unˈcured, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not healed or restored to health; not remedied. a. Of wounds, diseases, etc.
| 1548 Elyot, Incuratus,..vncured, vnhealed. 1597 A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 30 b/1 The perforation of the artery tarrieth vncured and open. 1676 Hobbes Iliad 119 Let them imbark at least in haste, and bear Along with them their wounds uncured home. 1819 Scott Ivanhoe xliii, Thy wounds are uncured—Meet not that proud man. 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 742 The mother had milk-fever and abscess of breast. This last remained uncured. |
| fig. 1598–9 B. Jonson Case is Altered v. iv, I am ashamed That my extreame affection to my sonne Should giue my honour so vncur'd a maine. 1642 Fuller Holy & Prof. St. ii. xxiv. 152 Thus..the Wounds to the Commonwealth (in the breach of the Laws) are left uncured. a 1683 Owen Two Disc. Holy Spirit (1693) 74 The uncured Darkness of their Minds. 1793 Cowper Stanza for Year 33 That want, uncur'd.., Speaks him a criminal, assur'd Of everlasting death. 1884 Sir C. S. C. Bowen in Law Rep. 12 Q.B.D. 170 The blot in the proceedings of the respondent still remains uncured. |
b. Of persons. Also
fig.| 1601 Sir W. Brown in Collins Lett. & Mem. State (1746) II. 228 The hurt Men that lye in the Streets, vncured, for Want of Surgins, make..a noysom Smell. 1674 R. Godfrey Inj. & Ab. Physic 150 Many times..they go uncured through deficiency in Medicine. 1757 Burke Abridgm. Eng. Hist. iii. iv. Wks. 1812 X. 432 Uncured by his misfortunes of a loose generosity,..he..mortgaged every branch of his revenue. 1825 Scott Talism. xiv, We physicians are sworn not to send away a patient uncured. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 683 It does not appear that there is any material difference in the percentage of cured and uncured cases. |
2. Not dressed or prepared for keeping.
| 1622 in Foster Eng. Factories Ind. (1908) II. 103 [4000 pieces of cloth,] most partt uncurd, but ours are all cured. 1770 Phil. Trans. LX. 304 The certain consequence..will be, that maggots will be generated in such uncured parts [of stuffed birds]. 1828 Spearman Brit. Gunner (ed. 2) 77 Cartridges, uncured. 1883 Day Indian Fish 3 (Fish. Exhib. Publ.), Inland places having no special facilities for carriage do not receive uncured sea fish in a wholesome condition. |
† 3. Of land: Not cleared for cultivation.
Obs.| 1719 De Foe Crusoe i. 37, I purchased as much Land that was uncur'd, as my Money would reach. |