Unwithered

ppl. a. (UN-¹ 8.)

1599.  Thynne, Animadv. (1875), 48. She … dothe signyfye the oke to be grene and vnseriall, that is … vnwithered, of freshe coolor.

1616.  Surfl. & Markh., Countrey Farme, 500. Whilest they are in grasse or vnwithered cockes.

1634.  Habington, Castara, I. (Arb.), 27. The roses in her cheekes unwithered.

1659.  W. Chamberlayne, Pharon., I. ii. 211. Whilst youth doth unwithered last.

1745.  Collins, Epist. to Sir T. Hanmer, 4. She sees her myrtles bloom, Green and unwither’d o’er his honour’d tomb.

1818.  Milman, Samor, VII. 563. Ye see Mine arm unwither’d, my unbroken sword.

1894.  Outing, XXIV. 307. The poplar branches on top still had unwithered leaves.

  fig.  1640.  Fletcher, etc., Coronation, V. i. The yet unwither’d blush That speaks the innocence of mine [sc. soul].

1826.  Literary Souvenir, 349. A nameless charm, By age unwithered.

1842.  J. Wilson, Chr. North, I. 248. There is in their unwithered hearts, warm love enough for all [etc.].

1875.  M. G. Pearse, D. Quorm, p. ix. She has an unwithered faith in the Sword of the Spirit.