ppl. a. [UN-1 8.] = UNCHEWED.

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1566.  Blundevil, Horsemanship, IV. xl. (1580), 18 b. To let his meate fall out of his mouth, or at the least to keepe it in his mouth vnchawed.

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1600.  J. Lane, Tom Tel-troth, 609. Bits vnchaw’de in her bulke, as in a forge, Kindle the coales whereof foule lust is bred.

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1693.  Dryden, Persius, v. 8. Why wou’dst thou these mighty Morsels chuse, OF Words unchaw’d, and fit to choak the Muse?

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  So Unchawn ppl. a. (UN-1 8 b.)

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1648.  Hexham, II. Ongeknauwt, vnchawne.

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