ppl. a.2 [UN-1 8. Cf. MDu. ongecoppelt, Du. ongekoppeld.] Not coupled or joined; left detached or separate.

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1377.  Langl., P. Pl., B. Prol. 162. Vncoupled þei wenden Boþe in wareine & in waste where hem leue lyketh. Ibid., 206. Coupled & vncoupled.

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c. 1430.  Lydg., Min. Poems (Percy Soc.), 32. Thouhe she be yong, yet wol she wele abide, Uncoupled to a fresshe man of iunesse.

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1589.  Puttenham, Eng. Poesie, II. x. (Arb.), 102. There is a band to be giuen euery verse in a staffe, so as none fall out alone or vncoupled.

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1625.  Milton, On Death of Fair Infant, 13. Th’ infainous blot, Of long-uncoupled bed, and childless eld.

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1659.  W. Chamberlayne, Pharonnida (T.). Vows, whose harsh events must be Uncoupled cold virginity.

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1818.  Colebrooke, Obligations, 55. Exorbitancy of price too, uncoupled with fraud.

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1869.  Colburn, in Eng. Mech., 19 March, 579/2. There was not … an engine … having … uncoupled driving-wheels.

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