[UN-1 8 b, 8 c + BLOWN ppl. a.1]
1. Not driven, tossed, or fanned by the wind.
1638. G. Sandys, Paraphr. Job xx. 27. Thick darknesse shall infold, a fire unblowne Devoure his Race.
1648. B. Duppa, Soules Solit., 17. He … might the next year at his return find the same Letters un-blowne away.
1835. Campbell, Fragm. Oratorio Bk. Job, 29. By the fire of his conscience he perisheth In an unblown flame.
1878. B. Taylor, Deukalion, III. v. 125. Groping first on fields of unblown mist.
2. With -out: Not extinguished.
1642. H. More, Song of Soul, I. II. cxviii. When others eyes plainly can nothing see, Then thy prodigious lamps by night unwet And unblown-out, can read right readily.
3. Not sounded.
1815. Byron, Hebrew Mel., Destr. Sennacherib, v. The tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.
