See Also: unwrought(dictionary)

unwrought (iou)



unwrought adjective. LME.
[from UN-1 + WROUGHT adjective. See also UNWORKED.]
Not made, done, or performed; not formed or fashioned by being worked on; spec. (a) (of a material) still in a crude, raw, or natural state; (b) (esp. of a metal) not hammered into shape or worked into a finished condition. LME.
W. Wood Every Country which..returns us unwrought Materials to be manufactured here. Shelley Love's work was left unwroughtno brood..took wing. H. Schliemann A wall of unwrought stones.
Of land, a mine, etc.: not worked. Now chiefly dial. E17.
fig.: N. Hawthorne Treasures of wit and wisdom..in the unwrought mines of human thought.
b. Of coal: not dug or mined. L18.