unpaintedadj.

?1470 Inventory in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 436 Item, ij peyre trostelis poyntid reed... Item, in the nethermest chambir of the gret towre a falt tabill. Item, a peire trostelis on-poyntid.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. i. f. 51^v Rased or vnpaynted tables [L. nudae, ueluti rasae tabellae].

1604 S. Harrison Arch's of Triumph Ep. Ded. sig. B I would not care if these vnpainted Pictures were more Costly to me.

1668 J. Owen Exercitations Epist. to Hebrews ii. 30 If any thing of solid, convincing, unpainted Eloquence be intended in it, it is evident that St. Paul neither did, nor justly could confess himself unacquainted with it.

1712 Bks. printed for & sold by E. Parker in Protestant Union (end matter) Bound in a great Variety of nice bindings,..the Cuts Painted or Unpainted.

1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 140 More ugly than an unpainted actress.

1822 A. M. Porter Roche-blanche II. v. 175 How little one is delighted by the painted complexion of social mirth, when you know, by having seen it unpainted, that there is a jaundiced skin under it.

1855 C. Dickens Holly-tree Inn: Guest in Househ. Words Extra Christmas No. 6/1 The rooms..were all of unpainted wood.

1931 Geogr. Rev. 21 294 The large number of paint-worn and unpainted farmsteads bespeak the inability of the land to supply surplus funds.

1953 B. Pym Jane & Prudence i. 9 The eager, unpainted faces, the wispy hair, the dowdy clothes.

2002 A. Clarke Polished Hoe (2003) i. 95 She and Gertrude prepared meals together, sitting at the unpainted deal-board table.