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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unassayit, p.p. Also: unassayed, -essayed, wnassayit, onassayt, -assait. [ME and e.m.E. vnassaied (Chaucer), unassayed (1560), unessayed (1642); Assay v., Essay v.] Untried, unattempted. Also to lefe na mean(s unassayit.(1) 1513 Doug. iv viii 16.
Les scho onwar, but caus, hir deth purvayt, Hir list na thyng behynd leif onassayt [Sm. wnassayit, Ruddim. vnassayit] 1513 Doug. viii iv 58.
No maner wikkytnes nor dissait Mycht be that he ne durst nocht tak on hand Ne onassayt [Sm. onassait, Ruddim. vnassayit] leif 1513 Doug. Exclam. 27.
Quha can do bettir, lat se quhar I forvayt; Begyn of new; al thing is gud onassayt [Ruddim. vnassayit] a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xxxiii 16.
Defend thee gallant if thou dou For thou sall be no longer vnassayit(2) 1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 4.
Scho left na meane unassayit to set thame togidder be the eiris 1639 Johnston Diary Ia 65.
We have left no meanes unassayed to give his Maj … all … satisfaction 1688 Tryal Philip Standsfield 3.
His father … having left no means unessayed for his literature, education and subsistence