unshut

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He died in 1817, and his epitaph is as follows:— His labor done, no more to town, His onward course he bends; His team’s unshut, his whip’s laid up, And here his journey ends.

From Curious Epitaphs by Various

AND anon as he had unshut the window the enchantment was gone; then he knew himself that he had done amiss.

From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

And what simpler words could there be than these, for example— “Where great whales come sailing by, Sail and sail, with unshut eye, Round the world, for ever and aye”?

From The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine by Daniel, Charles William

Clara directed him to the seat fronting her; he protested indifference to the wet; she kept the door unshut.

From The Egoist by Meredith, George

What is there more, that I lag and pause and crouch extended with unshut mouth?

From Leaves of Grass by Whitman, Walt