untoiledadj.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective]
westeeOE
wildc893
wastyc1230
wastec1290
untilled1297
void1398
wilsomea1400
desolate1413
wastablea1450
unlaboured1474
untilthed1495
spare1508
unmanured1541
unculted1548
uncultured1555
Hyrcan1567
untoiled1578
manureless1595
griggy1597
Wealdish1598
Hyrcanian1600
unwrought1600
wealy1601
uncultived1605
incult1624
unmanaged1634
incultivateda1657
uncultivate1659
uncultivated1684
unreclaimed1753
wildered1810
irreclaimed1814
natural1827
feral1882
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. ii. 4 The common wormwood groweth naturally in..dry, rude, and untoyled places.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 224 It commeth up..in untoiled and neglected places, and namely, common high waies.
a1633 G. Herbert tr. Cornarus Treat. Temperance (1634) 40 The reducing of many rude and untoiled places..to cultivation.
1683 J. Reid Scots Gard'ner ii. ii. 66 Trenching doth well prepare..untoil'd ground.
2. Not subjected to, or overcome by, toil.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > esp. through labour > not
untoiled1605
society > occupation and work > worker > worker according to manner of working > [adjective] > toiling or working hard > not
untoiled1605
time-serving1846
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 420 Vn-toild, vn-Tutor'd, sucking tender food, We learn'd a language all men vnderstood.
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V ccli, in Poems (1878) IV. 163 A Iollitie Sprung from vntoyled Limbes.
1744 E. Haywood Female Spectator No. 9 (1748) II. 143 He who preserves it [sc. hope]..is untoiled with disappointment, and never loses the prospect of his wish.
3. Not toiled for; got without toil.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > doing effortlessly > obtained without effort
untoiled1651
1651 H. Vaughan To best Couple in Olor Iscanus 22 Like the dayes Warmth may all your Comforts be, Untoil'd for, and Serene as he.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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