v. Now dial. [UN-2 9 and 7.] trans. and intr. To thaw. Also fig.
1598. Florio, Disquagliato, melted, vnthawed, liquified.
1633. T. James, Voy., 77. In the woods, wee found the Snow partly wasted away…. The ponds were almost vnthawd: but the sea … [was] all firme frozen.
1699. T. Brown, Gent. Holland, Wks. 1711, IV. 316. The Men … are cold to such a degree, that neither Love nor Wine can unthaw them.
1764. J. G. Cooper, Power Harmony, I. The flood of life, Loos’d at its source…, Flows like some frozen silver stream unthaw’d, At a warm Zephyr of the genial Spring.
1847–. in southern dial. glossaries.
1895. Times, 23 Jan., 9/3. Harcourt … would not or could not unthaw.
