unwrinkled (le as el)

[Pref. un- (1), and Eng. wrinkled.] 1. Not wrinkled; not marked with wrinkles or furrows. IMG:content-0298.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Lit .: To loose from the yoke; to free from a "The chief himself unyokes the panting steeds." Pope: Homer's Iliad, xxiii. 596. *2. Fig.: To part, to disjoint. "Unyoke this seizure, and this kind regret." Shakesp.: King John, iii. 1. *B. In trans.: To give over, to cease. "Ay, tell me that, and unyoke ."- Shakesp .: Hamlet , v. i. ŭn-yōked', a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. yoked.] I. Literally : 1. Not yoked; freed or loosed from the yoke. (Congreve: Ovid ; Art of Love , iii.) *2. Never having worn a yoke. "Seven bullocks yet unyok'd for Phœbus cnuse." Dryden. ( Todd.) *II. Fig .: Licentious, unrestrained. "The unyoked humor of your idlene ." Shakesp.: Henry IV ., Pt . I. , i. 2. *un-yold-en, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Mid. English yolden yielded.] Unyielded, ungiven. (Chaucer: C. T. , 2,644.) IMG:content-0299.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0300.png:[ocr errors] Up to the ears in blood." Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt. I., iv. 1. 10. To a certain point or time; as long or as far as. "We were tried friends; I from my childhood up Had known him."-Words worth: Excursion , bk. i. 11. To a higher altitude or stature; to a more mature condition or age. "Train up a child in the way he should go."-Prov erbs xxii. 6. 12. To or in a state or position of equal advance or of equality, so as not to come or fall short of; not below or short of. (Followed by to .) "We must not only mortify all these pa ions that solicit us, but we must learn to do well, and act up to the positive precepts of our duty."-Rogers: Sermons. 13. Denoting approach to, or arrival at, a place or person. "Bring up your army." --Shakesp.: Coriolanus , i. 2. 14. Denoting a state of due preparation and readine for use. "He's winding up the watch." Shakesp.: Tempest, ii. 1. 15. Denoting a state of being deposited in a place where a thing is kept when not used. "Put thy sword up ."-Shakesp.: Tempest , i. 2. 16. Denoting a state of being contracted, drawn, or *un-zeal-ous, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. zeal- brought together into order, into le bulk, into ous .] Not zealous; devoid of zeal, ardor, fervor, or enthusiasm. To cancel, as something written; to erase. *un-write-a-ble, adj . [Pref. un- (1); English write , and suff. -able .] That cannot be expre ed in writing. "Both these words have an evident resemblance to the unwrite able sound that a clock really makes."- Tylor: Hist. Mankind, ch. iv. *un-writing, a. [Pref. un- (1), and English writing . ] Not a uming the character or office of an author. "The peace of the honest unwriting subject was daily molested."-Arbuthnot.