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UNSLOCKEN, v. Also oonslocken. Only in derivs.: 1. unslockenable, adj., unquenchable, unextinguishable. See Slocken. v., 1. (4). Liter.; 2. ppl.adj. unslockened, (1) of lime: unslaked (n., m.Sc. 1973). See Slocken, v., 1. (6) (ii); (2) of fire: unextinguished, unquenched, lit. and fig. See Slocken, v., 1. (4); (3) transf. of an event or occasion: not accompanied by a drink. See Slocken, v., 1. (1).1. s.Sc. 1856 H. S. Riddell St Matthew iii. 12:
He wull burn up the caff wi' unslockenable fire.2. (1) Sc. 1736 J. Dunbar Smegmatalogia 10:
Take twenty Pound Weight of burnt unslockened Lime-Stone.(2) Kcb. 1896 Crockett Grey Man xxxiii.:
There burned a still and unslockened fire in her eye.(3) Abd. 1900 C. Murray Hamewith 15:
An oonslockened bargain's aye stiffer.
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