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unˈkent, ppl. a. Chiefly north. and Sc.
[un-1 8 b.]
†1. Undirected, untaught. Obs.—0
1570Levins Manip. 67 Vnkent, untaught, incorrectus.
2. Unknown. (Cf. unkenned ppl. a. 1.)
1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. To his Bk. i, Goe little booke: thy selfe present, As child whose parent is vnkent. 1613W. Browne Brit. Past. i. i, I..sought [not] for bay,..But as a Swaine unkent fed on the plaines. 1647Trapp Comm., 1 John iii. 1 Princes unknown are unrespected; Unkent, unkist, as the Northern Proverb hath it. 1790A. Shirrefs Poems 174 Unkent to a',..Ae night I bade the cruel place adieu. 1807–in dialect use (Eng. Dial. Dict.). |
