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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Underco(a)tted, ppl. adj. [Underco(a)t v.] = Under-coatingppl. adj. —1597 Calderwood V 658.
I feare that the healing of suche untented and undercoatted wounds sall come to a feister 1636 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 145
Dangerous and painful is an undercotted conscience
