undecayed
- a word derived from decay.
Example Sentences
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There Dr. Smith found his fish, rank but undecayed, on Trader Hunt's little ship.
From Time Magazine Archive
With these may come away some undecayed fibres, which make excellent material for laying over the crocks at the bottom of each pot.
From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons
The following Epigram, made by her, will explain my meaning, and give a specimen of her present powers of improvisation, undecayed by ill health; and I might add, undismayed by it.
From Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I by Piozzi, Hester Lynch
The ground throughout the forest is encumbered with fallen trunks, sometimes piled one on another to the depth of 20 or 30 feet, which, owing to the continuous moisture, remain undecayed for centuries.
From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)
The pagans also believed that the bodies of the dead rested not, neither were they safe from magical evocations, so long as they remained unconsumed by fire, or undecayed underground.
From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Christmas, Henry
