单词 | unsealed |
释义 | unsealedadj.1 1. Not stamped or marked with a seal. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > sealing > [adjective] > sealed > not stamped or sealed unsealed1377 unwafered1844 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiv. 292 Wynneth he nauȝt with weghtes fals ne with vnseled mesures. 1492 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 419 Conuikit..for the wrangwiss haldin of a wrang pek of less mesour, and unselit. 1550 Southampton Court Leet Rec. (1905) i. 9 We present that [they]..sell beere and wyne by vnlawful and vnsealled measures contrary to the statute. 1629 Leather 15 The Market is full of excellent Leather;..all this in the Morning lyes vnsealed. 1660 in J. Davidson Inverurie & Earldom of Garioch (1878) 361 Giv onie person have ane unseilit stoup they sall braik the same. 2. Not having a seal imposed or attached; not closed by means of a seal. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] > not sealed unsealedc1430 c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. xxxvi. 22 He þat holt his swerd naked, and þe keyes vnbownde, naked and vnseeled. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccccxxv. 301/2 So he toke the letters vnsealed, and retourne in to Englande agayne. 1646 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 192 All my bookes, papers, and parchments vnsealed. 1665 R. Boyle New Exper. & Observ. Cold Pref. c 6 Judging it fit to make further Trial, with an unseal'd Weather-glass. 1726 G. Berkeley in A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley in Wks. (1871) IV. 140 In case it be a bond in form, or..a promissory note unsealed. 1793 T. Twining in Recreat. & Stud. (1882) 184 Sending the parcel unsealed that you might have read..the MS. 1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years II. 89 This letter..was..delivered, unsealed, to M. de Montalivet. 3. figurative. Not formally confirmed or ratified. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > state of being unprovable > [adjective] > lacking confirmation nakedc1400 unratified1565 unsubscribed1571 unsealeda1616 unavouched1629 intestate1656 unattested1665 unconfirmed1671 uncertified1681 unvouched1775 incorroborated1784 unauthenticated1787 unvalued1807 unchartered1812 unaccredited1828 unfathered1830 unguaranteed1855 misvouched1876 uncorroborated1911 a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. ii. 31 Therefore your oathes Are words and poore conditions, but vnseal'd. View more context for this quotation 1665 J. Spencer Disc. Vulgar Prophecies 87 That very many of these Modern Prophecies have been very punctually accomplish'd, though unseal'd by any divine Sign attending the delivery of them. 1831 G. P. R. James Philip Augustus II. iii. 61 My fate is yet an unsealed one. Draft additions 1993 4. Of a road: not surfaced with bitumen or other hard substance; untarred. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [adjective] > surfaced > not surfaced unsealed1966 1966 Open Road (Sydney) Aug. 3/4 Unsealed gravel roads are dusty and those behind the leading car must endure a lot of dust. 1978 O. White Silent Reach xvi. 170 There's two hundred and seventy miles of..unsealed highway that's rough but will carry traffic at an average of thirty to forty miles an hour. 1981 J. Calder Target Margaret Thatcher xi. 109 Nicole turned off the main road into a secondary track, unsealed but still rutted by the wheels of holidaymakers and Sunday drivers. 1985 J. Sherwood Botanist at Bay iv. 45 Where the main road headed up to the pass, Marano branched off it along an unsealed road. 1990 Mining Mag. July 6/2 Access to the site is over 57 km of unsealed road. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022). unsealedadj.2 Not closed. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > by size, shape, etc. > having goggle-eyedc1384 well-eyed1483 pink-eyed1519 hollow-eyeda1529 small-eyed1555 great-eyed1558 bird-eyed1564 out-eyed1570 large-eyed1575 full-eyed1581 bright-eyed1590 wall-eyed1590 beetle-eyed1594 fire-eyed?1594 young-eyed1600 open-eyed1601 soft-eyed1606 narrow-eyed1607 broad-eyed?1611 saucer-eyed1612 ox-eyed1621 pig-eyed1655 glare-eyed1683 pit-eyed1696 dove-eyed1717 laughing-eyed1784 almond1786 wide-eyed1789 moon-eyed1790 big-eyed1792 gooseberry-eyed1796 red-eyed1800 unsealed1800 screw-eyed1810 starry-eyed1818 pinkie-eyed1824 pop-eyed1830 bead-eyed1835 fishy-eyed1836 almond-eyed1849 boopic1854 sharp-set1865 bug-eyed1872 beady-eyed1873 bias-eyed1877 blank-eyed1881 gape-eyed1889 glass-eyed1889 stone-eyed1890 pie-eyed1900 slitty-eyed1908 steely-eyed1964 megalopic1985 1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Piccolomini i. xi. 50 The unseal'd eye, Of Jupiter's glad children born in lustre. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.11377adj.21800 |
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