Unclad

ppl. a. [UN-¹ 8 b. Cf. MDu. ongecleet (Du. ongekleed), MHG. ungekleidet, -kleit, ON. and Icel. ú-, óklæddr (Norw. uklædd, MSw. and Sw. oklädd, Da. uklædt).] Not clad or clothed; undressed; naked.

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c. 1420. Avow. Arth., liv. Qwenne ho se him vnclad, Then the lady wex drede.

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1500. Ortus Vocab. (W. de W.), S viij b. Inuestitus, vncladde.

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1531. Elyot, Gov., II. xii. He was a shamed to approche nigh to it, beinge in so simple astate and unklad.

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1647. Hexham, I. Vnclothed or unclad, ontkleedt.

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1761. Glover, Media, I. i. Creon knows, thy altar Unclad with garlands still proclaims thy firmness Against his daughter’s marriage.

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1763. Murphy, Desert Isl., II. That I may sit, With unclad sides, upon some blasted heath.

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1827. Pollok, Course T., IX. 1095. Decrepit, withered wretch, unhoused, unclad.

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1855. Milman, Lat. Chr., XIV. ix. VI. 601. Men, women, rose unclad from their tombs.

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