UNREAVED
Etymology
Adjective
unreaved (not comparable)
(obsolete) Not torn, split, or parted.
Couldst thou think that a cottage not too strongly built, and standing so bleak in the very mouth of the winds, could for any long time hold tight and unreaved?
Source: Wiktionary
Un*reaved", a. Etym: [See Un- not, and, for -reaved, cf. Rive, and AS. reófan to break.]
Definition: Not torn, split, or parted; not torn to pieces. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
UNREAVE
Un*reave", v. t. Etym: [See Unreeve.]
Definition: To unwind; to disentangle; to loose. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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