unkind (unkind)

[ Therfor he, of ful avysement, Nolde never wryte in none of his sermouns Of swiche unkynde abhominaciouns. Chaucer , Prol. to Man of Law's Tale, 1. 88. 2. Not sympathetic; lacking in or not spring or affection; not kind; harsh; cruel. students, was abolished. The corporate institution in Paris and other northern universities embraced only the masters, not the other students, and for this reason it was not until late in the fourteenth century that, first in Ger take name of or union word math this body the led the studium generale, began to had before and has since been used to include students of all grades. Along with the name of university, from be fore the restriction in its meaning, has always been a ociated the epithet of alma mater. - General council of the university. See council. - University extension, a method, originating in England, for extending the advan tages of university instruction by means of lectures and cla es at important centers. - University Test Act, an English statute of 1871 which abolished the subscribing to articles of faith, etc., before taking degrees.