unˈchewed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8. Cf. unchawed ppl. a., and MDu. ongecouwet, -kauwet, Du. ongekaauwd, G. ungekaut.]
Not chewed.
| 1646 Quarles Sheph. Orac. ix, Say, do you eat and grind it,..Or like an unchew'd Pill, but swallow't down? 1697 Dryden æneis x. 1025 His mouth runs o're With unchew'd morsels. 1742 Young Nt. Th. v. 973 All,..wide-expanding their voracious jaws, Morsel on morsel swallow down unchew'd. 1766 Compl. Farmer s.v. Cubbitting O 2/2, Horses addicted to this vice are but of small value; they drop a great part of their food unchewed. 1884 Browning Ferishtah, Two Camels, No sprig Of toothsome chervil must I leave unchewed! |
| fig. 1643–5 Milton Divorce Introd., If she presume to bring forth ought, that sorts not with their unchew'd notions and suppositions. 1681 Dryden Abs. & Achit. i. 113 Not weigh'd or winnow'd by the Multitude, But swallow'd in the Mass, unchewed and crude. |