrəbd/ Not rubbed.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] > rough > not smoothed, polished, etc.
unpolisheda1382
unrubbedc1400
unshavena1547
unscaled1577
unrolled1580
unfiled1590
unplained1598
unplaned1611
unsmoothed1614
impolite1621
unground1793
c1400 (?c1382) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 231 As a horce unrubbed, þat haves a sore back, wynses when..rubbed on his rugge.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Onbestreken, vnrubbed, or Vnsmeared.
1660 H. Lynde Anc. Doctr. Church Eng. Ep. Ded. sig. A7 If any man shall search all the Knights quotations,..or looke upon him through the Iesuits Spectacles unrubbed, he will thinke him very foule.
1748 B. Langley London Prices i. 9 When the Fronts are faced with unrubbed Bricks, either Grey or Red, 'tis customary to work up their Insides with Place Bricks.
1797 R. Polwhele Old Eng. Gentleman 115 The wench Who quits, unrubb'd, her oaken board or bench.
1847 ‘G. Eliot’ in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life (1885) I. 161 You are a bright golden sovereign to me, with edges all unrubbed.
1877 G. Meredith Lett. (1912) I. 282 I am consequently dull, unrubbed, no reflector.
1910 A. L. Frothingham Dalmatia ii. 39 Long lines of Gothic windows..with all the patina of age still lingering on them like the burr on an unrubbed etching.
2013 Evening News (Edinb.) (Nexis) 29 Aug. 29 She writhed around the stage..rubbing parts of her body which should generally remain unrubbed in public.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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