A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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(Unwalkit,) Un-, Wnwachit, -id, Wnvached, p.p. [e.m.E. vnwatched (1548); Walk v.1] a. Off guard, having failed to be vigilant. Cf. Walk v.1 5. b. Unguarded, unsupervised. Cf. Walk v.1 6. —a. c1420 Wynt. iv 495.
To drynk thai had sik appetyt That wnwachid [C. wnwachit, W. vnwachit] suddanly Thai fell on slepe rycht hewyly —b. 1624 Black Bk. Taymouth 365.
Quha euer hes a skabbit hors and putis him out wnvached, … it salbe leissum … to cast him over ane craig and brek his neck
