unˈsewed, ppl. a.
(un-1 8, 8 c.)
Also with advs., as together, up.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 344 Cloðes unseouwed bireined oðer unwaschen. c 1325 Pilate 169 in E.E.P. (1862) 115 Oure louerdes curtel he dude on..Þat vnsued was of þred. 1535 Coverdale John xix. 23 The cote..was vnsowed from aboue, wrought thorow and thorow. 1550 Bale Image Both Ch. ii. Pref. A iiij b, An heape of barbarous tearmes and vnsowed togither sentences. 1596 Spenser F.Q. vi. iv. 14 But the bare ground..Must be their bed, their pillow was vnsowed. 1603 J. Davies (Heref.) Extasie Wks. (Grosart) I. 90/2 On either side from her Armes to her Wast, It was vnsow'd, and made with Buttons fast. 1765 Sterne Tr. Shandy viii. i, If slits in petticoats are unsewed up. |