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There Dr. Smith found his fish, rank but undecayed, on Trader Hunt's little ship.

From Time Magazine Archive

His eightieth year he reach'd still undecayed, And rectors five to one close vault conveyed.

From The Parish Clerk by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

Curiously enough, the heavier the standing timber, the easier it had been to slip through with wagons, there being but little undecayed timber or down timber.

From Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail by Wilson, F. N. (Frederick N.)

Its branches were yet undecayed, and the parasites still clung to them in thick tufts, giving the whole the appearance of a mass of hay loosely thrown together.

From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne

And if the Greeks pretend to be the true Church, all the Roman Catholics, who have a separate communion from them, ought then also to remain undecayed.

From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Christmas, Henry