Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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UNRED, ppl.adj. Also oon- (Sh.). Of a room, floor, etc.: not cleaned, not tidied up. Gen.Sc. See Redd, v.1, 7. (1); of rope, wool or the like: tangled, in knots, not ravelled (ne.Sc. 1973).Sc. a.1819 J. Baillie Works (1853) 819:
When tired wi' her cantrips, she lies in her bed, The wark a' negleckit, the chaumer unred.Lnk. 1850 J. Struthers Poems II. 223:
The fire untrimm'd, the floor unred.Abd. 1960:
The clew o worsit wis lyin on the fleer aa unred.
