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[Pref. un- (1), and Eng. justifiable.] Not justifiable; that cannot be vindicated or defended at the bar of justice; not capable of being justified or proved right; indefensible. "A plot le absurd, but not le unjustifiable against the rights of his children."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. viii. un-jus-ti-fi-a-ble-ne , s. [Eng. unjustifiable ; -ne .] The quality or state of being unjustifiable. "The unjustifiable ne of the means desecrates the means."- March ant : Expos. of Genesis xx. un-jus-ti-fi-a-bly, adv . [Eng. unjustifiab ( le ); -ly.] In an unjustifiable manner; in a manner that cannot be vindicated or defended. "This people has acted unwisely and unjustifiably." Burke: On the French Revolution . un-just-lý, adv . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. justly .] In an unjust manner; contrary to justice; iniquitously, wrongfully, unfairly. "We all make complaint of the iniquitie of our times; not unjustly ; for the days are euill." -Hooker : Ecclesias tical Polity ,, bk. i., § 10. un-just-ne , subst. [Eng. unjust; -ne .] The quality or state of being unjust; injustice. "To measure the justne or unjustne of this deceit." -Hale: Cont.; Of Doing as we would be done to. un-kěd, un-kid, un'-kěth, adj. [A corrupt. of uncouth (q. v.).] ( Prov.) 1. Unusual, odd, strange, uncouth. "There happened many sundrie, unketh , and strange sights." Holinshed: Hist. Scot i and ; Cerbreid Gald . IMG:content-0172.png:[blocks in formation] pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-0174.png:[blocks in formation] "They, however, shameful and unkinde , Yet did po e their horrible intent." Spenser: F. Q. , III. ii. 42. "Her unkind redly kin."-Richardson: Clari a, vi. 391. *un-kind-ship, *un-kyn-ship, s. [Eng. unkind; -ship.] An unnatural act. "The childe his owne father slough, That was unkyndship enough." Gower: C. A. , bk. vi. un-king', v. t . [Pref. un- (2), and Eng. king .] To deprive of sovereignty or royalty; to depose. "I am unking'd by Bolingbroke." tün-king-like,, a . a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. king- like.] Not like a king; not becoming or befitting a king. "To show le sovereignty than they, must needs Appear unkinglike ." Shakesp.: Cymbeline , iii. 6. un-king-lỹ, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. kingly .] Unbecoming a king. Shakesp.: Richard II ., v. 1. Eng. ki ed .] 'Not ki ed'; without a ki . un-ki ed', *un-kist', adj . [Pref. un- (1), and "I will depart unkist ."-Shakesp.: Much Ado , v. 2. *ŭn-kle, s. [UNCLE.] 3. Wanting in kindne , benevolence, affection, tenderne , pity, or the like; harsh, hard, cruel. "Is heav'n unkind to man and man alone?" Pope: E ay on Man , i. 186. *ŭn-kinde-lý, a. & adv . [UNKINDLY.] In compounds, as in primary words, k com- *un-kin-dled (le as el), a. [Pref. un- (1), and mencing a syllable is silent before n. ŭn-knēad-ěd, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and English kneaded.] Not kneaded; not beaten or pre ed. "Why yet dare we not trust, Though with unkneaded dough bak'd prose, thy dust?" Elegy on Dr. Donne. *ŭn-knělled', a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. knelled .] Untolled; not knelled; having no knell tolled for one's death. IMG:content-0175.png:[blocks in formation] "Far be't from me unkindly to upbraid The lovely Rosa's prose in masquerade." Byron: English Bards and Scotch Reviewers . un-kind-ne , *un-kind-ne e, *un-kynd- ne e, *un-kynde-ne e, s. [Eng. unkind ; -ne .] *1. Want of natural affection. "Moste displeasyd Leir the unkyndne e of his ii. daughters."-Fabyan: Chronicle , ch. xv. "By means whereof unkyndene e kyndelyd atwene the kynge and the sayde duke." -Fabyan : Chronicle , p. 433. *ŭn-kin-drěd, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. kin- dred.] Not kindred; not akin; not of the same kindred, blood, race, or kind. "And conscious of superior birth, Despises this unkind red earth.' "Unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown." Byron: Childe Harold , iv. 179. un-knight-lỹ ( gh silent), a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. knightly .] 1. Not like a knight; unbecoming or unbefitting a knight. (Spenser: F. Q., V. x. 36.) *un-knot-tỹ, *un-knot-tie, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. knotty .] Destitute of knots; free from knots. " Unknot tie firre, the solace shading planes." Sandys: Ovid; Metamorphoses x. *ŭn-know', *un-know-e, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. know.] Unknown. Chaucer: C. T. , 225. (Prol.) *ŭn-know, v. t. & i. [Pref. un- (1), and English know ; in sense A. 2. from pref. un- (2).] A. Transitive : 1. Not to know; to have no knowledge of or ac- quaint ance with. Words worth: White Doe, ii. *un-knowl-edged, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. knowledged.] Not acknowledged or recognized; unacknowledged. "For which bounty to us lent, Of him unknowledg'd , or unsent." IMG:content-0176.png:[blocks in formation] *un-la-bör-I-oŭs, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. laborious .] Not laborious; not toilsome or difficult; easy. "Whose commands perhaps made all things seem easy and unlaborious to them." - Milton : Areopagitica. ŭn-lāçe', *vn-lase, v. t. [Pref. un- (2), and Eng. lace, v.] 1. To loose the laces or lacing of; to open or unfasten by undoing the laces of. "Young Blount his armor did unlace ." Scott: Marmion, vi. 28. IMG:content-0177.png:[blocks in formation] "However, I am not sure if they do not sometimes unlace that part of the sail from the yard."-Cook: Second Voyage, bk. iii., ch. ii. *5. To carve. (Said only of a rabbit; as, Unlace than coney.) (Termes of a Kerver .) *ŭn-lăc-keyed, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. lackeyed.] Not attended by a lackey. (See extract under HACKNEY, v., 1.) ŭn-lāde, v. t. [Pref. un- (2), and Eng. lade.] 1. To unload; to discharge the cargo or burden from. "Thither, let all th' industrious bees repair, Unlade their thighs, and leave their honey there." Congreve: Mourning Muse of Alexis . 2. To unload; to remove, as a cargo or load; to discharge. "They moor the ve el, and unlade the stores." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, xvi. 375. un-lād-en, adj . [In sense 1, from pref. un- (2), and Eng. laden ; in sense 2, from pref. un- (1).] 1. Having burden or cargo removed. IMG:content-0178.png:[blocks in formation] un-lā-dy-like, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. ladylike.] Not ladylike; unbecoming or unbefitting a lady.