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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unwrocht, ppl. adj. Also: wnwrocht, onwrocht, -vrocht, -wrought, -wracht. [Late ME and e.m.E. vnwrought (c1400), OE unᵹeworht; Wrocht ppl. adj.] a. Of a piece of work: Not carried out; unfinished. b. Of a raw material or commodity: Not made into a finished artifact; unfashioned.a. a1400 Leg. S. x 143.
Thare warke [sc. the tower of Babel] [they] lewit vnwrocht Fore vndire-stand vthire thai na mocht 1534–5 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 128.
To Thomas Peblis [glazier] xx lib. in payment of werk that is wnwrocht to by glas and ledb. 1512 Dundee B. Laws 507.
Gif the ȝarne remane twenty dayis wnwrocht with hyme that it beis warpit with 1539–40 Treas. Acc. VII 289.
Ane pece of unwrocht gold of the mynde, quhilk wes send to the Duke of Guys in France 1569 Canongate Ct. Bk. 19.
Certane irne deliverit be the said Williame to the said Robert to have maid schone thairof to ane pair of kairt quheillis of the said Williame quhairof he hes maid na restitutioun nather wrocht nor unwrocht as yit 1581 Acts III 240/2.
That the raw and vnwrocht silkis to be brocht hame be him salbe custome frie with the dreggis for litting thairof 1619 Edinb. B. Rec. VI 198.
The gritt hurt and domage ensewing to this burgh … be transportatioune of the native commodities of this cuntrie unwrocht furth thairof, by the working of the quhilk commodities the said ydle people micht be sett on work 1622 Edinb. Test. LI 111.
In his … buithe in materiallis for litting vnwrocht of grein litt xj pund wecht(b) 1513 Doug. iv vii 77.
The burgionyt treys on burd thai bring for aris Weltis down in woddis gret mastis … Saysyng half onwrocht, so ithand thai war fair bown 1527 Dundee B. Laws 100.
If any webster holdis webbis onvrocht … attour the tyme conditionat betuix him and his pairtie 1561 Inverness Rec. I 60.
It suld nocht be lesum to the burgesis in tyme cuming to furnish tham [sc. unfreemen] insafar as tha dispone thar leddyr tha haue presentle, on wracht, in the towne c1575 Balfour Pract. 88.
Of louse hemp onwrought
