ppl. a. [UN-1 8 b.] Not having sprung up or sprouted.
1600. Fairfax, Tasso, I. xlix. His hopes Vnsprong, his cares were fit to mowe.
1684. J. S., Profit & Pleas. United, 106. To prevent the Crows or daws falling on the Corne unsprung.
ppl. a. [UN-1 8 b.] Not having sprung up or sprouted.
1600. Fairfax, Tasso, I. xlix. His hopes Vnsprong, his cares were fit to mowe.
1684. J. S., Profit & Pleas. United, 106. To prevent the Crows or daws falling on the Corne unsprung.