ppl. a. [UN-1 8.] Unguarded; undefended.
1382. Wyclif, Gen. xlii. 12. The vnwardid thingis [L. immunita] of this loond.
1553. T. Lever, Serm. (Arb.), 58. Take heede, that the vncleane spirite of ignoraunce … fynde no place vnwarded, where he may creepe in agayne.
1553. Brende, Q. Curtius, 55. There was one Tiriotes, which … escaped by a gate that was vnwarded.
1674. Jackson, Recant., E 3 b. The High-way-man may do what he list, and meet with more Booties than if the Road lay unwarded.
1858. Household Words, XIX. 64/1. I pass through the strong gates, now unwarded from the Infidel.
