unscrew (unskro)

t. [ I should curse my fortune, Even at the highest, to be made the gin To unscrew a mother's love unto her son. Fletcher ( and another ?), Queen of Corinth, iii. 1. unscriptural unscriptural (un-skrip'tū-ral), a. Not warranted by the authority of the Scriptures; not in accordance with Scripture: as, an unscrip tural doctrine. Prelacy was abhorred by the great body of Scottish Protestants, both as an unscriptural and as a foreign institution. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., vi. unscripturally (un-skrip tu-ral-i), adv . In an unscriptural manner; in a manner not founded on or warranted by the Scriptures. Clarke . unscrupulous (un-skröʻpū-lus), a. Not scrupulous; having no scruples; regardle of principle; unprincipled. Godwin. unscrupulously (un-skröʻpū-lus-li), adv. In an unscrupulous manner. unscrupulousne (un-skröʻpū-lus-nes), n. The state or character of being unscrupulous; want of scrupulousne .