unbonnet

i. & t. [Pref. un- (2), and Eng. bonnet.] A. In trans.: To remove or take off the bonnet, as a mark of respect; to uncover. ( Scotch.) "They hastened to bespeak favor by hastily unbonneting." Scott: Kenilworth, ch. vii. B. Trans.: To remove the bonnet from; to uncover; as, All heads were at once unbonneted. un-bon-nět-ěd, un-bon-net-těd, a . [Pref. un (1), and Eng. bonneted.] 1. Having removed the bonnet or cap; with uncovered head. "Unbonneted and by the wave Sate down his brow and hands to lave," Scott: Lady of the Lake, v. 17. *2. Without taking the bonnet or cap off. *un-book-ish, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. book- ish.], 1. Not enamored of books; not addicted to books or reading. "It is to be wonder'd how musele and unbookish they [the Spartans] were." -Milton: Of Unlicensed Printing. 2. Ignorant, unskilled. "His unbookish jealousy must construe Poor Ca io's smiles, gestures, and light behaviors Quite in the wrong." Shakesp.: Othello , iv. 1. *ŭn-book-learn-ěd, adj . [Pref. un- (1); Eng. book learned .] Illiterate, ignorant. ( Fuller : Church Hist ., VII. i. 32.) un-boôt', v . t. [Pref. un- (2), and Eng. boot . v.] To deprive of boots; to take off the boots from. un-boot-ěd (1), adj . [Pref. un- (2), and English booted.] Deprived of boots; stripped of the boots. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia unbooted un-boot-ěd (2), adj . [Pref. un . (1), and English booted.] Not having boots on; without boots. *un-böre, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Mid. Eng. bore =born.] Unborn. "Of thinge whiche then was unbore." Gower, C. A. , vi. un-born', *un-borne, adj. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng, born.] 1. Not yet born; not yet brought into life; not existing. "Yet such his acts, as Greece unborn shall tell, And curse the battle where their fathers fell." Pope : Homer's Iliad , x. 61. 2. Future; to come. "Neither present time, nor years unborn, Could to my sight that heavenly face restore." Words worth: Sonnets. un-bor-rōwed, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. bor rowed.] Not borrowed; genuine, original, native. "Any interest Unborrow'd from the eye." Words worth: On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye. un-boş-om, v. t. [Prefix un- (2), and English bosom .] 1. To disclose or reveal in confidence, as one's opinions or intentions; to display generally. "The gentle neighborhood of grove and spring Would soon unbosom all their echoes mild." Milton: The Pa ion. 2. It is sometimes used reflexively. "And am resolved to unbosom myself to you."- Steele: Spectator, No. 528. *ăn-boş-om-er, subst . [Eng. unbosom; -er.] One who unbosoms, discloses, or reveals. "An unbosomer of secrets." -Thackeray in Ann andale. IMG:content-1680.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Fig .: Having no solid foundation; having no reliance. "To be thus unbottomed of ourselves, and fastened upon God."-Hammond,