unpilledadj.1
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpɪld/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɪld/ 1. Not peeled or stripped. Now archaic and rare.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > stripped or made bare > stripped of skin, husk, or bark > not peeled
unpilled1538
unpeeled1573
unexcorticated1725
1538 Inv. W. Gebon of Sutterton, Linc. (MS.) Hempe vnpillid and flaxe vnswyngled.
1562 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid C c iv An vnshapen bunchy speare with barke unpilde.
1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. x. 232 Beate the Garlicke unpilled in a stone Morter.
1678 in G. F. Dow Probate Rec. Essex County, Mass. (1920) III. 228 Hemp unpilld & pill'd.
1719 in G. Redmond Names & Hist. (2004) 216 Unpilled wavers, marked, ringed and sett oute for standinge by the pillers.
1786 E. Owen tr. Persius Satires iv, in Transl. Juvenal & Persius (ed. 2) 170 Onion with salt's his food, and that, unpill'd.
1938 R. Graves Coll. Poems 63 An unpilled holly-club twirled in his hand.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [adjective] > despoiled > not
unspoiledc1500
unspulyied1513
unransacked1529
unpilled1569
unrifled1583
unpillaged1593
unplundered1637
unforageda1649
unravaged1728
spoilless1818
undespoiled1846
1569 T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander iii. v. f. 109 They..entred the hie countrey, whiche of long had bene vnpilled and vnrobbed of any enemie, and spoyled and fouraged it all ouer.
1577 J. Dee Gen. Mem. Arte Nauig. 4 Their Marchantlike Ships..may, in our Seas.., pas quietly vnpilled, vnspoyled, and vntaken by Pyrates.
1580 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 308 The remanent guidis..left unpilleit within the samin schip.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
unpilledadj.2
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpɪld/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɪld/ rare.
Not treated with pills; unmedicated.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by medicine or drug > [adjective] > treated with pastille > not treated with pill
unpilled1791
1791 G. Huddesford Salmagundi 140 No Doctor fee'd, no regimen advised, Unpill'd, unpoultic'd, unphlebotomiz'd!
1973 G. Bocca Don't cry, Wolf iii. 16 A car trip with an unpilled Pipo was a tense, panting struggle for the control of our own immediate destiny.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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