ppl. a. [UN-1 8.] a. Unborn. b. Not having given birth. Also fig.

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[1775.  Ash.]

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1796.  Monthly Rev., XXI. App. 559. It is certain that the Tartarian and Moldavian unyeaned lambs yield the finest skins for lining or edging garments.

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1868.  Geo. Eliot, Sp. Gipsy, 148. Trust That men call blind; but … is blind Only as unyeaned reason is.

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1884.  Miss M. Linskill, Betw. Heather & North. Sea, I. vi. 62. Little by little old Craven told his piteous tale of the sudden snow-storm, the loss of the ewes, and the unyeaned lambs.

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1894.  C. Vickerman, Woollen Spinning, 46. Sheep … much prized in unyeaned state.

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