unˈchawed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
= unchewed.
| 1566 Blundevil Horsemanship iv. xl. (1580) 18 b, To let his meate fall out of his mouth, or at the least to keepe it in his mouth vnchawed. 1600 J. Lane Tom Tel-troth 609 Bits vnchaw'de in her bulke, as in a forge, Kindle the coales whereof foule lust is bred. 1693 Dryden Persius v. 8 Why wou'dst thou these mighty Morsels chuse, Of Words unchaw'd, and fit to choak the Muse? |
So unˈchawn ppl. a. (un-1 8 b.)
| 1648 Hexham ii, Ongeknauwt, vnchawne. |