a. (UNDER-1 10 c.)
1707. Mortimer, Husb., 127. You must be very cautious … that neither the Stalk nor Seed be under-ripe.
1778. [W. H. Marshall], Minutes Agric., 22 Aug. 1776. As I mean … to sow pea-beans for the sake of the halm,… I will, at all events, cut them under-ripe.
