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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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(Unweit,) Unwet(t, -wait, (? ppl.) adj. [Late ME and e.m.E. unwette (1433), vnwet (c1440); Weit adj., v.] Not (made) wet or moistened. — a1585 Polwart Flyt. 166 (T).
Ga … To heir me now thei [= thy] prais expres Knaif, if thow can, vnwait thy cheikis [H. without wett chekes] 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 23/69.
I no wais can, vnwet my cheekes, beholde My sisters made by Frenchemen macquerels olde 1625 Justiciary Cases I 31.
This raw claith can nocht be put in wark and it will serue for no use till first it be wett and how sone it is wett it draweth so far in that tuentie fyve elnes of raw unwett claithe will nocht equill tuentie elnes of watt claithe