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a. 1500.  in Makculloch & Gray MSS. (S.T.S.), 55. Kingis & knichtis in company Vncountit curiously vp I kest.

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1597.  Shaks., 2 Hen. IV., Induct. 18. The blunt Monster, with vncounted heads, The still discordant, wauering Multitude.

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1611.  Cotgr., s.v. Brebis, The wolfe eats counted, as well as uncounted, sheepe.

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1677.  Sir T. Herbert, Trav. (ed. 3), 375. Above threescore millions of Men, Women being uncounted.

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1782.  Johnson, Ode Death Levet, viii. The busy day—the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by.

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1802–12.  Bentham, Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827), V. 700. A mass of uncounted money.

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1837.  Carlyle, Misc. (1840), V. 17. How they lay, for uncounted ages and æons,… Silently imbedded in the rock.

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1868.  Morris, Earthly Par. (1870), I. II. 511. Upon the floor uncounted medals lay.

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