unlawed

[Pref. un- (1), and Eng. lawed.] Not lawed. [LAW, v.] "They whose dogs shall be then found unlawed shall give three shillings for mercy."-Scott: Ivanhoe, ch. i. (Note.) un-law-fül, *un-lau-full, *un-le-full, adject. [ Pref. un- (1), and Eng. lawful.] 1. Not lawful; not permitted by law; against the law, human or divine. "The dangerous art of a ociating images of unlawful pleasure with all that is endearing and ennobling." Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. iii. *2. Begotten out of wedlock; illegitimate. "All the unlawful i ue that their lust Since then hath made between them." Shakesp.: Antony and Cleopatra , iii. 6. unlawful-a embly, s. Law : Any meeting of large numbers of people, with such circumstances of terror as to endanger the public peace. un-law-fül-ly, *un-law-ful-liche, adv . [Eng. unlawful; -ly.] 1. In an unlawful manner; against the law or right; illegally. Judges incompetent To judge their king unlawfully detain'd." Daniel: Civil Wars , iii. *2. Illegitimately; not in wedlock. "Give me your opinion what part I, being unlawfully born, may claim of the man's affections who begot me." -Add is on. un-law-fül-ne , s. [Eng. unlawful; -ne .] 1. The quality or state of being unlawful; ille gality. "The question is of the lawfulne or unlawfulne of what is to be done." -Bp . Taylor: Rule of Conscience , bk. i., ch. vii. 2. Illegitimacy. ŭn-law-like, a . [Pref. un- (1); Eng. law , and suff. -like .] Not like or according to law; unlawful. "To ordain a remedy so slender and unlaw like ." _ Milton: Eikon ok las tes , § 6. ŭn-lāy', v. t. [Pref. un- (2), and Eng. lay.] Naut.: To untwist, as the strands of a rope, . "We were at last obliged to unlay a cable to work into running rigging."- Anson : Voyages, bk. ii., ch. ii. ŭn-learn', v . t. [Pref. un- (2), and Eng. learn .] 1. To divest one's self of the acquired knowledge of; to make one's self ignorant of; to lose acquaintance with or experience in; to forget the knowledge of. "We have time enough to unlearn our own discipline." -Macaulay : Hist . Eng . , ch. xiii. *2. To fail to learn; not to learn. *un-learn-a-bil-i-ty, s. [Pref. un- (1); Eng. learn , and ability .] Inability to learn. "My awkwardne and unlearn ability ." -Walpole : Let ters, iv. 85.