unˈchiselled, ppl. a.
(un-1 8.)
| 1772 J. Ives H. Swinden's Gt. Yarmouth Pref. 1 The unchizelled stone, or rudest hieroglyphic, accompanied the songs of the Bards, to perpetuate a whole nation. 1830 Westm. Rev. Jan. 46 Unchiselled stones, according to Pausanias, were the first images of the gods of the Greeks. 1854 Grace Greenwood Haps & Mishaps 3 The pure and graceful Greek column makes no solid or defiant show of strength, like the unchiselled stone or the jagged rock. |