undecayed

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The amaurochetes are remarkable in that they appear upon coniferous wood, logs or lumber, to all appearance undecayed.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

His strength is in his one great fact,—that these cities are older than any known to profane history, and that they yet exist undecayed and undecaying.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 by Various

With these may come away some undecayed fibres, which make excellent material for laying over the crocks at the bottom of each pot.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons

Nevertheless, each hut would have been a reasonably strong post, on an emergency; the logs being bullet-proof, and still remaining undecayed and compact.

From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore