Unpressed

ppl. a. [UN-¹ 8.]

  1.  Not pressed or squeezed; not subjected to pressure.

1552.  Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., X. 123. Thre elnis, thre quarteris, unprest blak.

1606.  Shaks., Ant. & Cl., III. xiii. 106. Haue I my pillow left vnprest in Rome,… to be abus’d By one that lookes on Feeders?

1615.  G. Sandys, Trav., 65. A beastly kind of vnpressed cheese.

1718.  Prior, Solomon, I. 346. Unpress’d their Vintage, and untill’d their Ground.

1794.  Mrs. Radcliffe, Myst. Udolpho, i. The forest-walk, where flowers unprest, Bow not their tall heads.

1812.  Cary, Dante, Purg., VI. 90. What boots it, that thy reins Justinian’s hand Refitted, if thy saddle be unpressed?

1879.  E. Arnold, Lt. Asia, IV. 90. On our bed there lay An unpressed pillow.

  b.  Not obtained by pressing.

1630.  Quarles, Div. Poems, 309. Our tender Vine Should cheare thy palate with her unprest wine.

1708.  J. Philips, Cyder, I. 414. Snails, that creep O’er the ripe Fruitage,… and unprest Cyder drink.

1802.  Lamb, J. Woodvil, III. Because your poet-born hath an internal wine,… unpressed in mortal wine-presses.

  2.  Not pressed into service; unconstrained.

1603.  J. Davies, Microcosmos, Wks. (Grosart), I. 58/2. Our Kings might warre with Tenants of their owne, Who would vnprest haue yet bin prest for shame To follow their Liege-land-lords.

1871.  H. King, Ovid’s Met., XIII. 43. The first to arms who sprang Unpressed, by no informer dragged to war.