untiled
- a word derived from tiled.
Example Sentences
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One hardly expects an etymology in Piers Plowman; but this is there: 'Hethene is to mene after heth, And untiled erthe.'
From On the Study of Words by Trench, Richard Chenevix
On the fifth of July, 1775, I again untiled part of a roof over the nest of a swift.
From The Natural History of Selborne by White, Gilbert
It is natural indeed, when a storm is over, that has only untiled our houses, and blown down some of our chimneys, to consider what further mischiefs might have ensued, if it had lasted longer.
From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer by Swift, Jonathan
On July 5th, 1775, I again untiled part of a roof over the nest of a swift.
From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 by Morley, Henry
"But the next house to the youngest of your step-sons—the lath and plaster cottage with the broken casements, and untiled roof?"
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various
