ppl. a. (UN-1 8.)
1600. Shaks., A. Y. L., II. vii. 87. If he be free, Why then my taxing like a wild-goose flies Vnclaim’d of any man.
1738. Johnson, London, 173. Has Heav’n reserv’d, in pity to the poor,… No peaceful desert yet unclaim’d by Spain?
1783. Crabbe, Village, II. 26. Yet still, ye humbler friends, enjoy your hour, This is your portion, yet unclaim’d of power.
1826. Southey, Vind. Eccl. Angl., 306. The quiet, unassuming, unclaimed influence of the one may appear to you less than it ought to be.
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., 705. Unclaimed, as Derelict. Vessels found at sea … are good prizes, if not claimed within 366 days.
