uncleanliness, unclean lines

[Eng. uncleanly; -ne .] The quality or state of being uncleanly; want of cleanline ; fil you r . "This profane liberty and uncleanline the archbishop resolved to reform." -Clarendon. un-clean-ly, *un-clen-ly, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. cleanly , a.] 1. Not cleanly; filthy, foul, dirty, unclean. "The uncleanly savors of a slaughter-house." Shakesp.: King John, iv. 3. 2. Not cleanly in a moral sense; indecent, unchaste, lewd. "Exhibiting unto them shewes to gaze upon and unclenly players." -Udall: Actes xii. un-clean-ne , *vn-clen-nes, *ur-clen-ne e, 8. [Eng. unclean; -ne .] I. Ordinary Language : fil you r . 1. The quality or state of being unclean; foulne , "In St. Giles' I understood that most of the vilest and most miserable houses of uncleanne were." -Graunt : Bills of Mortality . 2. Moral impurity; defilement by sin; lewdne , obscenity. "God hath not called us unto uncleanne , but unto holine ."-1 The alonians iv. 7. II. Compar . Relig .: Want of ritual or ceremonial purity; ceremonial defilement or pollution. [UNCLEAN, II.] *ŭn-clear', *un-clere, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. clear , a.] 1. Not bright or clear; dark, obscure. 2. Not free from obscurity, doubt, or uncertainty. "In unclear and doubtful things be not pertinacious." -Leighton: On 1 Peter iii. ŭn-cleared', a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. cleared .] 1. Not cleared, as land overgrown with weeds. "Which is more than can be said of any other uncleared country."-Cook: First Voyage , bk. i., ch. v. 2. Not cleared; not vindicated in character; not freed from imputations or charges hanging over one. *ŭn-clear-ne , s. [Pref. un- (1), and English clearne .] Obscurity, want of clearne , antiquity. "This unclearne of view rests upon an error."W. Robertson Smith: Old Test. in Jewish Church , p. 145. un-clench', v. t. ori. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. clench.] To open or force open, as the clenched hand. "The hero so his enterprise recalls; His fist unclenches, and the weapon falls." Garth: Dispensary, v. un-clěr'-Ic-al, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and English clerical.] Not clerical; not befitting or becoming the clergy. "Many clergymen are seen to take delight in unclerical occupations."- Knox: Winter Evenings, even. 13. *ŭn-clerk'-like (in England er as ar), a . [Pref. un- (1); Eng. clerk , and -like .] Unbefitting a clerk, clergyman, or educated man; unclerical. "Binius and Bar on i us pretend the text to be corrupted, and go to mend it by such an emendation as is a plain contradiction to the sense, and that so unclerklike , viz., by putting in two words, and leaving out one." -Bishop Taylor: Liberty of Prophesying, § 6.