unco vena blet (unkuvenabl)

[ME., also unconable, uncunable; I sey nat that honest i tee in clothing of man or womman is uncovenable . Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 2. Uncivil; churlish; rude; savage. The nature of som man is... over thro wenge to yvel and uncovenable [tr. L. importunus ). Chaucer , Boëthius, iv. prose 6. uncovenanted (un-kuv'e-nan-ted), a . 1. Not promised by covenant; not resting on a covenant or promise. - 2. Not bound by a covenant, contract, or agreement; not having joined in a covenant, compact, league, or the like; specifically, not subscribing to the Scottish Solemn League and Covenant. In Scotland a few fanatical non-jurors may have grudged their allegiance to an uncovenanted king. Sir E. May , Const. Hist. Eng., i. Uncovenanted civil service. See civil. - Uncovenanted mercies, such mercies as God may be pleased to show to those not embraced within the covenant, as, for example, those who have never heard of Christ, and therefore have never consciously accepted him as a Saviour.