The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 1793
Fuller.
Unbowed <Xpage=1566>
Un*bowed" (?) , a. [Pref. un- not + bowed .] Not bent or arched; not bowed down.
Byron.
Unbowel <Xpage=1566>
Un*bow"el (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Unboweled (?) or Unbowelled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Unboweling or Unbowelling .] [1st pref. un- + bowel .] To deprive of the entrails; to disembowel.
Dr. H. More.
Unbox <Xpage=1566>
Un*box" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + box .] To remove from a box or boxes.
Unboy <Xpage=1566>
Un*boy" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + boy .] To divest of the traits of a boy. [R.]
Clarendon.
Unbrace <Xpage=1566>
Un*brace" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + brace .] To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves .
Spenser.
Unbraid <Xpage=1566>
Un*braid" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + braid .] To separate the strands of; to undo, as a braid; to unravel; to disentangle.
Unbreast <Xpage=1566>
Un*breast" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + breast .] To disclose, or lay open; to unbosom. [Obs.]
P. Fletcher,
Unbreathed <Xpage=1566>
Un*breathed" (?) , a. 1. Not breathed.
2. Not exercised; unpracticed. [Obs.] "Their unbreathed memories."
Shak.
Unbred <Xpage=1566>
Un*bred" (?) , a. 1. Not begotten; unborn. [Obs.] "Thou age unbred ."
Shak.
2. Not taught or trained; -- with to .
Dryden.
3. Not well-bred; ill-bred. [Obs.]
Locke.
Unbreech <Xpage=1566>
Un*breech" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Unbreeched (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Unbreching .] [1st pref. un- + breech .] 1. To remove the breeches of; to divest or strip of breeches.
Shak.
2. (Gun.) To free the breech of, as a cannon, from its fastenings or coverings.
Pennant.
Unbrewed <Xpage=1566>
Un*brewed" (?) , a. Not made by brewing; unmixed; pure; genuine. [R.]
Young.
Unbridle <Xpage=1566>
Un*bri"dle (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + bridle .] To free from the bridle; to set loose.
Unbridled <Xpage=1566>
Un*bri"dled (?) , a. [Pref. un- not + bridled .] Loosed from the bridle, or as from the bridle; hence, unrestrained; licentious; violent; as, unbridled passions . " Unbridled boldness."
B. Jonson.
Lands deluged by unbridled floods. Wordsworth.
-- Un*bri"dled*ness , n.
Abp. Leighton.
Unbroken <Xpage=1566>
Un*bro"ken (?) , a. Not broken; continuous; unsubdued; as, an unbroken colt .
Unbuckle <Xpage=1566>
Un*buc"kle (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + buckle .] To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe . " Unbuckle anon thy purse."
Chaucer.
Unbuild <Xpage=1566>
Un*build (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + build .] To demolish; to raze. "To unbuild the city."
Shak.
Unbundle <Xpage=1566>
Un*bun"dle (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + bundle .] To release, as from a bundle; to disclose.
Unbung <Xpage=1566>
Un*bung" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + bung .] To remove the bung from; as, to unbung a cask .
Unburden <Xpage=1566>
Un*bur"den (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + burden .] 1. To relieve from a burden.
2. To throw off, as a burden; to unload.
Unburiable <Xpage=1566>
Un*bur"i*a*ble (?) , a. Not ready or not proper to be buried.
Tennyson.
Unburrow <Xpage=1566>
Un*bur"row (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + burrow .] To force from a burrow; to unearth.
Unburthen <Xpage=1566>
Un*bur"then (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + burthen .] To unburden; to unload.
Unbury <Xpage=1566>
Un*bur"y (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + bury .] To disinter; to exhume; fig., to disclose.
Unbusied <Xpage=1566>
Un*bus"ied (?) , a. Not required to work; unemployed; not busy. [R.]
These unbusied persons can continue in this playing idleness till it become a toil. Bp. Rainbow
Unbutton <Xpage=1566>
Un*but"ton (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + button .] To loose the buttons of; to unfasten.
Unbuxom <Xpage=1566>
Un*bux"om (?) , a. Disobedient. [Obs.] Piers Plowman . -- Un*bux"om*ly , adv. [Obs.] -- Un*bux"om*ness , n. [Obs.]
Uncage <Xpage=1566>
Un*cage" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + cage .] To loose, or release, from, or as from, a cage.
Uncalled-for <Xpage=1566>
Un*called"-for` (?) , a. Not called for; not required or needed; improper; gratuitous; wanton.
Uncalm <Xpage=1566>
Un*calm" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + calm .] To disturb; to disquiet.
Dryden.
Uncamp <Xpage=1566>
Un*camp" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + camp .] To break up the camp of; to dislodge from camp. [R.]
If they could but now uncamp their enemies. Milton.
Uncanny <Xpage=1566>
Un*can"ny (?) , a. Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly. Sir W. Scott . -- Un*can"ni*ness , n.
G. Eliot.
Uncanonize <Xpage=1566>
Un*can"on*ize (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + canonize .] 1. To deprive of canonical authority.
2. To reduce from the rank of a canonized saint.
Uncap <Xpage=1566>
Un*cap" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + cap .] To remove a cap or cover from.
Uncapable <Xpage=1566>
Un*ca"pa*ble (?) , a. Incapable. [Obs.] " Uncapable of conviction."
Locke.
Uncape <Xpage=1566>
Un*cape" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + cape .] To remove a cap or cape from. [Obs.]
Uncapper <Xpage=1566>
Un*cap"per (?) , n. An instrument for removing an explode cap from a cartridge shell.
Uncardinal <Xpage=1566>
Un*car"di*nal (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + cardinal .] To degrade from the cardinalship.
Uncared <Xpage=1566>
Un*cared" (?) , a. Not cared for; not heeded; -- with for .
Uncarnate <Xpage=1566>
Un*car"nate (?) , a. Not fleshy; specifically, not made flesh; not incarnate. [R.]
Sir T. Browne.
Uncarnate <Xpage=1566>
Un*car"nate (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + carnate .] To divest of flesh.
Uncart <Xpage=1566>
Un*cart" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + cart .] To take from, or set free from, a cart; to unload.
Uncase <Xpage=1566>
Un*case" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + case .]
1. To take out of a case or covering; to remove a case or covering from; to uncover.
L'Estrange.
2. To strip; to flay. [Obs.]
3. (Mil.) To display, or spread to view, as a flag, or the colors of a military body.
Uncastle <Xpage=1566>
Un*cas"tle (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + castle .] To take a castle from; to turn out of a castle.
Uncaused <Xpage=1566>
Un*caused" (?) , a. Having no antecedent cause; uncreated; self-existent; eternal.
A. Baxter.
Uncautelous <Xpage=1566>
Un*cau"te*lous (?) , a. Incautious. [Obs.]
Uncautious <Xpage=1566>
Un*cau"tious (?) , a. Incautious.
Uncautiously <Xpage=1566>
Un*cau"tious*ly , adv. Incautiously.
Unce <Xpage=1566>
Unce (?) , n. [L. uncus hook.] A claw. [Obs.]
Unce <Xpage=1566>
Unce , n. [L. uncia ounce. See Ounce a weight.] An ounce; a small portion. [Obs.] "By unces hung his locks."
Chaucer.
Unceasable <Xpage=1566>
Un*ceas"a*ble (?) , a. Not capable of being ended; unceasing. [R.]
Uncenter, Uncentre <Xpage=1566>
Un*cen"ter , Un*cen"tre (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + center .] To throw from its center.
Uncentury <Xpage=1566>
Un*cen"tu*ry (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + century .] To remove from its actual century. [R.]
It has first to uncentury itself. H. Drummond.
Uncertain <Xpage=1566>
Un*cer"tain (?) , a. [Pref. un- + certain . Cf. Incertain .] 1. Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful.
Chaucer.
Man, without the protection of a superior Being, . . . is uncertain of everything that he hopes for. Tillotson.
2. Irresolute; inconsonant; variable; untrustworthy; as, an uncertain person; an uncertain breeze .
O woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain , coy, and hard to please! Sir W. Scott.
3. Questionable; equivocal; indefinite; problematical. "The fashion of uncertain evils."
Milton.
From certain dangers to uncertain praise. Dryden.
4. Not sure; liable to fall or err; fallible.
Soon bent his bow, uncertain in his aim. Dryden.
Whistling slings dismissed the uncertain stone. Gay.
Syn. -- See Precarious .
Uncertain <Xpage=1566>
Un*cer"tain , v. t. [1st pref. un- + certain ; or fr. uncertain , a. ] To make uncertain. [Obs.]
Sir W. Raleigh.
Uncertainly <Xpage=1566>
Un*cer"tain*ly , adv. In an uncertain manner.
Uncertainty <Xpage=1566>
Un*cer"tain*ty (?) , n. ; pl. Uncertainties (<?/) .
1. The quality or state of being uncertain.
2. That which is uncertain; something unknown.
Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty . L'Estrange.
Uncessant <Xpage=1566>
Un*ces"sant (?) , a. Incessant. [Obs.] Dr. H. More . -- Un*ces"sant*ly , adv. [Obs.]
Unchain <Xpage=1566>
Un*chain" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + chain .] To free from chains or slavery; to let loose.
Prior.
Unchancy <Xpage=1566>
Un*chan"cy (?) , a. [Pref un- + Scot. chancy fortunate, safe.] 1. Happening at a bad time; unseasonable; inconvenient.
A. Trollope.
2. Ill-fated; unlucky. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
3. Unsafe to meddle with; dangerous. [Scot.]
Unchaplain <Xpage=1566>
Un*chap"lain (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + chaplain .] To remove from a chaplaincy.
Uncharge <Xpage=1566>
Un*charge" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + charge .]
1. To free from a charge or load; to unload.
Wyclif.
2. To free from an accusation; to make no charge against; to acquit.
Shak.
Unchariot <Xpage=1566>
Un*char"i*ot (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + chariot .] To throw out of a chariot.
Pope.
Uncharitable <Xpage=1566>
Un*char"i*ta*ble (?) , a. Not charitable; contrary to charity; severe in judging; harsh; censorious; as, uncharitable opinions or zeal . Addison . -- Un*char"i*ta*ble*ness , n. -- Un*char"i*ta*bly , adv.
Uncharity <Xpage=1566>
Un*char"i*ty (?) , n. Uncharitableness.
Tennyson.
'T were much uncharity in you. J. Webster.
Uncharm <Xpage=1566>
Un*charm" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + charm .] To release from a charm, fascination, or secret power; to disenchant.
Beau. & Fl.
Uncharnel <Xpage=1566>
Un*char"nel (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Uncharneled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Uncharneling .] [1st pref. un- + charnel .] To remove from a charnel house; to raise from the grave; to exhume.
Byron.
Unchaste <Xpage=1566>
Un*chaste" (?) , a. Not chaste; not continent; lewd. -- Un*chaste"ly , adv. -- Un*chaste"ness , n.
Unchastity <Xpage=1566>
Un*chas"ti*ty (?) , n. The quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; incontinence.
Uncheckable <Xpage=1566>
Un*check"a*ble (?) , a. Not capable of being checked or stopped. [R.]
Unchild <Xpage=1566>
Un*child" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + child .]
1. To bereave of children; to make childless.
Shak.
2. To make unlike a child; to divest of the characteristics of a child.
Bp. Hall.
Unchristen <Xpage=1566>
Un*chris"ten (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + christen .] To render unchristian. [Obs. & R.]
Milton.
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Unchristened <Xpage=1567>
Un*chris"tened (?) , a. [Pref. un- not + christened .] Not christened; as, an unchristened child .
Unchristian <Xpage=1567>
Un*chris"tian (?) , a. [Pref. un- not + Christian .] 1. Not Christian; not converted to the Christian faith; infidel.
2. Contrary to Christianity; not like or becoming a Christian; as, unchristian conduct .
Unchristian <Xpage=1567>
Un*chris"tian , v. t. [1st pref. un- + Christian .] To make unchristian. [Obs.]
South.
Unchristianize <Xpage=1567>
Un*chris"tian*ize (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + Christianize .] To turn from the Christian faith; to cause to abandon the belief and profession of Christianity.
Unchristianly <Xpage=1567>
Un*chris"tian*ly , a. Unchristian.
Milton.
Unchristianly <Xpage=1567>
Un*chris"tian*ly , adv. In an unchristian manner.
Unchristianness <Xpage=1567>
Un*chris"tian*ness , n. The quality or state of being unchristian. [R.]
Eikon Basilike.
Unchurch <Xpage=1567>
Un*church" (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + church .] 1. To expel, or cause to separate, from a church; to excommunicate.
Sir M. Hale.
2. To deprive of the character, privileges, and authority of a church.
South.
Uncia <Xpage=1567>
Un"ci*a (?) , n. ; pl. Unci\'91 (#) . [L. See Ounce a measure of weight.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A twelfth part, as of the Roman as; an ounce.
2. (Alg.) A numerical coefficient in any particular case of the binomial theorem. [Obs.]
Uncial <Xpage=1567>
Un"cial (?) , a. [L. uncialis amounting to the twelfth part of a pound or a foot, from uncia the twelfth part of a pound or of a foot, an ounce, an inch: cf. F. oncial . See Inch a measure.] Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c. , and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d. , being superseded by the cursive style.
Uncial <Xpage=1567>
Un"cial , n. An uncial letter.
Unciatim <Xpage=1567>
Un`ci*a"tim (?) , adv. [L.] Ounce by ounce.
Unciform <Xpage=1567>
Un"ci*form (?) , a. [L. uncus a hook + -form .] Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked from; hooklike.
Unciform bone (Anat.) , a bone of the carpus at the bases of the fourth and fifth metacarpals; the hamatum.
Unciform <Xpage=1567>
Un"ci*form , n. (Anat.) The unciform bone. See Illust . of Perissodactyla .
Uncinata <Xpage=1567>
Un`ci*na"ta (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. L. uncinus a hook.] (Zo\'94l.) A division of marine ch\'91topod annelids which are furnished with uncini, as the serpulas and sabellas.
Uncinate <Xpage=1567>
Un"ci*nate (?) , a. [L. uncinatus , from uncinus a hook, from uncus a hook.] Hooked; bent at the tip in the form of a hook; as, an uncinate process .
Uncinatum <Xpage=1567>
Un`ci*na"tum (?) , n. [NL., from L. uncinatus hooked.] (Anat.) The unciform bone.
Uncinus <Xpage=1567>
Un*ci"nus (?) , n. ; pl. Uncini (#) . [L., a hook.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the peculiar minute chitinous hooks found in large numbers in the tori of tubicolous annelids belonging to the Uncinata.
Uncipher <Xpage=1567>
Un*ci"pher (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + cipher .] To decipher; as, to uncipher a letter . [Obs.]
Sir W. Temple.
Uncircumcised <Xpage=1567>
Un*cir"cum*cised (?) , n. Not circumcised; hence, not of the Israelites. "This uncircumcised Philistine."
1 Sam. xvii. 26.
Uncircumcision <Xpage=1567>
Un*cir`cum*ci"sion (?) , n. 1. The absence or want of circumcision.
2. (Script.) People not circumcised; the Gentiles.
Uncircumstandtial <Xpage=1567>
Un*cir`cum*stand"tial (?) , a. 1. Not circumstantial; not entering into minute particulars.
2. Not important; not pertinent; trivial. [Obs.]
Uncity <Xpage=1567>
Un*cit"y (?) , v. t. [1st pref. un- + city .] To deprive of the rank or rights of a city. [Obs.]
Uncivil <Xpage=1567>
Un*civ"il (?) , a. 1. Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized.
Men can not enjoy the rights of an uncivil and of a civil state together. Burke.
2. Not civil; not complaisant; discourteous; impolite; rude; unpolished; as, uncivil behavior .
Uncivility <Xpage=1567>
Un`ci*vil"i*ty (?) , n. Incivility. [Obs.]
Uncivilization <Xpage=1567>