unslackedadj.
1. Unslackened, unrelaxed.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > [adjective] > continuous or without stop or pause (of action) > unremitting
dreichc1400
unrespited1593
unslacked1593
unremitteda1630
unrelented1651
unremitting1668
unflagging1715
unrelaxing1715
unbating1744
unslackening1768
unabatinga1774
unremittent1776
unreceding1810
irremissive1817
remitless1818
unrelaxed1825
unslackened1870
bateless1886
the world > life > the body > loose or stiff condition > [adjective]
leathwakec1000
lithebyc1000
starka1275
stiffc1305
standing1340
bainc1440
waldinc1485
resolveda1500
supplea1500
lash1513
limber1582
sagging1599
laxed1623
unslakeda1625
laxated1652
springy1674
gangling1764
lithesome1768
swack1768
unslackened1770
lissoma1800
wandle1803
loose-limbed1823
loose1846
unslacked1848
saggy1853
loose-jointed1859
loose-hung1869
gangly1871
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 24 b God is mooued and mollified..with often, and vnslacked intercessions.
1848 T. Aird Poet. Wks. 126 Still their [sc. lions'] fronts were racked With lust of blood, their forms were still unslacked.
2. Of lime: (see slacked adj. 2).
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > lime materials > [adjective] > slaked > not
unsleckedc1386
unquenched?c1425
unsleaked1526
unblushed?1548
unslaked1598
unslissed1598
unslacked1656
unslake1660
whole-stone1703
in shells1799
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso (1674) i. xxi. 22 Tyrannies are laid with..the unslackt Lime of..injustice.
1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 45 Unslackt or Quick Lime.
1760 R. Brown Compl. Farmer: Pt. 2 17 Unslacked lime beat to powder.
1808 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 98 346 They..were in the highly caustic or unslacked state.
c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 63 Neither should unslacked lime..be allowed below.
3. Of thirst, etc.: Not slacked.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > [adjective] > not slaked (of thirst)
unslacked1798
unslaked1798
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [adjective] > unsatisfied
unstanchedc1374
unsatisfiedc1430
unsufficed?1573
cloylessa1616
unsupplied1616
unfeasted1636
unstilled1648
unpalled1669
unslaked1690
unsated1693
ungorged1700
unsatiated1701
insatiated1727
unjaded1763
meedless1783
unslacked1798
unglutted1814
unsloken1871
unmet1962
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > satisfying hunger or thirst > [adjective] > not slaked (of thirst)
unslacked1798
unslaked1798
1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere iii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 16 With throat unslack'd [1805 unslaked], with black lips bak'd Ne could we laugh, ne wail.
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