uncivIlized

[Pref. un- (1), and English civilized.] 1. Not civilized; not reclaimed from savage life or manners; barbarous. "These uncivilized people caring for little else than what is nece ary." -Dampier: Voyages (an. 1681.) *2. Coarse, rude, indecent. "Several, who have been polished in France, make use of the most coarse, uncivilized words in our language." Add is on . un-çiv'-11-1ỹ, adv. [Pref. un- (1), and English civilly.] In an uncivil manner; discourteously, impolitely, rudely. "I follow'd him too close; And to say truth, somewhat uncivilly , upon a rout." Dryden: King Arthur , i. 1. un-clăd' (1), a. & pret . of v. [UNCLOTHE.] un-clăd (2), *un-klad a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. clad .] Not clad, not clothed. "He was ashamed to approche nygh to it, beynge in so simple a state and unklad."-Sir T. Elyot: The Governor, bk. ii. un-claimed', a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. claimed.] Not claimed, not demanded; not called for. "No peaceful desert yet unclaimed by Spain." Johnson: London. unclaimed-money, subst . Money resulting from suits in Chancery or at Common Law. The rightful owners having either died or disappeared, the money remains in the care of the Court. Lists of names of those entitled to such moneys are published from time to time by private firms who devote themselves to such busine . un-clăr-I-fied, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. clar ified . ] Not clarified; not made clear or purified. "One ounce of whey unclarified , one ounce of oil of vitriol, make no apparent alteration."- Bacon : Phys. Re mains. ŭn-clasp, v. t. & i. [Pref. un-(2).and Eng.clasp.] A. Transitive: 1. To unfasten the clasp of; to open, as a thing fastened with, or as with a clasp. ( Lit. & fig .) "Thou know'st no le but all; I have unclasp'd To thee the book even of my secret soul." Shakesp.: Twelfth Night, i. 4. 2. To disclose, to reveal, to lay open. "In her bosom I'll unclasp my heart." Shakesp.: Much Ado, i. 1. *B. In trans.: To let go the hands. ( Shakesp .: Pericles, ii. 3.) *un-cla -a-ble, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. cla able .] Incapable of being cla ed or cla ified; not admitting of cla ification. tun-cla -ic, tun-cla -Ic-al, adj . [Pref. un(1), and Eng. cla ic , cla ical .] 1. Not cla ical; not resembling the compositions of the cla ical authors. "Angel of dullne , sent to scatter round Her magick charms o'er all uncla ick ground." Pope : Dunciad , iii. 258. 2. Not confined to or including the cla ics. "An education totally uncla ical ."- Knox : Liberal Edu cation , § 7. *un-cla -ic-al-ly, adv . [Eng. uncla ical ; ly .] Not in a cla ical manner; not in the manner of the cla ical authors. un-cle, subst . [Fr. oncle, from Lat. avunculum , acc us. of avunculus =a mother's brother, prop.= little grandfather, being a double dim in. from avus =a grandfather; Ger. onkel .] 1. Lit.: The brother of one's father or mother; the husband of one's aunt. 2. Fig .: A pawnbroker. ( Slang .) "Uncles, rich as three golden balls From taking pledges of nations." Hood: Mi Kilmansegg. According to Brewer, Uncle in this sense is a pun on the Latin word uncus =a hook, which pawnbrokers employed to lift articles pawned spouts were adopted. This, however, is rendered doubtful by the fact that in French slang ma tante (=my aunt) has a similar meaning. The probable allusion is to a mythical rich relative. Your uncle : A jocose expre ion equivalent to myself; as, Your uncle is the man to do it, i. e., I am the man to do it. Uncle Sam, s. The jocular name of the United States government, used as John Bull is with respect to England. It is an extension of the letters U. S. (United States), printed or stamped on the government property. It was first used in Troy, N. Y., in 1812, when certain goods purchased for the government and branded U. S., were officially inspected by Mr. Samuel Wilson, whose local nickname was "Uncle Sam." The coincidence of initials suggested the application of the nickname in full to the government. IMG:content-0017.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Not clean; foul, dirty, filthy. 2. Morally foul or impure; wicked, evil; hence, lewd, unchaste. "Let them all encircle him about, And, fairy-like too, pinch the unclean knight." Shakesp.: Merry Wives of Windsor, iv. 4. II. Comparative Religions : 1. Ethnicism: In every ceremonial faith which exists or has existed, distinction exists between what is ceremonially clean and unclean. Food cooked by a Sudra or by an outcast is unclean to the Brahmin, and it is at the peril of his caste if he eat it. He must also avoid unclean persons, as the Pariah, the Mahar, and other outcasts. 2. Judaism: Both things on the one hand, and persons or beings on the other, might be ceremo nially unclean. Regarding things, there were unclean places (Lev. xiv. 40), but the word unclean was especially applied to certain articles of food, as the flesh of animals which had died of disease, or been strangled by man, or killed by beasts or birds of prey, certain animals in all circumstances [UNCLEAN-ANIMALS], and blood. (Lev. v. 2, 3; xi. 40, 41; xvii. 10-16; Acts xv. 29.) Regarding persons, one might be made unclean by touching the carca of an unclean animal of any kind (Lev. v.2; xi. 26). In some cases this ceremonial defilement was but temporary, continuing only till the evening (xi. 25-28, .). Washing the clothes was often an e ential step toward the removal of the impurity. A woman giving birth to a man-child was unclean for seven days (xii. 2), and to a female child for fourteen days (xii. 5), the period of uncleanline being much shorter than that of her purification (xii. 4, 5). The leper was unclean till the priest pronounced that his loathsome malady was at an end. (Lev. xiii. 1-59.) [UNCLEAN-SPIRIT.] 3. Christianity: Jesus swept away the doctrine that the eating of certain articles of food, deemed ceremonially impure, involved sin, by His sweeping declaration: "Not that which goeth into the mouth dofileth a man, but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man" (Matt. xv. 11; cf. also 12-20; Mark vii. 18); and with regard to persons, St. Poter, after the vision of the sheet let down, would no longer call any man common or unclean (Acts x. 28). unclean-animals, s. pl. Jewish Antiq .: Certain animals which were regarded as ceremonially unclean, and not therefore to be eaten. Most animals that "chew the cud" might be eaten, with the exception of the camel, the foner of which is true raminant in number of [HYRAX], the hare, and the swine, only the birds-the"eagle," the "o ifrage," the "vulture," the "kite," . were to be deemed unclean and abominable. Much difficulty arises in identifying some of the birds referred to; but one broad fact is undoubted that the Raptores were deemed ceremonially impure, while most of the grain-feeding birds were allowed as articles of food. Unclean fishes were those which had not fins or scales. With the exception of what would now be called the Leaping Orthoptera-locusts, gra hoppers, .most insects were unclean, as were most creeping things, from vertebrate reptiles to molluscous snails. Not merely were the unclean animals to be rejected as articles of food, their carca es were to be avoided, as the individual touching them would be unclean (Lev. xi. 1-47). Apart from the ceremonial law, the flesh of the prohibited animals was generally le wholesome than that of those allowed. unclean-spirit, s. New Test.: A demon, a wicked spirit, seizing on and acting through men (Matt. x. 1; Mark i. 27, iii. 30; v. 13, vi. 7; Luke iv. 36; Acts v. 16, viii. 7; Rev. xvi. 13). [PoSSESSION, II. 3, POSSESSION-THEORY.] *un-clean-a-ble, a . [Pref. un- (1); Eng. clean , v.; -able .] Not capable of being cleaned.