ppl. a. (UN-1 8.)
a. 1700. Dryden, Misc. Poems, 1716, VI. 47.
| Not rising Flames attempt a bolder Flight; | |
| Like Smoke by rising Flames unlifted, light | |
| The Sands ascend, and stain the Day with Night. |
[1775. Ash.]
1793. A. Murphy, Rival Sisters, I. i. 17.
| Must I upon my throne | |
| Look pale and tremble, when your fancied Jove | |
| Grasps the unlifted thunder? |
1815. Byron, Destr. Sennacherib, v. The tents were all silent,… The lances unlifted.
1882. Ainger, Lamb, v. 94. The cloud of domestic anxiety was still unlifted.
