a. [OE. unwæteriʓ (UN-1 7).] Not supplied with or containing water.

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c. 1000.  Ags. Gosp., Luke xi. 24. He gæð þurh unwæterie stowa, reste secende.

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a. 1300.  E. E. Psalter cvi. 4. Thei erreden in wildernesse, in vnwatri place.

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1382.  Wyclif, Ps. lxxvii. 40. In to wrathe thei to-stiriden hym in vnwatri place.

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1739.  C. Wesley, Hymns, 222. Divinely led the Favourites pass Th’ Unwatry Deep, and emptied Sen.

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1872.  Browning, Fifine, cii. How … The solid surface-shield was outcome … Of simple dew at work to save itself amid The unwatery force around.

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1877.  Blackie, Wise Men, 67. Age to youth May sooner pass than from unwatery crust Be birth of water.

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