Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not labored; not manufactured; not worked up.
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- adjective in its
native state , before beingworked on; especially used ofbars ofbullion and othermetal
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the beginning, then, as the Holy Scripture says [1762], it was hidden beneath the waters, and was unwrought, that is to say, not beautified.
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On top of this, the International Aluminum Institute estimates producer stocks of unwrought aluminum to be around 1.2 million tons.
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Pig iron, unwrought copper, and other nonferrous metals are Armenia's highest valued exports.
Economy-overview 2008
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South Africa imports mostly nickel ores and concentrates, unwrought nickel and cotton from Mozambique.
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COPPER: Futures fell as traders booked profits from a large price run-up since early February and in reaction to a decline in Chinese imports of unwrought copper and copper products, analysts said.
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Pig iron, unwrought copper, and other nonferrous metals are Armenia's highest valued exports.
Armenia 2008
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The foundations are made up of all sorts of stones, in some places unwrought, and laid just as each worker brought them; there were many columns too, taken from sepulchres, and many old stones already cut, inserted in the work.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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Every now and then, bringing with him a gust of resinous smell, a white-clad machinist will come in with a basketful of crude, unwrought little images, and will turn them out upon the table from which we carvers select them.
A Modern Utopia Herbert George 2006
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Among the proposals, the bill aimed to establish a new definition of unwrought precious metal (gold refined to a level not including 99.95 percent and platinum group metals up to and not including 99.90 percent) and semi fabricated precious metals (to or beyond 99.95 percent and 99.90 percent respectively).
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Draft legislation aimed at removing red tape imposed on those involved in smelting, refining, beneficiating or using "unwrought precious metal" was tabled at Parliament on Wednesday.
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