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Wontless, Wountless, Woontlesse, adj. [e.m.E. woontlesse (1587), wontlesse (1596).] Unaccustomed. — 1611-57 Mure Francies Farewell i 12.
Mounted on wings of immortalitie, I feele my brest warmde with a wountless fire 1611-57 Mure True Crucifixe 1247.
Warming with woontlesse flames their frozen hearts a1649 Drummond Wks. (1711) 31.
I feil my bosom glow with wontless fires
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