† 1. Not affianced or betrothed. Obs.
1507. [see UNAFFIED].
15645. Reg. Privy Council Scot., I. 325. He sould keip the said Jane as fre woman uncontractit or mariit for the space of ane yeir.
c. 1625. [see UNAFFIED].
2. Not brought into smaller compass.
1758. Johnson, Idler, No. 9, ¶ 2. To give the smooth feature and the uncontracted muscle.
1864. Pusey, Lect. Daniel, i. 49. In the Biblical Chaldee the older uncontracted forms prevail.
1877. Raymond, Mines & M., 116. This serpentine belt extending its course southeasterly with uncontracted dimensions.