unflinching

[Pref. un- (1), and Eng.flinching.] Not flinching; not shrinking or giving way. "Unflinching foot 'gainst foot was set." Scott : Lord of the Isles, vi. 26. un-flinch-ing-ly, adv . [Eng. unflinching ; -ly .] In an unflinching manner; without flinching; as, He faced the storm unflinchingly . *un-flower, v . t . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng.flower.] To strip of flowers. "That I may soon unflow'r your fragrant baskets."G. Fletcher: Christ's Victory and Triumph. *un-flû'-ent, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. fluent.] Not fluent; unready in speech. "My faint, unfluent tongue." Sylvester: Du Bartas , sixth day, first week, 29. *un-foiled, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. foiled .] Not foiled; not baffled; not defeated; not van 2. Wandering, erratic, inconstant. 3. Having no fixed or certain view or purpose; quished. irresolute, unsettled. "He stands so high with so unfixt a mind, Two factions turn him with each blast of wind." Dryden: Conquest of Granada, Pt . I , iii. 4. Not fixed, determined, or ascertained exactly; uncertain. "The first Livius Drusus, whose time is unfixed ."Lewis: Cred. Early Rom. Hist . (1855), ch. xii. *un-fix-ed-ne , s. [Eng. unfired ; -ne .] The 1. Not firm or stable; unstable, unsteady. "How tottering and unfirme a propp his pride Had lean'd upon." May: Lucan; Pharsalia, bk. v. 2. Weak, feeble, unsteady. "Now take the time, while stagg'ring yet they stand With feet unfirm ; and prepo e the strand." IMG:content-0119.png:[blocks in formation] "But to abide fixed (as it were) in their unfixedne , and steady in their restle motions." -Barrow: Sermons, vol. ii., ser. 6. un flagging, adj. [Pref. un- (1), and English flagging. Not flagging, drooping, or failing. "That, which is carried on with a continued unflagging vigor of expre ion can never be thought tedious."South: Sermons, vol. iv., ser. 1. *un-flame', v . t . [Pref. un- (2), and Eng. flame.] To cool, to quench, to deaden. "Fear Unflames your courage in pursuit." Quartes: Emblems , iii. (Introd.) chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; "The usurped powers thought themselves secure in the strength of an unfoiled army of sixty you sand men, and in a revenue proportionable." -Temple .