unjustifiable ness (unjustifiablnes)

The character of being unjustifiable. Claren don. unjustifiably (un-jus'ti-fi-a-bli), adv. In a manner that cannot be justified or vindicated. Burke, Rev. in France. unjustly (un-just'li), adv. In an unjust manner; wrongfully. Shak., Hen. V., i. 2. 40. unjustne (un-just'nes), n. being unjust; injustice. unked (ung'ked), a. [ Also unkid, unketh, un kith, unkard; dial. vars. of uncouth: see uncouth, and cf. unco.] Unusual; odd; strange; ugly; hence, solitary; dangerous. [Obsolete or provincial.] The character of It seemed an unked place for an unarmed man to venture through. R. D. Black more , Lorna Doone, xxx i. unkembedt, unkemmedt (un-kemd'), a . Same as unkempt . Her head Marston , Soph on isba, iv. 1. May, tr, of Lucan's Pharsalia, vi, With long unkemb'd haire loaden. With long unkemmed hairs. Forbidding every bleak unkindly fog. Milton, Comus, 1. 269. 3. Not kindly; unkind; ungracious: as, an un kindly manner. unkindly (un-kind'li), adv . [ unkindely , unkyndely, unkuyndeliche , unkyndelike , lice , naturally: see kindly , adv .] 14. In a man- gecyndelice, unnaturally, un- , not, + gecynde- gecyndelice , unnatur ner contrary to nature; unnaturally. Dronken Loth unkyndely Lay by his dought res two unwityngly. Chaucer , Pardoner's Tale, 1. 23. 2. In an unkind manner; without kindne or affection; ungraciously. Something unkindly she does take it, sir, To have her husband chosen to her hands. Beau , and Fl . , King and No King, iii. 1. unkindne (un-kind'nes), n. [ nes ; unkind +-ne .] 1. The state or character of being unkind; want of kindne ; want of natural affection; want of good will; ill will. Take hede, I praie thee, that our loue be not inuenimed with unkyndnes . Golden Book, ix. Ingratitude, commenly called unkyndne e . Sir T. Elyot , The Govern our, ii. 13. 2. An unkind act; harsh treatment; an ill turn. In all those unkindne es, rudene es, ., whereof you accuse yourself, I am enforced to acknowledge myself most justly condemned. J. Bradford, Letters (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 4. unkindredt (un-kin'dred), a. Not of the same kindred, blood, race, or kind; not related. One... of blood unkind red to your royal house. Rowe, Lady Jane Grey, ili. unkindredlyt (un-kin'dred-li), a . Unlike kindred. [Rare.] Her unkind redly kin. Richardson, Clari a Harlowe, VI. 391. (Davies.) The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary IMG:content-1429.png:[blocks in formation] Butte vppe they rose, to say yow ferthermore, And chaungyd horses onto them bot he unknowyng. Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3396. The second victor claims a mare unbroke, Big with a mule, unknowing of the yoke. without knowledge or design. Unknowingly she strikes, and kills by chance. Dryden, Pal. and Arc., 1. 277. Not kingly; unbe unknowingne (un-nõ'ing-nes), n . The state unknelled (un-neld'), a. Untolled; not having the bell tolled for one at death or funeral. By- ron, Childe Harold, iv. unknightline (un-nīt'li-nes), n . The char- acter of being unknightly. unknightly (un-nīt'li), a. The whiche unknytteth alle care and comsyng is of reste. Piers Plowman (C), xxi. 225. Unknit that threatening, unkind brow. Shak ., T. of the S., v. 2. 136. Where they trick her [the Bride) in her richest orna- ments, tying on her silken buskins with knots not easily unknit . Sandys, Travailes, p. 52. of being unknowing; ignorance. [Rare.] A confe ion of simple unknowingne . The American, VIII. 379. unknowledgedt (un-nol'ejd), a . Not acknow- ledged or recognized. B. Jonson, The Satyr. unknown (un-non'), a . and n. [Early mod. E. also unknowen ; unknowe , un- knawen ; There the ship was to unlade her burden. Acts xxi. 3. Forth and unlade the poison of thy tongue. Chapman , Humorous Day's Mirth. As much as filled three cars, Unladed now. B. Jonson, Alchemist, iii. 2. 1. Not laid or placed; unlaid (un-lād'), a . not fixed. The first foundations of the world being yet unlaid . Hooker , Eccles. Polity. 2. Not allayed; not pacified; not exorcised; not suppre ed. Blue meagre hag or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chains at curfew time. Milton , Comus, 1. 434. IMG:content-1430.png:[blocks in formation] derwoods.-4. Naut . , untwisted, as the strands of a rope. unlamented (un-la-men'ted), a. Not lament- ed; whose lo is not deplored; not moaned; unwept. unlarded (un-lär'ded), a . Not larded; not dre ed with lard; hence, not mixed with some- thing by way of improvement; not intermixed or adulterated. Speak the language of the company you are in; speak it purely and unlarded with any other. For divers unknown reasons, I beseech you, Chesterfield, Letter to his Son. Grant me this boon. Shak ., Rich. IIL, 1. 2. 218. unlash (un-lash'), v . t . [ Naut ., IMG:content-1431.png:[blocks in formation] II. n. One who or that which is unknown. (a) An obscure individual; one without prestige. (b) In math ., an unknown quantity. unknownne (un-non'nes), n. The state or condition of being unknown. Camden . unlabored, unlaboured (un-lā'bord), a. 1. Not Unlaboured harvests shall the fields adorn. Dryden, 2. Not cultivated by labor; not tilled. unlaboring, unlabouring (un-la'bor-ing), a. Not laboring or moving with marked exer- tion. A mead of mildest charm delays the unlabouring feet. Cole ridge, To Cottle. unlaborious (un-la-bō'ri-us), a . Not laborious; not toilsome; not difficult; easy. Milton , Areo- pagitica. unlaboriously (un-la-bo'ri-us-li), adv . In an unlaborious manner; easily. unlace (un-lās'), v . t . [ unlacen , unlasen ; unlace a garment or a helmet. However, I am not sure if they do not sometimes unlace that part of the sail from the yard. Cook , Second Voyage, III. ii. 2. To loosen or ease the dre or armor of. My lorde, vn -lase you to lye, Here schall none come for to crye. 3. To divest of due covering; expose to injury or damage. [Rare.] 51. To carve. Vnlace that cony. unknowing (un-nõ'ing), p . a. [ unknow- yng, unknawynge; knowing .] Not unlade (un-lad'), v. t . knowing; ignorant: with of before an object. unload; take out the unlaw (un-la'), n . [ unlawe , unlaze , unlagu , unlage , violation of law, un- , not, + lagu , law: see un -1 and law1 .] 1. Violation of law or justice; lawle ne ; anarchy; in- justice. Cayphas herde that ilke sawe, He spake to Jhesu with un-lawe. IMG:content-1432.png:[blocks in formation] an unlawful act. Most authorities restrict this phrase to a meeting contemplating riotous acts and in such manner as to give firm and courageous persons in the neighborhood of such a embly reasonable grounds to apprehend a breach of the peace in consequence of it. Technically it ceases to be termed an unlawful a embly when the unlawful act is executed, the offense then being rist, or when some steps are taken toward the execution of it, the offense then being deemed a rout. = Syn, Illegal, Illi cit, etc. See lawful. unlawfully (un-la'ful-i), adv. 1. In an unlawful manner; in violation of law or right; illegally.-2. Illegitimately; not in wedlock. Shak., M. for M., iii. 1. 196.