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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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(Undrounit,) Undrowned, p.p. [e.m.E. vndrowned (1573); Droun v.] Not drowned. —a1684 Leighton Comm. Peter (1849) II 240.
What availed it wicked Ham to outlive the flood … to be kept undrowned in the waters?
