ppl. a. [UN-1 8 b.]
1. Not furnished with hangings.
1648. Hexham, II. Ongehangen, Vnhung, or, not Hanged with hangings or tapistry.
1666. Pepys, Diary, 2 March. [Sir P. Warwick] shewed me his house, which is yet all unhung, but will be a very noble house indeed.
2. Of persons: Not (yet) executed by hanging. (Cf. UNHANGED ppl. a.)
[1775. Ash, Unhung,… not hanged.]
1840. Dickens, Old C. Shop, lxvi. One of the greatest scoundrels unhung.
1875. W. S. Gilbert, Tom Cobb, II. To look upon you as the coolest scamp unhung.
1892. Zangwill, Childr. Ghetto, I. 206. The Emperor let the man go unhung.
b. Not hung up (for exhibition).
1880. Pall Mall G., 28 Aug., 6/1. It is said that much good work [in painting] will remain unhung for want of room.
transf. 1906. Macm. Mag., Feb., 302. Declaiming excitedly because some fragile painter is unhung at the Academy.
