Chapter 1802

Un"gu*late (?) , a. [L. ungulatus . See Ungula .] 1. Shaped like a hoof.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under Nail , n. , 1.

Ungulate <Xpage=1574>

Un"gu*late , n. (Zo\'94l.) Any hoofed quadruped; one of the Ungulata.

Unguled <Xpage=1574>

Un"guled (?) , a. [L. ungula a claw.] (Her.) Hoofed, or bearing hoofs; -- used only when these are of a tincture different from the body.

Unguligrade <Xpage=1574>

Un"gu*li*grade (?) , a. [L. ungula hoof + gradi to walk.] (Zo\'94l.) Having, or walking on, hoofs.

Ungulous <Xpage=1574>

Un"gu*lous (?) , a. [See Ungula .] (Zo\'94l.) Same as Ungulate .

Unhair <Xpage=1574>

Un*hair" (?) , v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hair .] To deprive of hair, or of hairs; as, to unhair hides for leather .

I 'll unhair thy head. Shak.

Unhallow <Xpage=1574>

Un*hal"low (?) , v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hallow .] To profane; to desecrate.

The vanity unhallows the virtue. L'Estrange.

Unhallowed <Xpage=1574>

Un*hal"lowed (?) , a. [Pref. un- not + hallowed .] Not consecrated; hence, profane; unholy; impious; wicked.

In the cause of truth, no unhallowed violence . . . is either necessary or admissible. E. D. Griffin.

Unhand <Xpage=1574>

Un*hand" (?) , v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hand .] To loose from the hand; to let go.

Hold off! unhand me, gray beard loon! Eftsoons his hand dropped he. Coleridge.

Unhandsome <Xpage=1574>

Un*hand"some (?) , a. 1. Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or pleasing; plain; homely.

Were she other than she is, she were unhandsome . Shak.

I can not admit that there is anything unhandsome or irregular . . . in the globe. Woodward.

2. Wanting noble or amiable qualities; dishonorable; illiberal; low; disingenuous; mean; indecorous; as, unhandsome conduct, treatment, or imputations . " Unhandsome pleasures."

J. Fletcher.

3. Unhandy; clumsy; awkward; inconvenient. [Obs.]

The ships were unwieldy and unhandsome . Holland.

A narrow, straight path by the water's side, very unhandsome for an army to pass that way, though they found not a man to keep the passage. Sir T. North.

-- Un*hand"some*ly , adv. -- Un*hand"some*ness , n.

Unhandy <Xpage=1574>

Un*hand"y (?) , a. Clumsy; awkward; as, an Unhandy man .

Unhang <Xpage=1574>

Un*hang" (?) , v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hang .]

1. To divest or strip of hangings; to remove the hangings, as a room.

2. To remove (something hanging or swinging) from that which supports it; as, to unhang a gate .

Unhap <Xpage=1574>

Un*hap" (?) , n. Ill luck; misfortune. [Obs.] "The cause of her unhap ."

Sir P. Sidney.

Unhappied <Xpage=1574>

Un*hap"pied (?) , a. Made unhappy. [Obs.]

Shak.

Unhappy <Xpage=1574>

Un*hap"py (?) , a. 1. Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn .

2. In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct .

3. Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy day . "The unhappy morn."

Milton.

4. Mischievous; wanton; wicked. [Obs.]

Shak.

-- Un*hap"pi*ly (#) , adv. -- Un*hap"pi*ness , n.

Unharbor <Xpage=1574>

Un*har"bor (?) , v. t. [1 st pref. un- + harbor .] To drive from harbor or shelter.

Unharbored <Xpage=1574>

Un*har"bored (?) , a. [Pref. un- not + harbored .] 1. Having no harbor or shelter; unprotected.

2. Affording no harbor or shelter. " Unharbored heaths." [Obs.]

Milton.

Unharmonious <Xpage=1574>

Un`har*mo"ni*ous (?) , a. Inharmonious; unsymmetrical; also, unmusical; discordant. Swift . -- Un`har*mo"ni*ous*ly , adv.

Unharness <Xpage=1574>

Un*har"ness (?) , v. t. [1 st pref. un- + harness .] 1. To strip of harness; to loose from harness or gear; as, to unharness horses or oxen .

Cowper.

2. To disarm; to divest of armor.

Holinshed.

Unhasp <Xpage=1574>

Un*hasp" (?) , v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hasp .] To unloose the hasp of; to unclose.

Unhat <Xpage=1574>

Un*hat" (?) , v. t. & i. [1 st pref. un- + hat .] To take off the hat of; to remove one's hat, especially as a mark of respect.

H. Spenser.

Unhead <Xpage=1574>

Un*head" (?) , v. t. [1 st pref. un- + head .]

1. To take out the head of; as, to unhead a cask .

2. To decapitate; to behead. [Obs.]

T. Brown.

Unheal <Xpage=1574>

Un*heal" (?) , n. [Pref. un- not + heal health.] Misfortune; calamity; sickness. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Unheal <Xpage=1574>

Un*heal" , v. t. To uncover. See Unhele . [Obs.]

Unhealth <Xpage=1574>

Un"health (?) , n. Unsoundness; disease.

Unheard <Xpage=1574>

Un*heard" (?) , a. 1. Not heard; not perceived by the ear; as, words unheard by those present .

2. Not granted an audience or a hearing; not allowed to speak; not having made a defense, or stated one's side of a question; disregarded; unheeded; as, to condem<?/ a man unheard .

What pangs I feel, unpitied and unheard ! Dryden.

3. Not known to fame; not illustrious or celebrated; obscure.

Nor was his name unheard or unadored. Milton.

Unheard of . (a) Not heard of; of which there are no tidings. (b) Unknown to fame; obscure.

Glanvill.

Unheard-of <Xpage=1574>

Un*heard"-of (?) , a. New; unprecedented; unparalleled.

Swift.

Unheart <Xpage=1574>

Un*heart" (?) , v. t. [1 st pref. un- + heart .] To cause to lose heart; to dishearten. [Obs.]

Shak.

Unheedy <Xpage=1574>

Un*heed"y (?) , a. Incautious; precipitate; heedless. [Obs.]

Milton.

Unheired <Xpage=1574>

Un*heired" (?) , a. Destitute of an heir.

To leave him utterly unheired . Chapman.

Unhele <Xpage=1574>

Un*hele" (?) , n. Same as Unheal , n. [Obs.]

Unhele <Xpage=1574>

Un*hele" , v. t. [AS. unhelian . See 1st Un- , and Hele to cover.] To uncover. [Obs.]

Spenser. Marston.

Unhelm <Xpage=1574>

Un*helm" (?) , v. t. [1 st pref. un- + helm .] To deprive of the helm or helmet.

Sir W. Scott.

Unhelmed <Xpage=1574>

Un*helmed" (?) , a. 1. [Properly p. p. of unhelm .] Divested or deprived of the helm or helmet.

2. [Pref. un- not + helm .] Not wearing a helmet; without a helmet.

Sir W. Scott.

Unhelmet <Xpage=1574>

Un*hel"met (?) , v. t. [1 st pref. un- + helmet .] To deprive of the helmet.

Sir W. Scott.

Unhide <Xpage=1574>

Un*hide" (?) , v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hide .] To bring out from concealment; to discover. [Obs.]

P. Fletcher.

Unhinge <Xpage=1574>

Un*hinge" (?) , v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hinge .]

1. To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door .

2. To displace; to unfix by violence.

Blackmore.

3. To render unstable or wavering; to unsettle; as, to unhinge one's mind or opinions; to unhinge the nerves .

Why should I then unhinge my brains, ruin my mind? South.

His sufferings, nay the revolutions of his fate, had not in the least unhinged his mind. Walpole.

Unhingement <Xpage=1574>

Un*hinge"ment (?) , n. The act unhinging, or the state of being unhinged.

Unhitch <Xpage=1574>

Un*hitch" (?) , v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hitch .] To free from being hitched, or as if from being hitched; to unfasten; to loose; as, to unhitch a horse, or a trace .

Unhive <Xpage=1574>

Un*hive" (?) , v. t. v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hive .]

1. To drive or remove from a hive.

2. To deprive of habitation or shelter, as a crowd.

Unhoard <Xpage=1574>

Un*hoard" (?) , v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hoard .] To take or steal from a hoard; to pilfer.

Milton.

Unhold <Xpage=1574>

Un*hold" (?) , v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hold .] To cease to hold; to unhand; to release. [Obs.]

Otway.

Unholy <Xpage=1574>

Un*ho"ly (?) , a. Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked; impious. -- Un*ho"li*ly (#) , adv. -- Un*ho"li*ness , n.

Unhonest <Xpage=1574>

Un*hon"est (?) , a. Dishonest; dishonorable. Ascham . -- Un*hon"est*ly , adv.

Udall.

Unhood <Xpage=1574>

Un*hood" (?) , v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hood .] To remove a hood or disguise from.

Quarterly Rev.

Unhook <Xpage=1574>

Un*hook" (?) , v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hook .] To loose from a hook; to undo or open by loosening or unfastening the hooks of; as, to unhook a fish; to unhook a dress .

Unhoop <Xpage=1574>

Un*hoop" (?) , v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hoop .] To strip or deprive of hoops; to take away the hoops of.

Unhoped <Xpage=1574>

Un*hoped" (?) , a. Not hoped or expected. "With unhoped success."

Dryden.

Blessings of friends, which to my door Unasked, unhoped , have come. J. N. Newman.

Unhoped-for <Xpage=1574>

Un*hoped"-for (?) , a. Unhoped; unexpected.

Unhorse <Xpage=1574>

Un*horse" (?) , v. t. [1 st pref. un- + horse .] To throw from a horse; to cause to dismount; also, to take a horse or horses from; as, to unhorse a rider; to unhorse a carriage .

Cowper.

Unhosed <Xpage=1574>

Un*hosed" (?) , a. Without hose.

Unhospitable <Xpage=1574>

Un*hos"pi*ta*ble (?) , a. Inhospitable.

Unhouse <Xpage=1574>

Un*house" (?) , v. t. [1 st pref. un- + house .] To drive from a house or habitation; to dislodge; hence, to deprive of shelter.

Unhoused <Xpage=1574>

Un*housed" (?) , a. 1. [Properly p. p. of unhouse .] Driven from a house; deprived of shelter.

2. [Pref. un- + housed .] Not provided with a house or shelter; houseless; homeless.

Unhouseled <Xpage=1574>

Un*hou"seled (?) , a. Not having received the sacrament. [Obs.] [Written also unhouselled .]

To die like the houseless dog on yonder common, unshriven and unhouseled . Sir W. Scott.

Unhuman <Xpage=1574>

Un*hu"man (?) , a. Not human; inhuman.

Unhumanize <Xpage=1574>

Un*hu"man*ize (?) , v. t. [1 st pref. un- + humanize .] To render inhuman or barbarous.

J. Barlow.

Unhusked <Xpage=1574>

Un*husked" (?) , a. 1. [Pref. un- not + husked .] Not husked; having the husk on. <-- #2. "husked" here means having the husk removed. This word has opposite meanings. -->

2. [1 st pref. un- + husk , n.] Having the husk removed; without husk.

Bp. Hall.

Uni- <Xpage=1574>

U"ni- (?) . [L. unus one. See One .] A prefix signifying one , once ; as in uni axial, uni cellular.

Uniat, Uniate <Xpage=1574>

U"ni*at (?) , U"ni*ate (?) , n. (Eccl.) A member of the Greek Church, who nevertheless acknowledges the supremacy of the Pope of Rome; one of the United Greeks. Also used adjectively.

Uniaxal <Xpage=1574>

U`ni*ax"al (?) , a. [ Uni + axal .] Uniaxial. -- U`ni*ax"al*ly , adv.

Uniaxial <Xpage=1574>

U`ni*ax"i*al (?) , a. [ Uni + axial .] 1. (Crystallog.) Having but one optic axis, or line of no double refraction.

&hand; In uniaxial crystals, the optic axis has the direction of the vertical crystallographic axis. All tetragonal and hexagonal crystals are uniaxial .

2. (Biol.) Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; -- opposed to multiaxial .

Uniaxially <Xpage=1574>

U`ni*ax"i*al*ly , adv. In a uniaxial manner.

Unibranchiate <Xpage=1574>

U`ni*bran"chi*ate (?) , a. [ Uni- + branchiate .] (Zo\'94l.) Having but one gill, as certain molluscs.

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Unicameral <Xpage=1575>

U`ni*cam"e*ral (?) , a. [ Uni- + L. camera vault.] Having, or consisting of, a single chamber; -- said of a legislative assembly. [R.]

F. Lieber.

Unicapsular <Xpage=1575>

U`ni*cap"su*lar (?) . [ Uni- + capsular : cf. F. unicapsulaire .] (Bot.) Having but one capsule to each flower.

Unicarinated <Xpage=1575>

U`ni*car"i*na`ted (?) , a. [ Uni- + carinated .] Having one ridge or keel.

Craig.

Unicelled <Xpage=1575>

U"ni*celled` (?) , a. [ Uni- + cell .] (Biol.) Unicellular.

Unicellular <Xpage=1575>

U`ni*cel"lu*lar (?) , a. [ Uni- + cellular .] Having, or consisting of, but a single cell; as, a unicellular organism .

Unicentral <Xpage=1575>

U`ni*cen"tral (?) , a. [ Uni- + central .] (Biol.) Having a single center of growth.

Unicentral development , that form of development which takes place primarily around a single central point, as in the lowest of unicellular organisms.

Unicity <Xpage=1575>

U*nic"i*ty (?) , n. [L. unicus single. See Unique .] The condition of being united; quality of the unique; unification.

Not unity, but what the schoolmen call unicity . De Quincey.

The unicity we strive not to express, for that is impossible, but to designate by the nearest analogy. Coleridge.

Uniclinal <Xpage=1575>

U`ni*cli"nal (?) , a. [ Uni- + Gr. <?/ to incline.] (Geol.) See Nonoclinal .

Unicolorous <Xpage=1575>

U`ni*col"or*ous (?) , a. [ Uni- + color .] (Zo\'94l.) Having the surface of a uniform color.

Unicorn <Xpage=1575>

U"ni*corn (?) , n. [OE. unicorne , F. unicorne , L. unicornis one-horned, having a single horn; unus one + cornu a horn; cf. L. unicornuus a unicorn. See One , and Horn .] 1. A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often represented in heraldry as a supporter.

2. A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the Authorized Version of the Scriptures.

Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? Job xxxix. 10.

&hand; The unicorn mentioned in the Scripture was probably the urus. See the Note under Reem .

3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax. (b) The larva of a unicorn moth.

4. (Zo\'94l.) The kamichi; -- called also unicorn bird .

5. (Mil.) A howitzer. [Obs.]

Fossil unicorn , &or; Fossil unicorn's horn (Med.) , a substance formerly of great repute in medicine; -- named from having been supposed to be the bone or the horn of the unicorn. -- Unicorn fish , Unicorn whale (Zo\'94l.) , the narwhal. -- Unicorn moth (Zo\'94l.) , a notodontian moth ( C\'d2lodasys unicornis ) whose caterpillar has a prominent horn on its back; -- called also unicorn prominent . -- Unicorn root (Bot.) , a name of two North American plants, the yellow-flowered colicroot ( Aletris farinosa ) and the blazing star ( Cham\'91lirium luteum ). Both are used in medicine. -- Unicorn shell (Zo\'94l.) , any one of several species of marine gastropods having a prominent spine on the lip of the shell. Most of them belong to the genera Monoceros and Leucozonia .

Unicornous <Xpage=1575>

U`ni*cor"nous (?) , a. [See Unicorn .] (Zo\'94l.) Having but a single horn; -- said of certain insects. " Unicornous beetles."

Sir T. Browne.

Unicostate <Xpage=1575>

U`ni*cos"tate (?) , a. [ Uni- + costate .] (Bot.) Having a single rib or strong nerve running upward from the base; -- said of a leaf.

Unicursal <Xpage=1575>

U`ni*cur"sal (?) , a. [ Uni- + L. currere , cursum , to run.] (Geom.) That can be passed over in a single course; -- said of a curve when the co\'94rdinates of the point on the curve can be expressed as rational algebraic functions of a single parameter &theta;.

&hand; As &theta; varies minus infinity to plus infinity, to each value of &theta; there corresponds one, and only one, point of the curve, while to each point on the curve there corresponds one, and only one, value of &theta;. Straight lines, conic sections, curves of the third order with a nodal point, curves of the fourth order with three double points, etc., are unicursal .

Unideaed <Xpage=1575>

Un`i*de"aed (?) , a. Having no ideas; senseless; frivolous. " Unideaed girls."

Mrs. Hemans.

He [Bacon] received the unideaed page [Villiers] into his intimacy. Lord Campbell.

Unideal <Xpage=1575>

Un`i*de"al (?) , a. 1. Not ideal; real; unimaginative.

2. Unideaed. [R.]

Johnson.

Unidimensional <Xpage=1575>

Un`i*di*men"sion*al (?) , a. [ Uni- + dimensional .] (Math.) Having but one dimension. See Dimension .