unˈcracked, ppl. a.
(un-1 8.)
| 1581 J. Aylmer in Nicolas Mem. Sir C. Hatton (1847) 240 If you will have..your credit kept uncracked for commending me. 1623 Middleton & Rowley Sp. Gipsy iv. i, The un⁓crack'd diamond of my faith shall hold. 1648 Sanderson Serm. (1681) II. 226 The ice..is of that firmness, that it will bear a loaden cart uncrackt. 1763 Churchill Ghost iv. 1397 Good men..With names uncrack'd, and credit sound. 1826 Lamb Lett. (1886) II. 228 Heaven send him his jars un-crack'd. 1891 Kipling Light that Failed (1900) 244 The person who demanded muffins and an uncracked teapot. |