unˈspilled, -ˈspilt, ppl. a.
(un-1 8, 8 b. Cf. MDa. and Da. uspildt.)
| 1573 Tusser Husb. (1878) 35 Then haue of thine owne, without lending vnspilt, what followeth needfull, here learne if thou wilt. 1641 in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1692) I. 217 The very Blood that runs unspilt in our Veins. 1643 Denham Cooper's H (1668) 7 That bloud, which thou and thy great Grandsire shed,..Had been unspilt. 1837 Dickens Pickw. v, The first care of the two unspilt friends was to extricate their unfortunate companions from their bed of quickset. 1877 Browning La Saisiaz 369 Only grant my soul may carry high through death her cup unspilled. |