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1550. unbolt (un-bōlt'), v. [ as unblest . Shak., T. and C., iv. 2. 3. Pain . How shall I understand you? Poet . I will unbolt to you. IMG:content-1270.png:[blocks in formation] The merchant will leave our native commodities un- bought upon the hands of the farmer. Locke . 3. Not bought over; unbribed. Unbribed, unbought , our swords we draw. Scott , War Song of the Edinburgh Light Dragoons. unbounded (un-boun'ded), a. 1. Having no bound or limit; unlimited in extent; hence, immeasurably great: as, unbounded space; un- bounded power. IMG:content-1271.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Without taking the bonnet or cap off; mak- ing no obeisance. I fetch my life and being From men of royal siege, and my demerits May speak unbonneted to as proud a fortune As this that I have reach'd. Shak ., Othello, i. 2. 23. unbooked (un-bükt'), a. Unbookish. [Rare.] With a compa of diction unequalled by any other pub- lic performer of the time, ranging freshne of the Scottish peasant to the most far-sought phrase of literary curiosity. Lowell , Study Windows, p. 139. unbookish (un-bük'ish), a. 1. Not addicted to books or reading. IMG:content-1272.png:[blocks in formation] The woe's to come; the children yet unborn Shall feel this day as sharp to them as thorn. unbosom (un-buz'um), v. [ Their several counsels they unbosom shall. Shak ., L. L. L., v. 2. 141. Princes usually treat such persons familiarly; and, quit- Bacon , Political Fables, iv., ting their throne like Luna, think they may with safety unbosomer (un-buz'um-èr), n. bosoms, discloses, or reveals. An unbosomer of secrets. Of an unbounded stomach, ever ranking Himself with princes. Shak . , Hen. VIII., iv. 2. 34. Hear this, thou age unbred : Ere you were born was beauty's summer dead. Shak ., Sonnets, civ. 2. Not well bred; destitute of breeding. My Nephew's a little unbred ; you'll pardon him, Madam. Congreve, Way of the World, iii. 17. 3. Not taught or trained. Unbred to spinning. I can unbreech a cannon, and without much help Turn her into the keel. Twenty-three years, and saw myself unbreech'd , In my green velvet coat, my dagger muzzled. Shak., W. T., 1. 2. 155. unboundedly (un-boun'ded-li), adv . In an un- bounded manner; without bounds or limits. Byron. unboundedne (un-boun'ded-nes), n. The state or condition of being unbounded; free- dom from bounds or limits; specifically, that unbrentt, a. A Middle English form of unburnt . character of a continuum by virtue of which, unbrewed (un-bröd'), a. Not brewed or mixed; if any point be taken, and then any other inpure or genuine. They drink the stream definitely near the first, a third point may be found indefinitely near the first, and situated op- posite to the second with reference to the first. unbribable (un-brī'ba-bl), a . Incapable of be- IMG:content-1273.png:[blocks in formation] tions, the latter to the measure relations. That space is an unbounded three-fold manifoldne is an a umption which is developed by every conception of the outer world; according to which at every instant the region of real perception is completed and the po ible positions of a sought object are constructed, and which by these ap- plications is forever confirming itself. The unbounded- ne of space po e es in this way a greater empirical cer- tainty than any external experience. But its infinite ex- tent by no means follows from this. unbound ent (un-boun'den), a. [ unboun- den ; pp. of unbind , v.] Set free; unwedded. Were I unbounden , also mote I thee, I wolde never eft comen in the snare. Chaucer, Prol. to Merchant's Tale, 1. 14. unbowt (un-bou'), v. t. [ This is not well, rash and unbridled boy, To fly the favours of so good a king. Shak., All's Well, iii. 2. 30. He, mad with rage And with desires unbridled , fled, and vow'd That ring should me undo. unbridledne (un-brī'dld-nes), n. The charac- ter or state of being unbridled; freedom from control or restraint; license; violence. The presumption and unbridledne of youth. Hire myghty tre es of hire sonny he heres, Unbroiden , hangen al aboute hire eeres. Fuller , Holy War, p. 118. unbowablet (un-bou'a-bl), a. Incapable of be- ing bent or inclined. Stubbes . unbowed (un-boud'), a. [ unbowed ; un -1 + bowed , pp. of bowl , v.] 1. Not bowed or arched; not bent. He pa eth by with stiff, unbowed knee. Shak ., 2 Hen. VI., iii. 1. 16. Hence-2. Not subjugated; unsubdued; not put under the yoke. Shak . , Tempest, i. 2. 115. unbowelt (un-bou'el), v. t. [ bowel .] To deprive of the entrails; eviscerate; disem- unboy (un-boi'), v. t . [ boy .] To free from boyish thoughts or habits; raise above boyhood. Clarendon . [Rare.] unbrace (un-bras'), v. [ un -2 + brace .] I. trans. 1. To remove the points or braces of; free from tension or constraint; loose; relax: as, to un- brace a drum; to unbrace the arms; to unbrace the nerves. His joyful friends unbrace his azure arms. Pope , Iliad, vii. 142. loose. Dryden . unbraced (un-brast'), a. Not braced, in any IMG:content-1274.png:[blocks in formation] God keep all vows unbroke that swear to thee! Shak., Rich. II., iv. 1. 215. Pope , Ody ey, viii. 147. 1. Not broken; unbroken (un-brō'kn), a . whole; entire; hence, left in its integrity; not violated. The allied army returned to Lambeque unpursued and in unbroken order. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., xix. unbrokenly (un-brō'kn-li), adv . Without break or intermi ion. unbrokenne (un-brō'kn-nes), n. The charac- ter or state of being unbroken. unbrotherliket (un-1 therly. Dr. H. More . IMG:content-1275.png:[blocks in formation] unbreast (un-brest'), v . t. [ un -2 + breast .] fastening by To disclose or lay open; unbosom. Could'st thou unmask their pomp, unbreast their heart, How would'st thou laugh at this rich beggerie. P. Fletcher , Piscatory Eclogues, iv. unbreathed (un-bread'), a . 1. Not breathed; not having pa ed through the lungs: as, air un- breathed .-2t. Not exercised; unexercised; un- practised. And now have toil'd their unbreathed memories. Shak, M. N. D., v. 1. 74. The unbought dainties of the poor. unbreathing (un-brē'Thing), a. Not breath- Dryden, Horace, Epod. 2. ing. Byron , Saul unbuild (un-bild'), v . t .; pret. and pp. unbuilt , unbuilded , ppr. unbuilding . [ build , v.] To demolish, as that which is built; raze; de- stroy. [Rare.] To unbuild the city and to lay all flat. Shak . , Cor., iii. 1. 198. IMG:content-1276.jpg:[blocks in formation] unbundle (un-bun'dl), v. t. [ bundle .] To unpack; open; disclose; declare. [Rare.] Unbundle your griefs, madam, and let us into the par- ticulars. Jarvis , Don Quixote, II. iii. 6. ( Davies .) unbuoyed (un-boid' or un-böid'), a . Not buoyed or borne up. Edinburgh Rev. unburden, unburthen (un-ber'dn, -THn), v . t. [ un -2 + burden1 , burthen1 .] 1. To rid of load; free from a burden; ease. While we Unburthen'd crawl toward death. IMG:content-1277.jpg:[blocks in formation] uncalled (un-kâld'), a. [ uncalled ; Dryden, tr. of Ovid's Cinyras and Myrrha. Uncalled for, not required; not needed or demanded; improperly brought forward. In other people's presence I was, as formerly, deferen tial and quiet; any other line of conduct being uncalled for . Charlotte Brontë , Jane Eyre, xxiv. Also written uncalled-for, when used attributively: as, most uncalled - for remarks. uncallow (un (un-kal'ō), n. The name given in Nor- folk, England, to the deposits of gravel resting on the chalk. IMG:content-1278.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1279.png:[blocks in formation] unburned, unburnt (un-bėrnd', un-bėrnt'), a. [ unbrent ; burned , burnt .] 1. Not burned; not consumed or injured by fire. He said 'twas folly, For one poor grain or two, to leave unburnt , And still to nose the offence. Shak ., Cor., v. 1. 27. The source of the heat taken up by the ve el is nothing but unburnt gases. Sci . Amer . Supp ., XXII. 8783. 2. Not baked, as brick. unburning (un-bėr'ning), a. Not consuming away by fire. [Rare.] uncanny (un-kan'i), a. [Sc. and North. Eng. See canny .] 1. Not canny, in any sense. - 2. Eery; weird; mysterious; apparently not of this world; hence, noting one supposed to pos- se preternatural powers. I wish she binna uncanny . Scott , Guy Manner ing, iii. What does that inexplicable, that uncanny turn of coun- tenance mean? Charlotte Brontë , Jane Eyre, xxiv. He. rather expected something uncanny to lay hold of him from behind. C. Kingsley, Alton Locke, xxi. 3. Severe, as a fall or blow. An uncanny coup I gat for my pains. Sen Lucifer oure ledar es lighted so lawe For hys vnbuxumnes in bale to be brente. IMG:content-1280.jpg:[blocks in formation] Scott , Waverley, lxvi. Same as unca- IMG:content-1281.png:[blocks in formation] uncap (un-kap'), v .; pret. and pp. uncapped , ppr. uncapping . [ un -2 + cap1 .] I. trans. To re- move a cap, as a percu ion-cap, from, as a gun or a cartridge, or a protecting cap from, as a lens-tube. I felt really like uncapping , with a kind of reverence. H. James, Jr., Trans. Sketches, p. 247. uncap ablet (un-kā'pa-bl), a. Incapable. An inhuman wretch, Uncapable of pity. Shak . , M. of V., iv. 1. 5. He who came to take away the sins of the world was uncapable of pollution by sin. Bp . Hall , Contemplations, V. 176. uncape (un-kāp'), ap'), v . [ un -2+ cape2 .] In hawk- ing , to prepare for flying at game by taking off the cape or hood. Various explanations are given to the word as used by Shakspere, "Merry Wives," iii. 3. 176: "I warrant we'll unkennel the fox. Let me stop this way first. So now uncape ." According to Steevens, it means to turn the fox out of the bag; according to War burton, to dig out the fox when earthed; according to Nares, to throw off the dogs or to begin the hunt; according to Schmidt, to uncouple hounds. uncaptious (un-kap's hus), a. Not captious; Fanshaw , Poems (ed. 1676), p. 299. not ready to take objection or offense. -3t. Producing no care. Uncareful treasure. IMG:content-1282.png:[graphic] the type-genus Nau- clea by its valvate co- roll a and septicidal capsule. There are about 32 species, most- ly natives of India beyond the Ganges, with one in Africa and one in Guiana and Brazil. They are shrubby climbers with opposite short-pet i- oled leaves, and axil- lary heads of hairy yellowish flowers, fol- lowed by large elon- gated, two-celled, many-seeded сар- sules. U. Gambier, The Foxe, first Author of that treacherie, He did uncase , and then away let flie. II.t in trans. To undre . [Rare.] Do you not see Pompey is uncasing for the combat? Shak., L. L. L., v. 2. 707. uncastle (un-kas'l), v. t. [ castle .] 1. To deprive of a castle; turn out of a castle. Fuller, Ch. Hist., III. ii. 39. ( Davies .)-2. Το deprive of the distinguishing marks or appear- ances of a castle. Fuller . [Rare in both uses.] uncate (ung'kāt), a. [ uncatus , hooked, curved, uncinate . uncathedraled, uncathedralled (un-ka-the- drald), a . Destitute of cathedrals. [Rare.] If he [Long fellow] had, like Whittier, grown old among the uncathedralled paganisms of American scenery and life, etc. Encyc . Brit ., XIV. 862. uncaused (un-kâzd'), a. Having no precedent cause; existing without an author; uncreated; uncelt, n. A Middle English variant of ounce1 . unce2+, n. [L. uncus , a hook, barb; cf. uncus , hooked, barbed, bent: see Uncaria .] A claw. The river-walking serpent to make sleepe, Whose horrid crest, blew skales, and unces blacke, Threat every one a death. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary uncertain (un-sertān), a. Not certain; doubt- ful. (a) Not known in regard to nature, qualities, or gen- The things future, being also euents very uncertaine , and such as can not po ibly be knowne because they be not yet, can not be vsed for example nor for delight other- wise then by hope. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 32. For many days Has he been wandering in uncertain ways; Through wilderne , and woods of mo ed oaks. She was not old, nor young, nor at the years Which certain people call a certain age, Which yet the most uncertain age appears, Because I never heard, nor could engage A person yet by prayers, or bribes, or tears, To name, define by speech, or write on page The period meant precisely by that word. (c) Having doubts; without certain knowledge; not sure. Uncertain of the i ue. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., i. 1. 61. Thir [the Saxons'] multitude wander'd yet uncertain of habitation. Milton , Hist. Eng., iii. IMG:content-1284.png:[blocks in formation] Man, with all his boasted titles and privileges, wanders about in uncertainties , does and undoes, and contradicts himself throughout all the various scenes of thinking and living. Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, II. xxiii. unce antt (un-ses'ant), a. Ince ant. There is in this Iland also a mount aine, which. continueth alwayes burning, by unce ant belching out of flames. Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 556. unce antlyt (un-ses'ant-li), adv . Ince antly. Whare-fore, what may do faile vn-to hym that couaytes vn-ce andly for to lufe the name of Thesu? uncharitablene (un-char'i-ta-bl-nes), n. The state or character of being uncharitable. Heaven and hell are the proper regions of mercy and uncharitablene . Bp . Atterbury . uncharitably (un-char'i-ta-bli), adv . In an uncharitable manner; without charity. Uncharitably with me have you dealt. Nor is there magic In the person of a king that plays the tyrant But a good sword can easily uncharm it. Shirley, Grateful Servant, iv. 2. unchain (un-chan'), v. t. [ IMG:content-1285.png:[blocks in formation] His title and his paternal fortune... might be ren- dered unchallengeable . Scott , St. Ronan's Well, xxxiii. ( Davies .) unchallenged (un-chal'enjd), a. Not chal- lenged; not objected to or called to account. unchance (un'chans), n. [ unchance + -y1. Cf. wanchancy.] 1. Unlucky; unfortunate; ill- fated; uncanny. unchary unchary fun-chad a. (un-char'i), a. Not chary; not frugal; not careful; I have said too much unto a heart of stone, And laid mine honour too unchary out. I cannot but think that there is no safety in having unchaste (un-chast'), a. 1. Not chaste; not such unchancy creatures (as angels, or ghosts, or fairies, continent; libidinous; lewd. or the like) about ane. Scott , Monastery. 2. Dangerous. IMG:content-1286.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1287.png:[blocks in formation] Amid the strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain warbling made. Scott, L. of L. M., Int. I could see by that uncertain glimmer how fair was all, Howells , Venetian Life, xi. but not how sad and old. (1) Liable to change; fickle; inconstant; capricious; ir- resolute. Thou art constant; I an uncertain fool, a most blind fool. Be thou my guide. Scott , Marmion, iv. 24. unchanging (un-chan'jing), a. Not changing; suffering no alteration; always the same. Thy face is visard-like, unchanging . Shak., 3 Hen. VI., i. 4. 116. uncharge (un-chärj'), v . t. [ unchargen ; un -2 + charge .] 1. To free from a charge, Beau . and Fl . , Double Marriage, i. 1. load, or cargo; unload; unburden. Oh, woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please. IMG:content-1288.png:[blocks in formation] For-thi I conseille alle Cristene to conf our men hem to charite; For charite with-oute chalenynge unchargeth the soule. Piers Plowman (B), xv. 338. 2. To leave free of blame or accusation; ac- quit of blame; acquit. Even his mother shall uncharge the practice, And call it accident. Shak ., Hamlet, iv. 7. 68. uncharged (un-chärjd'), p . a. 1. Not charged; not loaded: as, the guns were uncharged .-2. Una ailed. [Rare.] Open your uncharged ports. Shak ., T. of A., v. 4. 55. unchariot (un-char'i-ot), v. t. To throw out of a chariot; deprive of a chariot. [Rare.] Unhorsed and uncharioted . His lordship used him in his most private and uncheck- able trusts. North , Life of Lord Guilford, ii. 285. ( Davies .) unchecked (un-chekt'), a. 1. Not checked; not restrained; not hindered. Milton , P. L., viii. 189.-21. Not contradicted. Shak ., M. of V., iii. 1. 2. uncheerful (un-cher'fül), a . Not cheerful. (a) Sad; gloomy; melancholy. In vain I rail at Opportunity, At Time, at Tarquin, and uncheerful Night. Shak ., Lucrece, 1. 1024. (b) Not willing; grudging: as, uncheerful service. Niggardly in her grants, and uncheerful . Bp . Hall , Contemplations, i. 153. uncheerfulne (un-cher'fül-nes), n. Want of cheerfulne ; sadne . unchild (un-child'), v. t. [ Hath widow'd and unchilded many a one. Shak . , Cor., v. 6. 153. 2. To divest of the character of a child in rela- tion to parents. [Rare in both uses.] IMG:content-1289.png:[blocks in formation] I feel not in me those sordid and unchristian desires of my profe ion. Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, ii. 9. 2. Not converted to the Christian faith: as, unchristian-nations. Hence-3. Not in ac- cordance with the civilization that Christian- ity insures; rude; cruel: often used colloqui- ally to signify improper, unusual, and the like. My aunt has turn'd me out a-doors; she has, At this unchristian hour. IMG:content-1290.png:[blocks in formation] tury are still extant. This style of writing continued till the eighth or ninth century, the transition to minuscule IMG:content-1291.png:[ocr errors] Livy, XXI, 21, from the "Codex Puteanus" (now "Parisi- nus," Lat. 5730). being called semi uncial writing. The term uncial was originally a misapplication of St. Jerome's expre ion lit- teræ unciales, "inch-high" (large, handsome) letters. See majuscule . II. n. 1. An uncial letter; also, uncial let- ters collectively; uncial writing. uncialize (un's hial-iz), v. t.; pret. and pp. un- cialized , ppr. uncial i zing . [ In the 7th century the Irish uncial, which was the old Roman cursive uncial i zed , came into competition with the Roman uncial which was derived from the capitals, IMG:content-1292.png:[blocks in formation] by ounces, uncia , a twelfth part, an ounce: see ouncel.] Ounce by ounce. Imp . Dict . unciferous (un-sif'e-rus), a. [ uncus , a hook, + ferre = E. bear1 .] In entom . , bearing a curved proce or hook: specifically applied to ovipositors with strongly curved tips, as those of certain gra hoppers. unciform (un'si-fôrm), a . and n. [ form a , form.] I. a. Uncinate in form; hooked or crooked; hook-like: specifi- cally applied in anatomy to certain hook-like proce es of bone: as, the unciform proce of the ethmoid; the unciform proce of the unci- form bone. Unciform eminence of the brain, the calcar, or hippocampus minor. II. n. In an at . and zoöl . , one of the bones of the wrist, so called from its hook-like proce ; a carpal bone of the distal row, the innermost one on the ulnar or little-finger side, in special relation with the heads of the fourth and fifth metacarpals, supposed to represent carpalia IV and V of the typical carpus. See carpus , and cuts under Artiodactyl a , Peri odactyl a , hand, pisiform , and scapholunar . uncinal (un'si-nal), a. and n. [ uncinus .] I. a . Same as uncinate ; in conch ., specifically noting one of the several lateral teeth of the radula. See admedian . II. n. An uncinal tooth of the radula; an uncinus. uncinatal (un-si-na'tä), n.; pl. uncinatæ (-tē). [NL., fem. sing. of L. uncinatus , hooked: see uncinate.] In sponges, a rod-like spicule bear- ing recurved hooks throughout its length. Uncinata2 (un-si-na'tä), n . pl . [NL., neut. pl. of L. uncinatus , hooked: see uncinate.] 1. A division of marine chætopod worms, containing those whose tori are provided with minute chit- inous hooks or uncini. The serpulas, sabellas, uncinate (un'si-nāt), a. and n. [L. uncinatus, hooked, barbed, LL. uncinus , a hook, barb: see uncinus .] I. a. Hooked or crooked; hooked at the end; forming a hook; unciform. Also uncate.-Uncinate abdomen, in entom ., an abdomen in which the terminal segments are turned underneath the others, as in the males of certain Diptera . - Uncinate antennæ, in entom ., antennæ in which the last joint is curved and pointed, bending back on the preceding one. -Uncinate convolution, gyrus, or lobe. ( a ) The hip- pocampal gyrus (which see, under gyrus ). (b) The anterior extremity of the hippocampal gyrus. See cuts under cere- bral , gyrus , and sulcus . - Uncinate proce . See proces- sus uncinatus, under proce us. - Uncinate wing-nerv- ures, in entom ., wing-nervures which run from the base toward the apex of the wing, but at the end are turned back in a hook-like form. If the uncircumcision keep the righteousne of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circum- cision? Rom. ii. 26. uncircumscriptt (un-sėr'kum-skript), a . [ME., cir cum script .] Not circumscribed. Thou Oon and Two and Thre, eterne on lyve, That regnest ay in Three and Two and Oon, Uncircumscript and al maist cir cum scrive. IMG:content-1293.png:[blocks in formation] unclasp (un-klásp'), v. t . [ un -2+ clasp .] 1. To loosen the clasp of, as a purse or a belt. Unclasps a huge tome in an antique guise, Primitive print and tongue half obsolete. Mind remains uncla able , and therefore unknowable. H. Spencer. uncle (ung'kl), n. [Early mod. E. also unckle, unkle ; uncle = G. Sw. Dan.onkel , cle , oncle , F. oncle = Pr. oncle , avoncle = It. avun- culo = Wallach. unchiu , an uncle, a mother's brother, avunculus , in inscriptions also avon- culus , avomculus , aunculus , a mother's brother (a father's brother being patruus ), lit. 'little grandfather,' dim. of avus , a grandfather. Cf. avuncular, atavism . See also nuncle.] 1. The brother of one's father or mother; also, the husband of one's aunt: correlative to aunt . Then pleas'd and parted; both go live a-part; The Uncle kept the Mountain for his part. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Vocation. 2. A familiar title of addre to an old man: used especially in the southern United States as a kindly title for a worthy old negro: as, " Uncle Tom's Cabin": correlative to aunt or aunty in similar use. The bleating of goats was heard from the darkey settle- ment. as queer old aunties and uncles hobbled out to milk them. S. Bonner, Dialect Tales, p. 121. 3. A pawnbroker: so called in humorous allu- sion to the financial favors often expected and sometimes received from rich uncles. [Slang.] Fourscore pounds draws deep. Farewell, Doll. Come, sergeants, I'll step to mine uncle not far off, hereby in Pudding-lane, and he shall bail me. Webster and Dekker, Northward Ho, i. Brothers, wardens of City Halls, And uncles , rich as three golden balls From taking pledges of nations. unclench, unclinch (un-klench', -klinch'), v . t . and i. [ ME.unclenchen ; un - 2 + clench , clinch .] To open, or to force open, as the closed hand. The fist unclenches , and the weapon falls. Garth , Dispensary, v. uncleship (ung'kl-ship), n. [ -ship .] The state of being an uncle; the relation of an uncle. Lamb , E ays of Elia, p. 388. unclewt (un-klö'), v. t. [ If I should pay you for 't as 'tis extoll'd, It would unclew me quite. unclinch, v. See unclench . uncling (un-kling'), v. i. [ Milton . [Rare.] uncloak (un-klōk'), v. [ un -2 + cloak .] I. trans. To deprive of the cloak; remove the cloak from; hence, to reveal; bring to light. II. in trans. To take off the cloak, or the outer garments generally. uncloatht, v. See unclothe. unclog (un-klog'), v. t.; pret. and pp. unclogged , ppr. unclogging . [ clog .] To disen- cumber of what clogs; relieve of difficulties or obstructions; free from encumbrances. uncluet, v. t. Same as unclew . unclutch (un-kluch'), v . t. [ unco (ung'kō), a . and n. [A dial. reduction of uncouth .] I. a . Unknown; strange; unusual. Lee some Brand (Child's Ballads, II. 342). [Scotch.] In this prison there grew a tree, And it was unco stout and strang. uncock2 (un-kok'), v . t. [ cock3 .] To open or spread out from a cock or heap, as hay. uncoffert, v . t . [ ; un -2 + coffer .] To take out of a coffer. Of what lies heavy to 't. Shak . , Cor., iv. 2. 47. uncloister (un-klois'tėr), v . t. [ clois- a coffin; not put into a coffin. ter .] To release from a cloister or from con- fine ment; set at liberty. Norris . unclosel (un-klōz'), v. [ unclosen ; un -2 + closel.] I. trans. 1. To open. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 120. Thy letters trembling I unclose. 2t. To uncover; take off the covers from.-3. To disclose; lay open. Than the i loked a-boute and be-helde towarde the see where the i saugh the cristin a litill vn - closed . Two apple-women scolding and just ready to unco if one another. Martin us Scriblerus . uncoifed (un-koift'), a. Without a coif; not wearing a coif. Her majesty's renown'd though unco if'd counsel. Young , Night Thoughts, viii. II. in trans. To open; be laid open. This flour, when that it shulde unclose Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 111. The godde spoke; the rolling waves unclose . Pope , Iliad, i. 562. 2. unclose2 (un-klōs'), a. [ un -1 + close2.] Not close; unreserved; babbling. [Rare.] Knowen designs are dangerous to act, And th' unclose chief did never noble fact. -uncle. [F.-uncle, -unculus , a dim. term. -cu - lus , a double dim. suffix: see- cle , -cule , -culus .] Ater- min at i on of some diminutive words of Latin origin, as homuncle (also homuncule ) , or at i uncle , unclean (un-klēn'), a. [ unclene , onclene , unclæne , unclean; as un -1 + clean.] 1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy. Thi lande unclene alle dolven uppe mot be, Of rootes, fern, and weed, to make it free. I have to longe in this manere Left hem unclosed wilfully. Byron, Giaour. unclothe (un-klōTH'), v . t.; pret. and pp. un- clothed or unclad , ppr. unclothing . [Formerly also uncloath, uncloth ; un -2+ clothe .] 1. To strip of clothes; make naked; divest of covering. The ceremonies, dances, and sacrifices ended, they went to uncloth themselues. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 808. The fame of Pyrocles and Musidorus greatly drew him to a compa ionate conceit, and had already unclothed his face of all show of malice. Sir P. Sidney , Arcadia, v. unclothed (un-klōTH'), а . Not clothed; be- ing without clothes. uncloud (un-kloud'), v . t . [ Beau . and Fl ., Phil aster, iv. 2. unclouded (un-klou'ded), p . a . Not cloudy; Shak . , As you Like it, iii. 2. 70. free from clouds; not darkened or obscured; free from gloom; clear: as, an unclouded sky; an unclouded intellect. uncloudedne (un-klou'ded-nes), n. The state of being unclouded. Boyle . uncloudy (un-klou'di), a. Not cloudy; free from clouds. Gay. unclubable (un-klub'a-bl), a. Not clubable; unsocial. To deck with clouds the uncolour'd sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers. uncombert, v. See uncumber . uncombine (un-kom-bin'), v. [ un -2 + com- bine.] I. trans . To sever or destroy the com- bin at i on, union, or junction of; separate; dis- Outbreaking vengeance uncombines the ill-joined plots. Daniel , Civil Wars, iii. 2. Disagreeably situated; uneasy; ill at ease: as, to feel uncomfortable . How surely dost thou malice these extremes, Uncomfortable man. IMG:content-1294.png:[blocks in formation] occurrence; infrequency. uncommunicable (un-ko-mu'ni-ka-bl), a. Incommunicable. Burke .-2. Not communiunconceiv 1. unconceivablyt (un-kon-seva-bli), adv . Incon- ceivably. Locke. unconcern (un-kon-sern'), n. Want of con- cern; absence of anxiety; freedom from soli- citude; indifferentism; indifference; apathy. cative; reserved; taciturn. Imp . Dict . [Rare.] uncommunicated (un-ko-mü'ni-kā-ted), a. 1. Not communicated; not disclosed or made known to others. - 2. Not imparted or be- stowed: as, the uncommunicated perfections of God. Water land .-3. Not having received the communion. uncommunicative (un-ko-mu'ni-ka-tiv), a. 1. Not communicative or disposed to impart one's wealth; not liberal; parsimonious. A little too uncommunicative for their great circum- stances. Richardson, Clari a Harlowe, ii. 90. 2. Not communicative; not disposed to impart one's thoughts; ts; not free to communicate to others; reserved; taciturn. IMG:content-1295.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1296.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1297.png:[blocks in formation] uncommerciable (un-ko-mer's hia-bl), a. [ un -1 + * com merciable , equiv. to commerce able .] uncompellable (un-kom-pel'a-bl), a. That can- Not capable of being made an article of com- merce. [Rare.] IMG:content-1298.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1299.png:[blocks in formation] Morality, IV. v. § 3. uncompliant (un-kom-pliant), a. Incompliant. Bp . Gauden . uncomposable (un-kom-pō' 5'za-bl), a. Incapa- ble of being composed; not to be reconciled or arranged. Roger North , Examen, p. 63. uncompounded (un-kom-poun'ded), a. 1. Not compounded; not mixed; simple. Can either sex a ume, or both; so soft And uncompounded is their e ence pure. IMG:content-1300.png:[blocks in formation] uncommon (un-kom'on), a. Not common; not uncomprehensiblet (un-kom-prē-hen'si-bl), a . usual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; Incomprehensible. Bp. Jewell. extraordinary; strange. IMG:content-1301.png:[blocks in formation] uncondemned (un-kon-demd'), a. Not con- demned; not judged guilty; not disapproved; not pronounced criminal. They have beaten us openly uncondemned . Acts xvi. 37. A familiar and uncondemned practice. Locke. unconditedt (un-kon-di'ted), a . conditus , pp. of condire , season, spice, flavor.] Unseasoned. [Rare.] O pa not, Lord, an absolute decree, Or bind thy sentence unconditional . unconditioned This step from conditioned to unconditioned [existence] implies a pure a prior i synthesis. E. Caird, Philos. of Kant, p. 523. The unconditioned, in the philosophy of Sir W. Hamilton, either the Absolute, or unconditionally complete, or the Infinite, or unconditionally unlimited. unconducingt (un-kon-du's ing), a. Not conducive. E. Phillips. ( Imp. Dict.) unconfidencet (un-kon'fi-dens), den uncertainty; hesitation; doubt. 6590 If I had been an unconnected man, I, from this moment, should have formed some plan Never to leave sweet Venice. Shelley, Julian and Maddalo. 3. Not coherent; not connected by proper unconsummate The sin of Israel had even unconsecrated and profaned that sacred edifice. South , Sermons. transitions or dependence of parts; loose; vague; rambling; desultory: as, an unconnectsecrated; unconsecrated. ed discourse. 1. Not unconningt, Want of unconningt, n. and a. See uncunning . unconningne t, gne t, n. See uncunningne . unconquerable (un-kong'ker-a-bl), a . unconquera conquerable; incapable of being vanquished or defeated; not to be overcome in contest: as, an unconquerable foo. Bp. Hacket. [Rare.] unconfinable (un-kon-fin a-bl), a. 1+. Unbounded. Shak., M. W. of W., ii. 2. 21.-2. Incapable of being confined or restrained.