unshorn's Usage Examples:

The characteristic marks of a Nazarite were unshorn locks and abstinence from wine (Judges xiii.

The lock so cut may have been that which was kept sacred to the gods and unshorn (Etym.

At this time unshorn lambs are dipped and dosed with one of Cooper's tablets of sulphur-arsenic dip material to destroy internal parasites.

From the head of a dying person Proserpine was supposed to cut a lock of hair which had been kept sacred and unshorn through life.

On the other hand, in the earliest historical case, that of Samson, and in the similar case of Samuel (who, however, is not called a Nazarite), the head remains unshorn.

"On the other hand, in the earliest historical case, that of Samson, and in the similar case of Samuel (who, however, is not called a Nazarite), the head remains unshorn.

There the vow was generally one of war or revenge, and, till it was accomplished, the man who vowed left his hair unshorn and unkempt, and abstained from wine, women, ointment and perfume.

the sacrifice, the victim, who was often kept in captivity for long periods, was devoted by the cutting of his hair, previously unshorn, and his sanctity was increased later by various ceremonies of anointing.

Synonyms:

unsheared,

Antonyms:

cut, sheared,