a. Obs. [UN-1 7.] = UNSWEET a.

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1420–2.  Lydg., Thebes, I. 574. Al be that some founde ful vnsoote Rather a pley of werre than of pees. Ibid. (1430–40), Bochas, I. iv. 1628. This flood … Causid also scarsete off vetaile, That many a man felte ful vnsoote.

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1579.  Spenser, Sheph. Cal., Dec., 118. And I … Sike follies nowe haue gathered as too ripe, And cast hem out, as rotten and vnsoote.

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