| 释义 |
unˈentered, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not recorded by an entry in a book.
1482in Charters, etc. Edinb. (1871) 168 Gudis..enterit in the tovnis bukis, togidder with the eschete of the sammyn quhare it beis fundin vnenterit. 1554–5in Feuillerat Revels Q. Mary (1914) 169, xij elles of white & blewe sarcenet..left out vnentred in the boke of the same [masque]. 1763Brit. Mag. IV. 174 The makers of cyder or perry..shall enter..the mills,..and other places to be made use of,..under the penalty of 25l. for using any unentered place.
†2. Not initiated or introduced. Obs.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Luke i. 7 A people not vtterly vntraded or vnentred in his discipline, but somwhat prepaired already. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. 45 In the Greek tongue most of them unletter'd, or unenter'd to any sound proficiency in those Attick maisters of morall wisdome.
3. Sc. Law. Not formally admitted.
1711in Nairne Peerage Evidence (1874) 142 [They are] not to lye out themselves unentered in the superiority to their prejudice. 1868Act 31 & 32 Vict. c. 101 §6 The rights and remedies competent to a superior against his vassal lying out unentered.
4. Of hounds: Not yet put into a pack.
1772G. Cartwright Jrnl. 5 May (1792) I. 220 Having two couple of unentered hounds with me, I let them all loose to blood them, but the old dog following the first deer, I was not able to catch him again. 1896Sportsman 10 July 4/1 In young unentered hounds the Eamont were first and Boddington second.
5. Not gone into; not penetrated.
1775Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry I. i. 20 note, This cavern..remained closely shut and unentered for many ages. 1821Byron Cain ii. ii, The intelligences I have seen Round our regretted and unenter'd Eden. |
