a. (UN-1 7 b.)
1618. T. Adams, Generat. Serpents, Wks. (1629), 890. His vncontainable poyson would soone burst him.
1681. Rycaut, trans. Gracian’s Critick, 40. Pythagoras calls it a Tuned-Harp, whose measure and harmony wraps up our Contemplations and Thoughts with uncontainable Ravishments.
1883. Harper’s Mag., Jan., 284/2. Jim had an awkward expression of uncontainable happiness.
