ppl. a. (UN-1 8. Cf. NFris. unsürred, MSw. osyrdh (Sw. osyrad), older Da. usuret (Da. usyret); Du. ongezuurd, MHG. ungesiuret (G. ungesäuert) chiefly of bread, = unleavened.)

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1626.  Bacon, Sylva, § 341. Wee see that Meat and Drinke will last longer, Vnputrified, or Vnsowred, in Winter, than in Summer.

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1685.  Dryden, Horace, I. ix. 26. Secure those golden early joyes, That Youth unsowr’d with sorrow bears.

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c. 1791.  Burns, To Mr. Maxwell, i. Health, ay unsour’d by care or grief.

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1853.  C. Brontë, in Mrs. Gaskell, Life (1858), 471. A serene spirit and an unsoured disposition!

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