ppl. a. (UN-1 8 b.)
1340–70. Alex. & Dind., 38. Þei þou fonde wiþ þi folk to fiȝhte wiþ us alle, We schulle us kepe on-cauȝt oure cauus wiþ-inne.
a. 1500[?]. Chester Pl., XVIII. 117. He scapeth not vncought.
1605. Shaks., Lear, II. i. 59. Let him fly farre: Not in this Land shall he remaine vncaught.
1619. Hieron, Wks., I. 639. The state of men by nature, who bee as fishes ranging after their owne disposition, vncaught.
1711. Gay, Rural Sports, 145. His bosom glows with treasures yet uncaught.
1820. C. R. Maturin, Melmoth (1892), III. xxviii. 147. Whenever you have seen the tear, which your hand might have wiped away, fall uncaught.
1894. Baring-Gould, Kitty Alone, II. 95. I live in fear of him as long as he is uncaught.
