U \U\ ([=u]),
the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, is a cursive
form of the letter V, with which it was formerly used
interchangeably, both letters being then used both as vowels
and consonants. U and V are now, however, differentiated, U
being used only as a vowel or semivowel, and V only as a
consonant. The true primary vowel sound of U, in Anglo-Saxon,
was the sound which it still retains in most of the languages
of Europe, that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in
wood, answering to the French ou in tour. Etymologically U is
most closely related to o, y (vowel), w, and v; as in two,
duet, dyad, twice; top, tuft; sop, sup; auspice, aviary. See
V, also O and Y. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect]
130-144.
Uakari \Ua*ka"ri\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Ouakari}.
Uberous \U"ber*ous\, a. [L. uber.]
Fruitful; copious; abundant; plentiful. [Obs.] --Sir T.
Herbert.
Uberty \U"ber*ty\, n. [L. ubertas.]
Fruitfulness; copiousness; abundance; plenty. [Obs.]
--Florio.
Ubication \U`bi*ca"tion\, Ubiety \U*bi"e*ty\, n. [NL. ubicatio,
ubietas, fr. L. ubi where.]
The quality or state of being in a place; local relation;
position or location; whereness. [R.] --Glanvill.
Ubiquarian \U`bi*qua"ri*an\, a.
Ubiquitous. [R.]
Ubiquitist \U"bi*qui*tist\, Ubiquitarian \U*biq`ui*ta"ri*an\, n.
[L. ubique everywhere: cf. F. ubiquiste, ubiquitaire. See
{Ubiquity}.] (Eccl. Hist.)
One of a school of Lutheran divines which held that the body
of Christ is present everywhere, and especially in the
eucharist, in virtue of his omnipresence. Called also
{ubiquitist}, and {ubiquitary}.
Ubiquitariness \U*biq"ui*ta*ri*ness\, n.
Quality or state of being ubiquitary, or ubiquitous. [R.]
--Fuller.
Ubiquitary \U*biq"ui*ta*ry\, a. [L. ubique everywhere. See
{Ubiquitarian}.]
Ubiquitous. --Howell.
Ubiquitary \U*biq"ui*ta*ry\, n.; pl. {Ubiquitaries}.
1. One who exists everywhere. --B. Jonson.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) A ubiquist. --Bp. Hall.
Ubiquitist \U*biq"ui*tist\, n.
Same as {Ubiquist}.
Ubiquitous \U*biq"ui*tous\, a. [See {Ubiquity}.]
Existing or being everywhere, or in all places, at the same
time; omnipresent. -- {U*biq"ui*tous*ly}, adv.
In this sense is he ubiquitous. --R. D.
Hitchcock.
Ubiquity \U*biq"ui*ty\, n. [L. ubique everywhere, fr. ubi where,
perhaps for cubi, quobi (cf. alicubi anywhere), and if so
akin to E. who: cf. F. ubiquit['e].]
1. Existence everywhere, or in places, at the same time;
omnipresence; as, the ubiquity of God is not disputed by
those who admit his existence.
The arms of Rome . . . were impeded by . . . the
wide spaces to be traversed and the ubiquity of the
enemy. --C. Merivale.
2. (Theol.) The doctrine, as formulated by Luther, that
Christ's glorified body is omnipresent.
Uchees \U"chees\, n. pl. (Ethnol.)
A tribe of North American Indians belonging to the Creek
confederation.
Uckewallist \Uck`e*wal"list\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
One of a sect of rigid Anabaptists, which originated in 1637,
and whose tenets were essentially the same as those of the
Mennonists. In addition, however, they held that Judas and
the murderers of Christ were saved. So called from the
founder of the sect, Ucke Wallis, a native of Friesland.
--Eadie.
Udal \U"dal\ ([=u]"dal), n. [Icel. [=o][eth]al allodium, an
hereditary estate; akin to Sw. odal allodial, Dan. odel.]
In Shetland and Orkney, a freehold; property held by udal, or
allodial, right.
Udal \U"dal\, a.
Allodial; -- a term used in Finland, Shetland, and Orkney.
See {Allodial}. --Burrill.
Udaler \U"dal*er\, Udalman \U"dal*man\, n.
In the Shetland and Orkney Islands, one who holds property by
udal, or allodial, right. --Sir W. Scott.
Udder \Ud"der\, n. [OE. uddir, AS. [=u]der; akin to D. uijer, G.
euter, OHG. [=u]tar, [=u]tiro, Icel. j[=u]gr, Sw. jufver,
jur, Dan. yver, L. uber, Gr. o"y^qar, Skr. [=u]dhar.
[root]216. Cf. {Exuberant}.]
1. (Anat.) The glandular organ in which milk is secreted and
stored; -- popularly called the {bag} in cows and other
quadrupeds. See {Mamma}.
A lioness, with udders all drawn dry. --Shak.
2. One of the breasts of a woman. [R.]
Yon Juno of majestic size, With cowlike udders, and
with oxlike eyes. --Pope.
Uddered \Ud"dered\, a.
Having an udder or udders.
Udderless \Ud"der*less\, a.
1. Destitute or deprived of an udder.
2. Hence, without mother's milk; motherless; as, udderless
lambs. [Poetic] --Keats.
Udometer \U*dom"e*ter\, n. [L. udus wet, moist + -meter.]
(Meteor.)
A rain gauge.
Ugh \Ugh\ ([oo^]), interj.
An exclamation expressive of disgust, horror, or recoil. Its
utterance is usually accompanied by a shudder.
Uglesome \Ug"le*some\ ([u^]g"'l*s[u^]m), a. [[root]3. See
{Ugly}.]
Ugly. [Obs.] ``Such an uglesome countenance.'' --Latimer.
Uglify \Ug"li*fy\, v. t. [Ugly + -fy.]
To disfigure; to make ugly. [R.] --Mad. D'Arblay.
Uglily \Ug"li*ly\, adv.
In an ugly manner; with deformity.
Ugliness \Ug"li*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being ugly.
Ugly \Ug"ly\, a. [Compar. {Uglier}; superl. {Ugliest}.] [Icel.
uggligr fearful, dreadful; uggr fear (akin to ugga to fear) +
-ligr (akin to E. -ly, like). ??. Cf. {Awe}.]
1. Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of
disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive;
deformed.
The ugly view of his deformed crimes. --Spenser.
Like the toad, ugly and venomous. --Shak.
O, I have passed a miserable night, So full of ugly
sights, of ghastly dreams. --Shak.
2. Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly
temper; to feel ugly. [Colloq. U. S.]
3. Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss;
as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer. [Colloq.]
Ugly \Ug"ly\, n.
A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet. [Colloq.
Eng.] --C. Kingsley.
Ugly \Ug"ly\, v. t.
To make ugly. [R.] --Richardson.
Ugrian \U"gri*an\, n. pl. (Ethnol.)
A Mongolian race, ancestors of the Finns. [Written also
{Uigrian}.]
Ugsome \Ug"some\, a. [??. See {Ugly}.]
Ugly; offensive; loathsome. [Obs.] -- {Ug"some*ness}, n.
[Obs.] ``The horror and ugsomeness of death.'' --Latimer.
Uhlan \Uh"lan\, n. [G. uhlan, Pol. ulan, hulan, from Turk.
ogl[=a]n a youth, lad; of Tartar origin.] [Written also
{ulan}, and formerly {hulan}.]
1. One of a certain description of militia among the Tartars.
2. (Mil.) One of a kind of light cavalry of Tartaric origin,
first introduced into European armies in Poland. They are
armed with lances, pistols, and sabers, and are employed
chiefly as skirmishers.
Uintatherium \U*in`ta*the"ri*um\, n. [NL., fr. Uinta, the Indian
name of the region where the animals were discovered + Gr.
qhri`on beast.] (Paleon.)
An extinct genus of large Eocene ungulates allied to
Dinoceras. This name is sometimes used for nearly all the
known species of the group. See {Dinoceras}.
Ukase \U*kase"\, n. [F., fr. Russ. ukas'; pref. u- + kazate to
show, to say.]
In Russia, a published proclamation or imperial order, having
the force of law.
Ulan \U"lan\, n.
See {Uhlan}.
Ularburong \U*lar"bu*rong\, n. [From the native Malay name.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A large East Indian nocturnal tree snake ({Dipsas
dendrophila}). It is not venomous.
Ulcer \Ul"cer\, n. [F. ulc[`e]re, L. ulcus, gen. ulceris, akin
to Gr. ?.]
1. (Med.) A solution of continuity in any of the soft parts
of the body, discharging purulent matter, found on a
surface, especially one of the natural surfaces of the
body, and originating generally in a constitutional
disorder; a sore discharging pus. It is distinguished from
an abscess, which has its beginning, at least, in the
depth of the tissues.
2. Fig.: Anything that festers and corrupts like an open
sore; a vice in character.
{Cold ulcer} (Med.), an ulcer on a finger or toe, due to
deficient circulation and nutrition. In such cases the
extremities are cold.
Ulcer \Ul"cer\, v. t.
To ulcerate. [R.] --Fuller.
Ulcerable \Ul"cer*a*ble\, a.
Capable of ulcerating.
Ulcerate \Ul"cer*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ulcerated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Ulcerating}.] [L. ulceratus, p. p. of ulcerare, fr.
ulcus ulcer.]
To be formed into an ulcer; to become ulcerous.
Ulcerate \Ul"cer*ate\, v. t.
To affect with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers. --Harvey.
Ulcerated \Ul"cer*a`ted\, a.
Affected with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers; as, an
ulcerated sore throat.
Ulceration \Ul`cer*a"tion\, n. [L. ulceratio: cf. F.
ulc['e]ration.] (Med.)
The process of forming an ulcer, or of becoming ulcerous; the
state of being ulcerated; also, an ulcer.
Ulcerative \Ul"cer*a*tive\, a.
Of or pertaining to ulcers; as, an ulcerative process.
Ulcered \Ul"cered\, a.
Ulcerous; ulcerated.
Ulcerous \Ul"cer*ous\, a. [L. ulcerous: cf. F. ulc['e]reux.]
1. Having the nature or character of an ulcer; discharging
purulent or other matter. --R. Browning.
2. Affected with an ulcer or ulcers; ulcerated.
It will but skin and film the ulcerous place.
--Shak.
-- {Ul"cer*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ul"cer*ous*ness}, n.
Ulcuscle \Ul"cus*cle\, Ulcuscule \Ul*cus"cule\, n. [L.
ulcusculum, dim. of ulcus. See {Ulcer}.]
A little ulcer. [R.]
Ule \U"le\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.)
A Mexican and Central American tree ({Castilloa elastica} and
{C. Markhamiana}) related to the breadfruit tree. Its milky
juice contains caoutchouc. Called also {ule tree}.
Ulema \U*le"ma\, n. [Ar. 'ulem[=a] the wise or learned men, pl.
of '[=a]lim wise, learned, fr. alima to know.]
A college or corporation in Turkey composed of the hierarchy,
namely, the imams, or ministers of religion, the muftis, or
doctors of law, and the cadis, or administrators of justice.
Ulexite \U"lex*ite\, n. [After a German chemist.] (Min.)
A mineral occurring in white rounded crystalline masses. It
is a hydrous borate of lime and soda.
Uliginose \U*lig"i*nose`\, Uliginous \U*lig"i*nous\, a. [L.
uliginosus, fr. uligo, -inis, moisture, fr. uvere to be
moist.]
Muddy; oozy; slimy; also, growing in muddy places. [R.]
--Woodward.
Ullage \Ul"lage\ (?; 48), n. [OF. eullage, ovillage, the filling
up of a cask, fr. ouillier, oillier, euillier, to fill a wine
cask; properly, to add oil to prevent evaporation, as to a
flask that is nearly full, fr. OF. oile oil. See {Oil}.]
(Com.)
The amount which a vessel, as a cask, of liquor lacks of
being full; wantage; deficiency.
Ullet \Ul"let\, n. [Cf. OF. hullote, E. howlet.] (Zo["o]l.)
A European owl ({Syrnium aluco}) of a tawny color; -- called
also {uluia}.
Ullmannite \Ull"mann*ite\, n. [So named after J. C. Ullman, a
German chemist.] (Min.)
A brittle mineral of a steel-gray color and metallic luster,
containing antimony, arsenic, sulphur, and nickel.
Ulluco \Ul*lu"co\, n. (Bot.)
See {Melluc?o}.
Ulmaceous \Ul*ma"ceous\, a. [L. ulmus an elm.] (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to a suborder of urticaceous plants, of
which the elm is the type.
Ulmate \Ul"mate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of ulmic acid.
Ulmic \Ul"mic\, a. [L. ulmus an elm: cf. F. ulmique.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to ulmin; designating an acid obtained from ulmin.
Ulmin \Ul"min\, n. [L. ulmus an elm: cf. F. ulmine.] (Chem.)
A brown amorphous substance found in decaying vegetation. Cf.
{Humin}. [Formerly written {ulmine}.]
Ulmus \Ul"mus\, n. [L., an elm.] (Bot.)
A genus of trees including the elm.
Ulna \Ul"na\, n. [L., the elbow. See {Ell}.]
1. (Anat.) The postaxial bone of the forearm, or branchium,
corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. See
{Radius}.
2. (O. Eng. Law) An ell; also, a yard. --Burrill.
Ulnage \Ul"nage\, n. [See {Ulna}, and cf. {Alnage}.] (Old Eng.
Law)
Measurement by the ell; alnage.
Ulnar \Ul"nar\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the ulna, or the elbow; as, the ulnar
nerve.
Ulnare \Ul*na"re\, n.; pl. {Ulnaria}. [NL. See {Ulna}.] (Anat.)
One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus, which
articulates with the ulna and corresponds to the cuneiform in
man.
Ulodendron \U`lo*den"dron\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, for ? whole + ?
tree.] (Paleon.)
A genus of fossil trees.
Ulonata \U`lo*na"ta\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of insects nearly equivalent to the true
Orthoptera.
Ulotrichan \U*lot"ri*chan\, a. (Anthropol.)
Of or pertaining to the Ulotrichi. -- n. One of the
Ulotrichi.
Ulotrichi \U*lot"ri*chi\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?,
woolly-haired; ? woolly + ?, ?, hair.] (Anthropol.)
The division of mankind which embraces the races having
woolly or crispy hair. Cf. {Leiotrichi}.
Ulotrichous \U*lot"ri*chous\, a. (Anthropol.)
Having woolly or crispy hair; -- opposed to leiotrichous.
Ulster \Ul"ster\, n.
A long, loose overcoat, worn by men and women, originally
made of frieze from Ulster, Ireland.
Ulterior \Ul*te"ri*or\, a. [L., comp. of ultra, ultro, beyond,
on the other side, properly cases of an old adjective, formed
with a comparative suffix, which is akin to OL. uls beyond,
L. olim formerly, hereafter, orig., at that time, ille that,
OL. olle, ollus. Cf. {Outrage}.]
1. Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; --
correlative with hither.
2. Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior
demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior
measures will be adopted is uncertain.
{Ulterior object} or {aim}, an object or aim beyond that
which is avowed.
Ulterior \Ul*te"ri*or\, n.
Ulterior side or part. [R.] --Coleridge.
Ulteriorly \Ul*te"ri*or*ly\, adv.
More distantly or remotely.
Ultima \Ul"ti*ma\, a. [L., fem. ultimus last.]
Most remote; furthest; final; last.
{Ultima ratio} [L.], the last reason or argument; the last
resort.
{Ultima Thule}. [L.] See {Thule}.
Ultima \Ul"ti*ma\, n. [L., fem. of ultimus last.] (Gram. &
Pros.)
The last syllable of a word.
Ultimate \Ul"ti*mate\, a. [LL. ultimatus last, extreme, fr. L.
ultimare to come to an end, fr. ultimus the farthest, last,
superl. from the same source as ulterior. See {Ulterior}, and
cf. {Ultimatum}.]
1. Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last;
final.
My harbor, and my ultimate repose. --Milton.
Many actions apt to procure fame are not conductive
to this our ultimate happiness. --Addison.
2. Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended
toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last
result; final.
Those ultimate truths and those universal laws of
thought which we can not rationally contradict.
--Coleridge.
3. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further
division or separation; constituent; elemental; as, an
ultimate constituent of matter.
{Ultimate analysis} (Chem.), organic analysis. See under
{Organic}.
{Ultimate belief}. See under {Belief}.
{Ultimate ratio} (Math.), the limiting value of a ratio, or
that toward which a series tends, and which it does not
pass.
Syn: Final; conclusive. See {Final}.
Ultimate \Ul"ti*mate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Ultimated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Ultimating}.]
1. To come or bring to an end; to eventuate; to end. [R.]
2. To come or bring into use or practice. [R.]
Ultimately \Ul"ti*mate*ly\, adv.
As a final consequence; at last; in the end; as, afflictions
often tend to correct immoral habits, and ultimately prove
blessings.
Ultimation \Ul`ti*ma"tion\, n.
State of being ultimate; that which is ultimate, or final;
ultimatum. [R.] --Swift.
Ultimatum \Ul`ti*ma"tum\, n.; pl. E. {Ultimatums}, L.
{Ultimata}. [NL. See {Ultimate}.]
A final proposition, concession, or condition; especially,
the final propositions, conditions, or terms, offered by
either of the parties in a diplomatic negotiation; the most
favorable terms a negotiator can offer, the rejection of
which usually puts an end to the hesitation.
Ultime \Ul"time\, a.
Ultimate; final. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Ultimity \Ul*tim"i*ty\, n. [LL. ultimatus extremity, fr. L.
ultimus the last.]
The last stage or consequence; finality. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Ultimo \Ul"ti*mo\ [L. ultimo (mense) in the last month.]
In the month immediately preceding the present; as, on the
1st ultimo; -- usually abbreviated to ult. Cf. {Proximo}.
Ultion \Ul"tion\, n. [L. ultio.]
The act of taking vengeance; revenge. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Ultra- \Ul"tra-\, a.
A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see {Ulterior}), having
in composition the signification beyond, on the other side,
chiefly when joined with words expressing relations of place;
as, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical,
etc. In other relations it has the sense of excessively,
exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or
proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic,
ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc.
Ultra \Ul"tra\, a. [See {Ultra-}.]
Going beyond others, or beyond due limit; extreme; fanatical;
uncompromising; as, an ultra reformer; ultra measures.
Ultra \Ul"tra\, n.
One who advocates extreme measures; an ultraist; an
extremist; a radical. --Brougham.
Ultrage \Ul"trage\, n.
Outrage. [Obs.]
Ultraism \Ul"tra*ism\, n. [Cf. F. ultra["i]sme. See {Ultra-}.]
The principles of those who advocate extreme measures, as
radical reform, and the like. --Dr. H. More.
Ultraist \Ul"tra*ist\, n.
One who pushes a principle or measure to extremes; an
extremist; a radical; an ultra.
Ultramarine \Ul`tra*ma*rine"\, a. [Pref. ultra- + marine.]
Situated or being beyond the sea. --Burke.
Ultramarine \Ul`tra*ma*rine"\, n. [Cf. Sp. ultramarino. So
called because the lapis lazuli was originally brought from
beyond the sea, -- from Asia.] (Chem.)
A blue pigment formerly obtained by powdering lapis lazuli,
but now produced in large quantities by fusing together
silica, alumina, soda, and sulphur, thus forming a glass,
colored blue by the sodium polysulphides made in the fusion.
Also used adjectively.
{Green ultramarine}, a green pigment obtained as a first
product in the manufacture of ultramarine, into which it
is changed by subsequent treatment.
{Ultramarine ash} or {ashes} (Paint.), a pigment which is the
residuum of lapis lazuli after the ultramarine has been
extracted. It was used by the old masters as a middle or
neutral tint for flesh, skies, and draperies, being of a
purer and tenderer gray that produced by the mixture of
more positive colors. --Fairholt.
Ultramontane \Ul`tra*mon"tane\, [LL. ultramontanus; L. ultra
beyond + montanus belonging to a mountain, from mons, montis,
mountain: cf. F. ultramontain, It. ultramontano. See
{Ultra-}, and {Mountain}.]
Being beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond the
Alps, in respect to the one who speaks.
Note: This term was first applied, somewhat contemptuously,
by the Italians, to the nations north of the Alps,
especially the Germans and French, their painters,
jurists, etc. At a later period, the French and Germans
applied it to the Italians. It is now more particularly
used in respect to religious matters; and ultramontane
doctrines, when spoken of north of the Alps, denote the
extreme views of the pope's rights and supremacy
maintained by Bellarmin and other Italian writers.
Ultramontane \Ul`tra*mon"tane\, n.
1. One who resides beyond the mountains, especially beyond
the Alps; a foreigner.
2. One who maintains extreme views favoring the pope's
supremacy. See {Ultramontanism}.
Ultramontanism \Ul`tra*mon"ta*nism\, n. [Cf. F.
ultramontanisme.]
The principles of those within the Roman Catholic Church who
maintain extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy; -- so
used by those living north of the Alps in reference to the
Italians; -- rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring
to the views of those living north of the Alps and opposed to
the papal claims. Cf. {Gallicanism}.
Ultramontanist \Ul`tra*mon"ta*nist\, n.
One who upholds ultramontanism.
Ultramundane \Ul`tra*mun"dane\, a. [L. ultramundanus. See
{Ultra-}, and {Mundane}.]
Being beyond the world, or beyond the limits of our system.
--Boyle.
Ultrared \Ul`tra*red"\, a. [Pref. ultra- + red.] (Physics)
Situated beyond or below the red rays; as, the ultrated rays
of the spectrum, which are less refrangible than the red.
Ultratropical \Ul`tra*trop"ic*al\, a. [Pref. ultra- + tropical.]
Situated beyond, or outside of, the tropics; extratropical;
also, having an excessively tropical temperature; warmer than
the tropics.
Ultraviolet \Ul`tra*vi"o*let\, a. [Pref. ultra- + violet.]
(Physics)
Lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end; -- said
of rays more refrangible than the extreme violet rays of the
spectrum.
Ultra vires \Ul`tra vi"res\, [Law Latin, from L. prep. ultra
beyond + vires, pl. of. vis strength.]
Beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase used
frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations
in excess of their chartered or statutory rights.
Ultrazodiacal \Ul`tra*zo*di"a*cal\, a. [Pref. ultra- +
zodiacal.] (Astron.)
Outside the zodiac; being in that part of the heavens that is
more than eight degrees from the ecliptic; as, ultrazodiacal
planets, that is, those planets which in part of their orbits
go beyond the zodiac.
Ultroneous \Ul*tro"ne*ous\, a. [L. ultroneus, from ultro to the
further side, on his part, of one's own accord. See
{Ultra-}.]
Spontaneous; voluntary. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. --
{Ul*tro"ne*ous*ly}, adv. [Obs.] -- {Ul*tro"ne*ous*ness}, n.
[Obs.]
Ulula \Ul"u*la\, n. [L., a screech owl.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of owls including the great gray owl ({Ulula
cinerea}) of Arctic America, and other similar species. See
Illust. of {Owl}.
Ululant \Ul"u*lant\, a.
Howling; wailing.
Ululate \Ul"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ululated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Ululating}.] [L. ululatus, p. p. of ululare to howl,
yell, shriek.]
To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals.
--Sir T. Herbert.
Ululation \Ul`u*la"tion\, n. [L. ululatio.]
A howling, as of a dog or wolf; a wailing.
He may fright others with his ululation. --Wither.
Ulva \Ul"va\, n. [L., sedge.] (Bot.)
A genus of thin papery bright green seaweeds including the
kinds called sea lettuce.
Umbe \Um"be\, prep. [AS. ymbe; akin to OHG. umbi, G. um. Cf.
{Amb-}.]
About. [Obs.] --Layamon.
Umbecast \Um"be*cast`\, v. i. [Umbe + cast.]
To cast about; to consider; to ponder. [Obs.] --Sir T.
Malory.
Umbel \Um"bel\, n. [L. umbella a little shadow, umbrella, dim.
of umbra shade. See {Umbrella}.] (Bot.)
A kind of flower cluster in which the flower stalks radiate
from a common point, as in the carrot and milkweed. It is
simple or compound; in the latter case, each peduncle bears
another little umbel, called umbellet, or umbellule.
Umbellar \Um"bel*lar\, a. (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to an umbel; having the form of an umbel.
Umbellate \Um"bel*late\, Umbellated \Um"bel*la`ted\, a. [NL.
umbellatus.] (Bot.)
Bearing umbels; pertaining to an umbel; umbel-like; as,
umbellate plants or flowers.
Umbellet \Um"bel*let\, n. (Bot.)
A small or partial umbel; an umbellule.
Umbellic \Um*bel"lic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, certain umbelliferous
plants; as, umbellic acid.
{Umbellic acid}. (Chem.)
(a) Anisic acid. [Obs.]
(b) A yellow powder obtained from umbelliferone.
Umbellifer \Um*bel"li*fer\, n. [NL. See {Umbelliferous}.] (Bot.)
A plant producing an umbel or umbels.
Umbelliferone \Um`bel*lif"er*one\, n. (Chem.)
A tasteless white crystalline substance, {C9H6O3}, found in
the bark of a certain plant ({Daphne Mezereum}), and also
obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the
{Umbellifer[ae]}, as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is
analogous to coumarin. Called also {hydroxy-coumarin}.
Umbelliferous \Um`bel*lif"er*ous\, a. [Umbel + -ferous: cf. F.
ombillif[`e]re.] (Bot.)
(a) Producing umbels.
(b) Of or pertaining to a natural order ({Umbellifer[ae]}) of
plants, of which the parsley, carrot, parsnip, and fennel
are well-known examples.
Umbellularia \Um*bel`lu*la"ri*a\, n. [NL. {Umbellule}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A genus of deep-sea alcyonaria consisting of a cluster of
large flowerlike polyps situated at the summit of a long,
slender stem which stands upright in the mud, supported by a
bulbous base.
Umbellule \Um"bel*lule\, n. [NL. umbellula, dim. of umbella: cf.
F. ombellule.] (Bot.)
An umbellet.
Umber \Um"ber\, n. [F. ombre ocherous ore of iron, terre
d'ombre, It. terra d'ombra, literally, earth of shadow or
shade, L. umbra shadow, shade. Cf. {Umber}, 3 & 4,
{Umbrage}.]
1. (Paint.) A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and
water colors, obtained from certain natural clays
variously colored by the oxides of iron and manganese. It
is commonly heated or burned before being used, and is
then called {burnt umber}; when not heated, it is called
{raw umber}. See {Burnt umber}, below.
2. An umbrere. [Obs.]
3. [F. ombre, umbre, L. umbra.] (Zo["o]l.) See {Grayling}, 1.
4. [Cf. NL. scopus umbretta, F. ombrette; probably fr. L.
umbra shade, in allusion to its dark brown color. See
{Umber} a pigment.] (Zo["o]l.) An African wading bird
({Scopus umbretta}) allied to the storks and herons. It is
dull dusky brown, and has a large occipital crest. Called
also {umbrette}, {umbre}, and {umber bird}.
{Burnt umber} (Paint.), a pigment made by burning raw umber,
which is changed by this process from an olive brown to a
bright reddish brown.
{Cologne}, or {German}, {umber}, a brown pigment obtained
from lignite. See {Cologne earth}.
Umber \Um"ber\, a.
Of or pertaining to umber; resembling umber; olive-brown;
dark brown; dark; dusky.
Their harps are of the umber shade That hides the blush
of waking day. --J. R. Drake.
Umber \Um"ber\, v. t.
To color with umber; to shade or darken; as, to umber over
one's face. --B. Jonson.
Umbery \Um"ber*y\, a.
Of or pertaining to umber; like umber; as, umbery gold.
Umbilic \Um*bil"ic\, n. [From L. umbilicus: cf. F. ombilic. See
{Navel}.]
1. The navel; the center. [Obs.] ``The umbilic of the
world.'' --Sir T. Herbert.
2. (Geom.) An umbilicus. See {Umbilicus}, 5
(b) .
Umbilic \Um*bil"ic\, a. (Anat.)
See {Umbilical}, 1.
Umbilical \Um*bil"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. ombilical. See {Umbilic},
n.]
1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical
cord; umbilic.
2. Pertaining to the center; central. [R.] --De Foe.
{Umbilical cord}.
(a) (Anat.) The cord which connects the fetus with the
placenta, and contains the arteries and the vein
through which blood circulates between the fetus and
the placenta; the navel-string.
(b) (Bot.) The little stem by which the seeds are attached
to the placenta; -- called also {funicular cord}.
{Umbilical hernia} (Med.), hernia of the bowels at the
umbilicus.
{Umbilical point} (Geom.), an umbilicus. See {Umbilicus}, 5.
{Umbilical region} (Anat.), the middle region of the abdomen,
bounded above by the epigastric region, below by the
hypogastric region, and on the sides by the lumbar
regions.
{Umbilical vesicle} (Anat.), a saccular appendage of the
developing embryo, containing the nutritive and
unsegmented part of the ovum; the yolk sac. See Illust. in
Appendix.
Umbilicate \Um*bil"i*cate\, Umbilicated \Um*bil"i*ca`ted\, a.
[L. umbilicatus. See {Umbilic}.]
(a) Depressed in the middle, like a navel, as a flower,
fruit, or leaf; navel-shaped; having an umbilicus; as,
an umbilicated smallpox vesicle.
(b) (Bot.) Supported by a stalk at the central point.
Umbilication \Um*bil"i*ca"tion\, n.
A slight, navel-like depression, or dimpling, of the center
of a rounded body; as, the umbilication of a smallpox
vesicle; also, the condition of being umbilicated.
Umbilicus \Um`bi*li"cus\, n. [L. See {Umbilic}.]
1. (Anat.) The depression, or mark, in the median line of the
abdomen, which indicates the point where the umbilical
cord separated from the fetus; the navel.
2. (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) An ornamented or painted ball or boss
fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts
were rolled. --Dr. W. Smith.
3. (Bot.) The hilum.
4. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A depression or opening in the center of the base of
many spiral shells.
(b) Either one of the two apertures in the calamus of a
feather.
5. (Geom.)
(a) One of foci of an ellipse, or other curve. [Obs.]
(b) A point of a surface at which the curvatures of the
normal sections are all equal to each other. A sphere
may be osculatory to the surface in every direction at
an umbilicus. Called also {umbilic}.
Umble pie \Um"ble pie`\
A pie made of umbles. See {To eat humble pie}, under
{Humble}.
Umbles \Um"bles\, n. pl. [See {Nombles}.]
The entrails and coarser parts of a deer; hence, sometimes,
entrails, in general. [Written also {humbles}.] --Johnson.
Umbo \Um"bo\, n.; pl. L. {Umbones}, E. {Umbos}. [L.]
1. The boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually
projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.
2. A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding
depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane; as, the umbo
in the integument of the larv[ae] of echinoderms or in the
tympanic membrane of the ear.
3. (Zo["o]l.) One of the lateral prominence just above the
hinge of a bivalve shell.
Umbonate \Um"bo*nate\, Umbonated \Um"bo*na`ted\, a. [NL.
umbonatus. See {Umbo}.]
Having a conical or rounded projection or protuberance, like
a boss.
Umbra \Um"bra\, n.; pl. {Umbr[ae]}. [L., a shadow.]
1. (Astron.)
(a) The conical shadow projected from a planet or
satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within
which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's
disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra. See
{Penumbra}.
(b) The central dark portion, or nucleus, of a sun spot.
(c) The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly
called penumbra.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of sci[ae]noid food
fishes of the genus {Umbrina}, especially the
Mediterranean species ({U. cirrhosa}), which is highly
esteemed as a market fish; -- called also {ombre}, and
{umbrine}.
{Umbra tree} (Bot.), a tree ({Phytolacca diocia}) of the same
genus as pokeweed. It is native of South America, but is
now grown in southern Europe. It has large dark leaves,
and a somber aspect. The juice of its berries is used for
coloring wine. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
Umbraculiferous \Um*brac`u*lif"er*ous\, a. [L. umbraculum
umbrella (dim. of umbra shade) + -ferous.] (Bot.)
Bearing something like an open umbrella.
Umbraculiform \Um*brac`u*li*form\, a. [L. umbraculum any thing
that furnishes shade, a bower, umbrella (dim. of umbra a
shade) + -form.]
Having the form of anything that serves to shade, as a tree
top, an umbrella, and the like; specifically (Bot.), having
the form of an umbrella; umbrella-shaped.
Umbrage \Um"brage\ (?; 48), n. [F. ombrage shade, suspicion,
umbrage, L. umbraticus belonging to shade, fr. umbra a shade.
Cf. {Umber}, {Umbratic}.]
1. Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a
shade, as a screen of trees or foliage.
Where highest woods, impenetrable To star or
sunlight, spread their umbrage broad. --Milton.
2. Shadowy resemblance; shadow. [Obs.]
The opinion carries no show of truth nor umbrage of
reason on its side. --Woodward.
3. The feeling of being overshadowed; jealousy of another, as
standing in one's light or way; hence, suspicion of injury
or wrong; offense; resentment.
Which gave umbrage to wiser than myself. --Evelyn.
Persons who feel most umbrage from the overshadowing
aristocracy. --Sir W.
Scott.
Umbrageous \Um*bra"geous\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. ombraqeux shy,
skittish, suspicious, in OF. also, shady. See {Umbrage}.]
1. Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as,
umbrageous trees or foliage.
Umbrageous grots and caves Of cool recess, o'er
which the mantling vine Lays forth her purple grape.
--Milton.
2. Not easily perceived, as if from being darkened or shaded;
obscure. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
3. Feeling jealousy or umbrage; taking, or disposed to take,
umbrage; suspicious. [Obs.] --Bp. Warburton. --
{Um*bra"geous*ly}, adv. -- {Um*bra"geous*ness}, n.
Umbrate \Um"brate\, v. t. [L. umbratus, p. p. of umbrare to
shade, fr. umbra a shade.]
To shade; to shadow; to foreshadow. [Obs.]
Umbratic \Um*brat"ic\, Umbratical \Um*brat"ic*al\, a. [L.
umbraticus, from umbra shade. See {Umbrage}.]
Of or pertaining to the shade or darkness; shadowy; unreal;
secluded; retired. [R.] --B. Jonson.
Umbratile \Um"bra*tile\, a. [L. umbraticus, fr. umbra shade.]
Umbratic. [R.] --B. Jonson.
Umbratious \Um*bra"tious\, a. [L. umbra a shade. Cf.
{Umbrageous}.]
Suspicious; captious; disposed to take umbrage. [Obs. & R.]
--Sir H. Wotton.
Umbre \Um"bre\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Umber}.
Umbrel \Um*brel"\, n.
An umbrella. [Obs. or Colloq.]
Each of them besides bore their umbrels. --Shelton.
Umbrella \Um*brel"la\, n. [It. umbrella, fr. ombra a shade, L.
umbra; cf. L. umbella a sunshade, a parasol. Cf. {Umbel},
{Umbrage}.]
1. A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for
sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from
rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other
fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other
elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick
by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of
being opened and closed with ease. See {Parasol}.
Underneath the umbrella's oily shed. --Gay.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a
jellyfish.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the
genus {Umbrella}, having an umbrella-shaped shell; --
called also {umbrella shell}.
{Umbrella ant} (Zo["o]l.), the sauba ant; -- so called
because it carries bits of leaves over its back when
foraging. Called also {parasol ant}.
{Umbrella bird} (Zo["o]l.), a South American bird
({Cephalopterus ornatus}) of the family {Cotingid[ae]}. It
is black, with a large handsome crest consisting of a mass
of soft, glossy blue feathers curved outward at the tips.
It also has a cervical plume consisting of a long,
cylindrical dermal process covered with soft hairy
feathers. Called also {dragoon bird}.
{Umbrella leaf} (Bot.), an American perennial herb
({Dyphylleia cymosa}), having very large peltate and lobed
radical leaves.
{Umbrella shell}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Umbrella}, 3.
{Umbrella tree} (Bot.), a kind of magnolia ({M. Umbrella})
with the large leaves arranged in umbrellalike clusters at
the ends of the branches. It is a native of Pennsylvania,
Virginia, and Kentucky. Other plants in various countries
are called by this name, especially a kind of screw pine
({Pandanus odoratissimus}).
Umbrere \Um*brere\, Umbriere \Um*briere\, n. [F. ombre a shade,
L. umbra; cf. F. ombrelle a sunshade, OF. also ombri[`e]re.
See {Umbrella}.]
In ancient armor, a visor, or projection like the peak of a
cap, to which a face guard was sometimes attached. This was
sometimes fixed, and sometimes moved freely upon the helmet
and could be raised like the beaver. Called also {umber}, and
umbril. [Obs.]
But only vented up her umbriere. --Spenser.
Umbrette \Um*brette"\, n. [F. ombrette.] (Zo["o]l.)
See {Umber}, 4.
Umbriferous \Um*brif"er*ous\, a. [L. umbrifer; umbra a shade +
ferre to bear.]
Casting or making a shade; umbrageous. --
{Um*brif"er*ous*ly}, adv.
Umbril \Um"bril\, n.
A umbrere. [Obs.]
Umbrine \Um"brine\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Umbra}, 2.
Umbrose \Um"brose`\, a. [L. umbrosus, fr. umbra a shade.]
Shady; umbrageous. [Obs.]
Umbrosity \Um*bros"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being umbrose; shadiness. [Obs.]
--Sir T. Browne.
Umhofo \Um*ho"fo\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An African two-horned rhinoceros ({Atelodus, or Rhinoceros,
simus}); -- called also {chukuru}, and {white rhinoceros}.
Umlaut \Um"laut\, n. [G., from um about + laut sound.] (Philol.)
The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the
influence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable which
formerly followed.
Note: It is peculiar to the Teutonic languages, and was
common in Anglo-Saxon. In German the umlauted vowels
resulting from a, o, u, followed by old i, are written
["a], ["o], ["u], or ae, oe, ue; as, m["a]nner or
maenner, men, from mann, man. Examples of forms
resulting from umlaut in English are geese pl. of
goose, men pl. of man, etc.
Umlauted \Um"laut*ed\, a. (Philol.)
Having the umlaut; as, umlauted vowels.
There is so natural connection between umlauted forms
and plurality. --Earle.
Umpirage \Um"pi*rage\ (?; 48), n. [From {Umpire}.]
1. The office of an umpire; the power, right, or authority of
an umpire to decide.
The mind umpirage of the federal Union. --E.
Everett.
2. The act of umpiring; arbitrament. --Bp. Hall.
Umpire \Um"pire\, n. [OE. nompere, nounpere (also impier, fr. F.
impair uneven), fr. OF. nomper uneven, F. non-pair; hence the
meaning, uneven, i. e., third person; non not + OF. per even,
equal, peer, F. pair; cf. L. impar uneven, unequal. See
{Non-}, and {Peer}, n.]
1. A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question
between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see
that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the
like, are strictly observed.
A man, in questions of this kind, is able to be a
skillful umpire between himself and others.
--Barrow.
2. (Law) A third person, who is to decide a controversy or
question submitted to arbitrators in case of their
disagreement. --Blackstone.
Syn: Judge; arbitrator; referee. See {Judge}.
Umpire \Um"pire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Umpired}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Umpiring}.]
1. To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a
dispute.
Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest
between them, and to decide where the right lies.
--South.
2. To perform the duties of umpire in or for; as, to umpire a
game. [Colloq.]
Umpire \Um"pire\, v. i.
To act as umpire or arbitrator.
Umpireship \Um"pire*ship\, n.
Umpirage; arbitrament. --Jewel.
Umpress \Um"press\, n.
Female umpire. [R.] --Marston.
Umquhile \Um"quhile\, adv. [Cf. OF. umwhile for a time. See
{While}.]
Some time ago; formerly. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. -- a.
Former. [Scot.]
Un- \Un-\ [OE. un-, on-, the unaccented form of the accented
prefix and- (cf. {Answer}); akin to D. ont-, G. ent-, OHG.
int-, Goth. and-. See {Anti-}.]
An inseparable verbal prefix or particle. It is prefixed:
(a) To verbs to express the contrary, and not the simple
negative, of the action of the verb to which it is
prefixed; as in uncoil, undo, unfold.
(b) To nouns to form verbs expressing privation of the thing,
quality, or state expressed by the noun, or separation
from it; as in unchild, unsex. Sometimes particles and
participial adjectives formed with this prefix coincide
in form with compounds of the negative prefix un- (see 2d
{Un-}); as in undone (from undo), meaning unfastened,
ruined; and undone (from 2d un- and done) meaning not
done, not finished. Un- is sometimes used with an
intensive force merely; as in unloose.
Note: Compounds of this prefix are given in full in their
proper order in the Vocabulary.
Un- \Un-\ [OE. & AS. un-; akin to OFries. un-, D. on-, OS.,
OHG., & G. un-, Icel. [=o]-, [=u]-, Sw. o-, Dan. u-, W. an-,
L. in-, Gr. ?, ?, Skr. an-, a-. [root]193. Cf. {A-} not {In-}
not, No, adv.]
An inseparable prefix, or particle, signifying not; in-;
non-. In- is prefixed mostly to words of Latin origin, or
else to words formed by Latin suffixes; un- is of much wider
application, and is attached at will to almost any adjective,
or participle used adjectively, or adverb, from which it may
be desired to form a corresponding negative adjective or
adverb, and is also, but less freely, prefixed to nouns. Un-
sometimes has merely an intensive force; as in unmerciless,
unremorseless.
I . Un- is prefixed to adjectives, or to words used
adjectively. Specifically:
(a) To adjectives, to denote the absence of the quality
designated by the adjective; as,
(b) To past particles, or to adjectives formed after the
analogy of past particles, to indicate the absence of the
condition or state expressed by them; as,
Unabolishable Unabsolvable Unabsurd Unabundant Unaccordant
Unadoptable Unadventurous Unaffable Unaffectionate Unafraid
Unalliable Unallowablew Unalterable Unambiguous Unambitious
Unamendable Un-American Unamusive Unangular Unanxious
Unapocryphal Unapostolic [break] Unapparent Unappeasable
Unapplausive Unappreciable Unapprehensible Unapprehensive
Unapproachable Unartificial Unartistic Unassailable Unattainable
Unattentive Unauthentic Unavailable Unbailable Unbearable
Unbeautiful Unbeliefful Unbelievable Unbeneficial Unbenevolent
Unblamable [break] Unblemishable Unblissful Unboastful Unbold
Unbookish Unbounteous Unbribable Unbrotherly Unburdensome
Unbusinesslike Unbusy Uncandid Uncanonical Uncaptious Uncareful
Uncelestial Unceremonious Unchallengeable Unchangeable Unchary
Unchastisable Uncheerful
Uncheery Unchildish Unchivalrous Uncholeri Unchristianlike
Uncircumspect Uncivic Unclassible Unclassic Unclassical
Uncleanly Unclear Unclerical Unclerklike Unclose Uncloudy
Unclubbable Uncoagulable Uncogitable Uncollectible Uncomic
Uncommendable Uncommercial Uncommunicable Uncommunicative
Uncompact Uncompanionable Uncompassionate Uncompellable
Uncompetitive Uncomplaisant Uncompliant
Uncomplimentary Unconcealable Unconcurrent Unconditionate
Unconfinable Unconfutable Uncongealable Uncongenial Unconjugal
Unconjunctive Unconquerable Unconsecrate Uncontainable
Uncontaminate Uncontradictable Uncontrite Unconvenable
Unconventional Unconversable Unconversant Unconvertible
Uncoquettish Uncordial Uncorpulent Uncorrespondent Uncorruptible
Uncorruptive Uncostly Uncounselable Uncountable Uncounterfeit
Uncourteous Uncourtierlike Uncourtly Uncrafty Uncreatable
Uncritical Uncrystalline Uncultivable Uncurious Uncustomary
Undangerous Undaughterly Undead Unddeceivable Undecidable
Undecipherable Undeclinable Undecomposable Undefinable
Undelectable Undeliberate Undelightful Undeliverable
Undemocratic Undemonstrable Undemonstrative Undeniable
Underogatory Undescendible Undescribable Undesirable Undesirous
Undescribable Undevout Undiaphonous Undiligent Undiminishable
Undiscernible Undisciplinable Undiscordant Undiscoverable
Undissolvable Undistinguishable Undividable Undivine Undomestic
Undoubtful [break]
Undrainable Undramatic Undrinkable Undurable Unduteous Undutiful
Unearnest Uneatable Unecclesiastical Unedible Unelaborate
Unelective Unelusive Unemotional Unemphatic Unemployable
Unendurable Un-English Unentire Unenviable Unenvious Unepiscopal
Unequible Unerrable Unescapable Unevangelical Uneventful
Unevident Unexact Unexaminable Unexceptionable Unexclusive
Unexemplary Unexempt Unexhaustible Unexistent Unexpectable
Unexpectant Unexplainable Unexpress Unexpressible Unexpugnable
Unextinct Unfactious Unfadable Unfain Unfamiliar Unfamous
Unfashionable Unfast Unfatherly Unfathomable Unfaulty Unfearful
Unfeasible Unf Unfelicitous Unfelt Unfeminine Unfermentable
Unfestival Unfine Unfleshy Unfluent Unforcible Unfordable
Unforeknowable Unforeseeable Unforgetful Unforgivable Unformal
Unframable Unfraternal Unfriable Unfrightful Unfrustrable Unfull
Ungainable Ungainful Ungallant Ungenial Ungenteel Ungentle
Ungentlemanlike Ungentlemanly Ungeometrical Unghostly Unglad
Ungodlike Ungood Ungoodly Ungorgeous Ungrammatical Ungrave
Unguidable Unguilty Unhabile Unhabitable Unhale Unhandy Unhardy
Unharmful Unhasty Unhazardous Unhealable Unhealthful Unhealthy
Unheavenly Unheedful Unhelpful Unheritable [break]
Unhigh Unhonorable Unhopeful Unhostile Unhurt Unhhurtful
Unhygienic Unideal Unidle Unillusory Unimaginable Unimaginative
Unimmortal Unimplicit Unimportant Unimpressible Unimpressionable
Unimprovable Unipugnable Unincidental Unincrasable Unindifferent
Unindulgent Unindustrious Uninflammable Uninfluential
Uningenious Uningenuous Uninhabitable Uninjurious Uninquisitive
Uninstructive Unintelligent Unintelligible Unintentional
Uninteresting Uninterpretable Uninventive Uninvestigable
Unjealous Unjoyful Unjoyous Unjustifiable Unkingly Unknightly
Unknotty Unknowable Unlaborious Unladylike Unlevel Unlibidinous
Unlightsome Unlimber Unlineal Unlogical Unlordly Unlosable
Unlovable Unlucent Unluminous Unlustrous Unlusty Unmaidenly
Unmakable Unmalleable Unmanageable Unmanful Unmanlike Unmanly
Unmarketable Unmarriable Unmarriageable Unmarvelous Unmasculine
Unmatchable Unmatronlike Unmeek Unmeet Unmelodious Unmendable
Unmentionable Unmercenary Unmerciable Unmeritable Unmerry
Unmetaphorical Unmighty Unmild Unmilitary Unmindful Unmingleable
Unmiraculous Unmiry Unmitigable Unmodifiable Unmodish Unmoist
Unmonkish Unmotherly Unmuscular Unmusical Unmysterious Unnamable
Unnative Unnavigable Unneedful Unnegotiable Unniggard Unnoble
Unobjectionable [break]
---- and the like.
(c) To present particles which come from intransitive verbs,
or are themselves employed as adjectives, to mark the
absence of the activity, disposition, or condition
implied by the participle; as,
---- and the like.
Note: The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and
such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker
at will from almost all the adjectives or participles
in the language, excepting those which have a
recognized and usual negative correspondent with the
prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to
define them all in this Dictionary; many will be
omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the
simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a
not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly
and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for
the same or similar reasons. There will be inserted as
separate articles with definitions, the following: --
1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary,
instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly,
ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else
an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would
express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined,
undoubted, unsafe, and the like. 2. Those which have
the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple
words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at
least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable,
unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented,
unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a
different sense from the usual meaning of the
primitive, or especially in one of the significations
of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed,
unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or
inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used
that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as,
uncertain, uneven, and the like. 3. Those which are
anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not
desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure
for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction,
unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like.
II . Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or
the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as,
unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the
like.
Note: Compounds of this last class are given in full in their
proper order in the Vocabulary.
Unability \Un`a*bil"i*ty\, n.
Inability. [Obs.]
Unable \Un*a"ble\, a.
Not able; not having sufficient strength, means, knowledge,
skill, or the like; impotent' weak; helpless; incapable; --
now usually followed by an infinitive or an adverbial phrase;
as, unable for work; unable to bear fatigue.
Sapless age and weak unable limbs. --Shak.
Unabled \Un*a"bled\, a.
Disabled. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Unableness \Un*a"ble*ness\, n.
Inability. [Obs.] --Hales.
Una boat \U"na boat`\ (Naut.)
The English name for a catboat; -- so called because Una was
the name of the first boat of this kind taken to England.
--D. Kemp.
Unabridged \Un`a*bridged"\, a.
Not abridged, or shortened; full; complete; entire; whole.
Unabsorbable \Un`ab*sorb"a*ble\, a.
Not absorbable; specifically (Physiol.), not capable of
absorption; unable to pass by osmosis into the circulating
blood; as, the unabsorbable portion of food.
Unacceptability \Un`ac*cept`a*bil"i*ty\, n.
The quality of being unacceptable; unacceptableness.
Unacceptable \Un`ac*cept"a*ble\, a.
Not acceptable; not pleasing; not welcome; unpleasant;
disagreeable; displeasing; offensive. --
{Un`ac*cept"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un`ac*cept"a*bly}, adv.
Unaccessible \Un`ac*cess"i*ble\, a.
Inaccessible. --Herbert.
Unaccomplished \Un`ac*com"plished\, a.
Not accomplished or performed; unfinished; also, deficient in
accomplishment; unrefined.
Unaccomplishment \Un`ac*com"plish*ment\, n.
The state of being unaccomplished. [Obs.] --Milton.
Unaccountability \Un`ac*count`a*bil"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being unaccountable.
Unaccountable \Un`ac*count"a*ble\, a.
1. Not accountable or responsible; free from control.
--South.
2. Not to be accounted for; inexplicable; not consonant with
reason or rule; strange; mysterious. --
{Un`ac*count"a*ble*ness}], n. -- {Un`ac*count"a*bly}, adv.
Unaccurate \Un*ac"cu*rate\, a.
Inaccurate. --Boyle.
Unaccurateness \Un*ac"cu*rate*ness\, n.
Inaccuracy. --Boyle.
Unaccustomed \Un`ac*cus"tomed\, a.
1. Not used; not habituated; unfamiliar; unused; -- which to.
Chastened as a bullock unaccustomed to yoke. --Jer.
xxxi. 18.
2. Not usual; uncommon; strange; new.
What unaccustomed cause procures her hither? --Shak.
Unacquaintance \Un`ac*quaint"ance\, n.
The quality or state of being unacquainted; want of
acquaintance; ignorance.
He was then in happy unacquaintance with everything
connected with that obnoxious cavity. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
Unacquainted \Un`ac*quaint"ed\, a.
1. Not acquainted. --Cowper.
2. Not usual; unfamiliar; strange. [Obs.]
And the unacquainted light began to fear. --Spenser.
Unacquaintedness \Un`ac*quaint"ed*ness\, n.
Unacquaintance. --Whiston.
Unactive \Un*ac"tive\, a.
Inactive; listless. [R.]
While other animals unactive range. --Milton.
Unactive \Un*ac"tive\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + active; or from
unactive, a.]
To render inactive or listless. [Obs.] --Fuller.
Unactiveness \Un*ac"tive*ness\, n.
Inactivity. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
Unadmissible \Un`ad*mis"si*ble\, Unadmittable
\Un`ad*mit"ta*ble\, a.
Inadmissible. [R.]
Unadulterate \Un`a*dul"ter*ate\, Unadulterated
\Un`a*dul"ter*a`ted\, a.
Not adulterated; pure. ``Unadulterate air.'' --Cowper. --
{Un`a*dul"ter*ate*ly}, adv.
Unadvisable \Un`ad*vis"a*ble\, a.
Not advisable; inadvisable; inexpedient. --Lowth. --
{Un`ad*vis"a*bly}, adv.
Unadvised \Un`ad*vised"\, a.
1. Not prudent; not discreet; ill advised. --Shak.
2. Done without due consideration; wanton; rash;
inconsiderate; as, an unadvised proceeding. --
{Un`ad*vis"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Un`ad*vis"ed*ness}, n.
Unaffected \Un`af*fect"ed\, a.
1. Not affected or moved; destitute of affection or emotion;
uninfluenced.
A poor, cold, unspirited, unmannered, Unhonest,
unaffected, undone fool. --J. Fletcher.
2. Free from affectation; plain; simple; natural; real;
sincere; genuine; as, unaffected sorrow. --
{Un`af*fect"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Un`af*fect"ed*ness}, n.
Unafiled \Un`a*filed"\, a.
Undefiled. [Obs.] --Gower.
Unagreeable \Un`a*gree"a*ble\, a.
1. Disagreeable.
2. Not agreeing or consistent; unsuitable. --Shak. --
{Un`a*gree"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un`a*gree"a*bly}, adv.
Unaidable \Un*aid"a*ble\, a.
Incapable of being aided. ``Her unaidable estate.'' --Shak.
Unalienable \Un*al"ien*a*ble\, a.
Inalienable; as, unalienable rights. --Swift. --
{Un*al"ien*a*bly}, adv.
Unalist \U"nal*ist\, n. [L. unus one.] (Eccl.)
An ecclesiastical who holds but one benefice; --
distinguished from pluralist. [Eng.] --V. Knox.
Unallied \Un`al*lied"\, a.
Not allied; having no ally; having no connection or relation;
as, unallied species or genera.
Unalloyed \Un`al*loyed"\, a.
Not alloyed; not reduced by foreign admixture; unmixed;
unqualified; pure; as, unalloyed metals; unalloyed happiness.
I enjoyed unalloyed satisfaction in his company.
--Mitford.
Unalmsed \Un*almsed"\, a.
Not having received alms. [Obs. & R.] --Pollock.
Unambiguity \Un*am`bi*gu"i*ty\, n.
Absence of ambiguity; clearness; perspicuity.
Unambition \Un`am*bi"tion\, n.
The absence of ambition. [R.] --F. W. Newman.
Unamiability \Un*a`mi*a*bil"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being unamiable; moroseness.
Unamiable \Un*a"mi*a*ble\, a.
Not amiable; morose; ill-natured; repulsive. --
{Un*a"mi*a*bly}, adv.
Unanchor \Un*an"chor\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + anchor.]
To loose from the anchor, as a ship. --De Quincey.
Unaneled \Un`a*neled"\, a.
Not aneled; not having received extreme unction. --Shak.
Unanimate \U*nan"i*mate\, a. [See {Unanimous}.]
Unanimous. [Obs.]
Unanimity \U`na*nim"i*ty\, n. [L. unanimitas: cf. F.
unanimit['e].]
The quality or state of being unanimous.
Unanimous \U*nan"i*mous\, a. [L. unanimus, unanimus; unus one +
animus mind: cf. F. unanime. See {Unit}, and {Animate}.]
1. Being of one mind; agreeing in opinion, design, or
determination; consentient; not discordant or dissentient;
harmonious; as, the assembly was unanimous; the members of
the council were unanimous. ``Both in one faith
unanimous.'' --Milton.
2. Formed with unanimity; indicating unanimity; having the
agreement and consent of all; agreed upon without the
opposition or contradiction of any; as, a unanimous
opinion; a unanimous vote. -- {U*nan"i*mous*ly}, adv. --
{U*nan"i*mous*ness}, n.
Unanswerability \Un*an`swer*a*bil"i*ty\, n.
The quality of being unanswerable; unanswerableness.
Unanswerable \Un*an"swer*a*ble\, a.
Not answerable; irrefutable; conclusive; decisive; as, he
have an unanswerable argument. -- {Un*an"swer*a*ble*ness}, n.
-- {Un*an"swer*a*bly}, adv.
Unanswered \Un*an"swered\, a.
1. Not answered; not replied; as, an unanswered letter.
2. Not refuted; as, an unanswered argument.
3. Not responded to in kind; unrequited; as, unanswered
affection.
Unappalled \Un`ap*palled"\, a.
Not appalled; not frightened; dauntless; undaunted. --Milton.
Unapparel \Un`ap*par"el\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + apparel.]
To divest of clothing; to strip. [Obs.] --Donne.
Unappealable \Un`ap*peal"a*ble\, a.
1. Not appealable; that can not be carried to a higher
tribunal by appeal; as, an unappealable suit or action.
2. Not to be appealed from; -- said of a judge or a judgment
that can not be overruled.
The infallible, unappealable Judge [God]. --South.
We submitted to a galling yet unappealable
necessity. --Shelley.
-- {Un`ap*peal"a*bly}, adv.
Unappliable \Un`ap*pli"a*ble\, a.
Inapplicable. --Milton.
Unapplicable \Un*ap"pli*ca*ble\, a.
Inapplicable.
Unappropriate \Un`ap*pro"pri*ate\, a. [Pref. un- not +
appropriate, a.]
1. Inappropriate; unsuitable.
2. Not appropriated. --Bp. Warburton.
Unappropriate \Un`ap*pro"pri*ate\, v. t. [1st pref. un- +
appropriate, v. t.]
To take from private possession; to restore to the possession
or right of all; as, to unappropriate a monopoly. [R.]
--Milton.
Unappropriated \Un`ap*pro"pri*a`ted\, a. [Pref. un- not +
appropriated.]
1. Not specially appropriate; having not special application.
--J. Warton.
2. Not granted to any person, corporation, or the like, to
the exclusion of others; as, unappropriated lands.
3. Not granted for, or applied to, any specific purpose; as,
the unappropriated moneys in the treasury.
Unapproved \Un`ap*proved"\, a.
1. Not approved.
2. Not proved. [Obs.]
Unapt \Un*apt"\, a.
1. Inapt; slow; dull. --Bacon.
2. Unsuitable; unfit; inappropriate. --Macaulay.
3. Not accustomed and not likely; not disposed.
I am a soldier and unapt to weep. --Shak.
-- {Un*apt"ly}, adv. -- {Un*apt"ness}, n.
Unaquit \Un`a*quit"\, a. [See {Un-} not, and {Acquit}.]
Unrequited. [R. & Obs.] --Gower.
Unargued \Un*ar"gued\, a.
1. Not argued or debated.
2. Not argued against; undisputed. [Obs.] --Milton.
3. Not censured. [A Latinism. Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Unarm \Un*arm"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + arm.]
To disarm. --Sir T. Browne.
Unarm \Un*arm"\, v. i.
To puff off, or lay down, one's arms or armor. ``I'll unarm
again.'' --Shak.
Unarmed \Un*armed"\, a. [Pref. un- not + armed.]
1. Not armed or armored; having no arms or weapons.
2. (Nat. Hist.) Having no hard and sharp projections, as
spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc.
Unarted \Un*art"ed\, a.
1. Ignorant of the arts. [Obs.] --E. Waterhouse.
2. Not artificial; plain; simple. [Obs.] --Feltham.
Unartful \Un*art"ful\, a.
Lacking art or skill; artless. --Congreve. --
{Un*art"ful*ly}, adv. Swift. Burke.
Unartistic \Un`ar*tis"tic\, a.
Inartistic.
Unascried \Un`a*scried"\, a.
Not descried. [Obs.]
Unaserved \Un`a*served"\, a.
Not served. [Obs.]
Unassuming \Un`as*sum"ing\, a.
Not assuming; not bold or forward; not arrogant or presuming;
humble; modest; retiring; as, an unassuming youth; unassuming
manners.
Unassured \Un`as*sured"\, a.
1. Not assured; not bold or confident.
2. Not to be trusted. [Obs.] --Spenser.
3. Not insured against loss; as, unassured goods.
Unatonable \Un`a*ton"a*ble\, a.
1. Not capable of being brought into harmony; irreconcilable.
``Unatonable matrimony.'' [Obs.] --Milton.
2. Incapable of being atoned for; inexpiable.
Unattached \Un`at*tached"\, a.
1. Not attached; not adhering; having no engagement; free.
2. (Mil.) Not assigned to any company or regiment.
3. (Law) Not taken or arrested. --R. Junius.
Unattentive \Un`at*ten"tive\, a.
Inattentive; careless.
Unattire \Un`at*tire"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + altire.]
To divest of attire; to undress.
Unau \U*nau"\, n. [Brazilian.] (Zo["o]l.)
The two-toed sloth ({Cholopus didactylus}), native of South
America. It is about two feet long. Its color is a uniform
grayish brown, sometimes with a reddish tint.
Unaudienced \Un*au"di*enced\, a.
Not given an audience; not received or heard.
Unauspicious \Un`aus*pi"cious\, a.
Inauspicious. --Rowe.
Unauthorize \Un*au"thor*ize\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + authorize.]
To disown the authority of; to repudiate.
Unavoidable \Un`a*void"a*ble\, a.
1. Not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented;
inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles.
2. (Law) Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void.
--Blackstone.
{Unavoidable hemorrhage} (Med.), hemorrhage produced by the
afterbirth, or placenta, being situated over the mouth of
the womb so as to require detachment before the child can
be born. -- {Un`a*void"a*ble*ness}, n. --
{Un`a*void"a*bly}, adv.
Unavoided \Un`a*void"ed\, a.
1. Not avoided or shunned. --Shak.
2. Unavoidable; inevitable. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Unaware \Un`a*ware"\, a.
Not aware; not noticing; giving no heed; thoughtless;
inattentive. --Swift.
Unaware \Un`a*ware"\, adv.
Unawares. [Poetic] --Dryden.
Unawares \Un`a*wares"\, adv.
Without design or preparation; suddenly; without
premeditation, unexpectedly. ``Mercies lighting unawares.''
--J. H. Newman.
Lest unawares we lose This our high place, our
sanctuary, our hill. --Milton.
{At unaware}, or {At unawares}, unexpectedly; by surprise.
He breaks at unawares upon our walks. --Dryden.
So we met In this old sleepy town an at unaware.
--R. Browning.
Unbacked \Un*backed"\, a.
1. Never mounted by a rider; unbroken. ``Unbacked colts.''
--Shak.
2. Not supported or encouraged; not countenanced; unaided.
--Daniel.
Unbag \Un*bag"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bag.]
To pour, or take, or let go, out of a bag or bags.
Unbalanced \Un*bal"anced\, a. [In senses 1 and 2, pref. un- not
+ balanced; in sense 3, 1st pref. un- + balance.]
1. Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or
having insufficient counterpoise.
Let Earth unbalanced from her orbit fly. --Pope.
2. (Com.) Not adjusted; not settled; not brought to an
equality of debt and credit; as, an unbalanced account;
unbalanced books.
3. Being, or being thrown, out of equilibrium; hence,
disordered or deranged in sense; unsteady; unsound; as, an
unbalanced mind. --Pope.
Unballast \Un*bal"last\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + ballast.]
To free from ballast; to discharge ballast from. --Totten.
Unballast \Un*bal"last\, a.
Not ballasted. [Obs. & R.] --Addison.
Unballasted \Un*bal"last*ed\, a.
1. [Properly p. p. unballast.] Freed from ballast; having
discharged ballast.
2. [Pref. un- not + ballasted.] Not furnished with ballast;
not kept steady by ballast; unsteady; as, unballasted
vessels; unballasted wits.
Unballasted by any sufficient weight of plan. --De
Quincey.
Unbaned \Un*ban"ed\, a. [1st un- + band + -ed.]
Wanting a band or string; unfastened. [Obs.] --Shak.
Unbank \Un*bank"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bank.]
To remove a bank from; to open by, or as if by, the removal
of a bank. --H. Taylor.
Unbar \Un*bar"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bar.]
To remove a bar or bars from; to unbolt; to open; as, to
unbar a gate. --Heber.
Unbarbed \Un*barbed"\, a.
1. Not shaven. [Obs.]
2. Destitute of bards, or of reversed points, hairs, or
plumes; as, an unbarded feather.
Unbark \Un*bark"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bark rind.]
To deprive of the bark; to decorticate; to strip; as, to
unbark a tree. --Bacon.
Unbark \Un*bark"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bark the vessel.]
To cause to disembark; to land. [Obs.] --Hakluyt.
Unbarrel \Un*bar"rel\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + barrel.]
To remove or release from a barrel or barrels.
Unbarricade \Un*bar`ri*cade"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- +
barricade.]
To unbolt; to unbar; to open.
You shall not unbarricade the door. --J. Webster
(1623).
Unbarricadoed \Un*bar`ri*ca"doed\, a.
Not obstructed by barricades; open; as, unbarricadoed
streets. --Burke.
Unbashful \Un*bash"ful\, a.
Not bashful or modest; bold; impudent; shameless. --Shak.
Unbay \Un*bay"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bay to dam.]
To free from the restraint of anything that surrounds or
incloses; to let loose; to open. [Obs.]
I ought . . . to unbay the current of my passion.
--Norris.
Unbe \Un*be"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + be.]
To cause not to be; to cause to be another. [Obs. & R.]
How oft, with danger of the field beset, Or with home
mutinies, would he unbe Himself! --Old Pay.
Unbear \Un*bear"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bear to support.]
To remove or loose the bearing rein of (a horse).
Unbeat \Un*beat"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + beast.]
To deliver from the form or nature of a beast.
Unbecome \Un`be*come"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + become.]
To misbecome. [Obs.] --Bp. Sherlock.
Unbecoming \Un`be*com"ing\, a. [Pref. un- not + becoming.]
Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper.
My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. --Dryden.
-- {Un`be*com"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Un`be*com"ing*ness}, n.
Unbed \Un*bed"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bed.]
To raise or rouse from bed.
Eels unbed themselves and stir at the noise of thunder.
--Wa?ton.
Unbedinned \Un`be*dinned"\, a.
Not filled with din.
Unbefool \Un`be*fool"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + befool.]
To deliver from the state of a fool; to awaken the mind of;
to undeceive.
Unbeget \Un`be*get"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + beget.]
To deprive of existence. --Dryden.
Unbegilt \Un`be*gilt"\, a.
Not gilded; hence, not rewarded with gold.
Unbegot \Un`be*got"\, Unbegotten \Un`be*got"ten\, a. [Pref. un-
not + begot, begotten.]
Not begot; not yet generated; also, having never been
generated; self-existent; eternal.
Unbeguile \Un`be*guile"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Unbeguiled}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Unbeguiling}.] [1st pref. un- + beguile.]
To set free from the influence of guile; to undeceive. ``Then
unbeguile thyself.'' --Donne.
Unbegun \Un`be*gun"\, a.
Not yet begun; also, existing without a beginning.
Unbehovely \Un`be*hove"ly\, a.
Not behooving or becoming; unseemly. [Obs. & R.] --Gower.
Unbeing \Un*be"ing\, a.
Not existing. [Obs.] ``Beings yet unbeing.'' --Sir T. Browne.
Unbeknown \Un`be*known"\, a.
Not known; unknown. [Colloq.]
Unbelief \Un`be*lief"\, n. [Pref. un- not + belief: cf. AS.
ungele['a]fa.]
1. The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism.
2. Disbelief; especially, disbelief of divine revelation, or
in a divine providence or scheme of redemption.
Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in
vain. --Cowper.
Syn: See {Disbelief}.
Unbelieved \Un`be*lieved"\, a.
Not believed; disbelieved.
Unbeliever \Un`be*liev"er\, n.
1. One who does not believe; an incredulous person; a
doubter; a skeptic.
2. A disbeliever; especially, one who does not believe that
the Bible is a divine revelation, and holds that Christ
was neither a divine nor a supernatural person; an
infidel; a freethinker.
Syn: See {Infidel}.
Unbelieving \Un`be*liev"ing\, a.
1. Not believing; incredulous; doubting; distrusting;
skeptical.
2. Believing the thing alleged no to be true; disbelieving;
especially, believing that Bible is not a divine
revelation, or that Christ was not a divine or a
supernatural person. ``Unbelieving Jews.'' --Acts xiv. 2.
-- {Un`be*liev"ing*ly}, adv. -- -- {Un`be*liev"ing*ness},
n.
Unbelt \Un*belt"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + belt.]
To remove or loose the belt of; to ungird.
Unbend \Un*bend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Unbent}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Unbending}.] [1st pref. un- + bend.]
1. To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become,
straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.
2. A remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for
a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or
care.
You do unbend your noble strength. --Shak.
3. (Naut.)
(a) To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to
which they are attached for use.
(b) To cast loose or untie, as a rope.
Unbend \Un*bend"\, v. i.
1. To cease to be bent; to become straight or relaxed.
2. To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like;
hence, to indulge in mirth or amusement.
Unbending \Un*bend"ing\, a. [In senses 1, 2, and 3, pref. un-
not + bending; in sense 4, properly p. pr. unbend.]
1. Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to
pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things.
Flies o'er unbending corn, and skims along the main.
--Pope.
2. Unyielding in will; not subject to persuasion or
influence; inflexible; resolute; -- applied to persons.
3. Unyielding in nature; unchangeable; fixed; -- applied to
abstract ideas; as, unbending truths.
4. Devoted to relaxation or amusement. [R.]
It may entertain your lordships at an unbending
hour. --Rowe.
-- {Un*bend"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Un*bend"ing*ness}, n.
Unbenevolence \Un`be*nev"o*lence\, n.
Absence or want of benevolence; ill will.
Unbenign \Un`be*nign"\, a.
Not benign; malignant.
Unbenumb \Un`be*numb"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + benumb.]
To relieve of numbness; to restore sensation to.
Unbereaven \Un`be*reav"en\, a.
Unbereft. [R.]
Unbereft \Un`be*reft"\, a.
Not bereft; not taken away.
Unbeseem \Un`be*seem"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + beseem.]
To be unbecoming or unsuitable to; to misbecome.
Unbeseeming \Un`be*seem"ing\, a. [Pref. un- not + beseeming.]
Unbecoming; not befitting. -- {Un`be*seem"ing*ly}, adv. --
{Un`be*seem"ing*ness}, n.
Unbespeak \Un`be*speak"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bespeak.]
To unsay; hence, to annul or cancel. [Obs.] --Pepys.
Unbethink \Un`be*think"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bethink.]
To change the mind of (one's self). [Obs.]
Unbeware \Un`be*ware"\, adv.
Unawares. [Obs.] --Bale.
Unbewitch \Un`be*witch"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bewitch.]
To free from a spell; to disenchant. [R.] --South.
Unbias \Un*bi"as\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bias.]
To free from bias or prejudice. --Swift.
Unbiased \Un*bi"ased\, a. [Pref. un- + biased.]
Free from bias or prejudice; unprejudiced; impartial. --
{Un*bi"ased*ness}, n.
Unbid \Un*bid"\, Unbidden \Un*bid"den\, a.
1. Not bidden; not commanded.
Thorns also and thistles it shall bring thee forth
Unbid; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
--Milton.
2. Uninvited; as, unbidden guests. --Shak.
3. Being without a prayer. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Unbind \Un*bind"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Unbound}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Unbinding}.] [AS. unbindan. See {Un-}, and {Bind}.]
To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or
fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your
fillets; to unbind a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load.
Unbishop \Un*bish"op\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bishop.]
To deprive, as a city, of a bishop; to deprive, as a
clergyman, of episcopal dignity or rights. [R.] ``Then he
unbishops himself.'' --Milton.
Unbit \Un*bit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Unbitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Unbitting}.] [1st pref. un- + bit.] (Naut.)
To remove the turns of (a rope or cable) from the bits; as,
to unbit a cable. --Totten.
Unblemished \Un*blem"ished\, a.
Not blemished; pure; spotless; as, an unblemished reputation
or life. --Addison.
Unbless \Un*bless"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bless.]
To deprive of blessings; to make wretched. [Obs.] --Shak.
Unblessed \Un*blessed"\, Unblest \Un*blest\, a. [Pref. un- not +
blessed, blest.]
Not blest; excluded from benediction; hence, accursed;
wretched. ``Unblessed enchanter.'' --Milton.
Unblestful \Un*blest"ful\, a.
Unblessed. [R.] --Sylvester.
Unblind \Un*blind"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + blind.]
To free from blindness; to give or restore sight to; to open
the eyes of. [R.] --J. Webster (1607).
Unblindfold \Un*blind"fold`\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + blindfold.]
To free from that which blindfolds. --Spenser.
Unbloody \Un*blood"y\, a.
Not bloody. --Dryden.
{Unbloody sacrifice}.
(a) A sacrifice in which no victim is slain.
(b) (R. C. Ch.) The Mass.
Unblushing \Un*blush"ing\, a.
Not blushing; shameless. -- {Un*blush"ing*ly}, adv.
Unbody \Un*bod"y\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + body.]
To free from the body; to disembody.
Her soul unbodied of the burdenous corse. --Spenser.
Unbody \Un*bod"y\, v. i.
To leave the body; to be disembodied; -- said of the soul or
spirit. [R.] --Chaucer.
Unbolt \Un*bolt"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bolt.]
To remove a bolt from; to unfasten; to unbar; to open. ``He
shall unbolt the gates.'' --Shak.
Unbolt \Un*bolt"\, v. i.
To explain or unfold a matter; to make a revelation. [Obs.]
``I will unbolt to you.'' --Shak.
Unbone \Un*bone"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bone.]
1. To deprive of bones, as meat; to bone.
2. To twist about, as if boneless. [R.] --Milton.
Unbonnet \Un*bon"net\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bonnet.]
To take a bonnet from; to take off one's bonnet; to uncover;
as, to unbonnet one's head. --Sir W. Scott.
Unbooked \Un*booked"\, a.
Not written in a book; unrecorded. ``UnbookedEnglish life.''
--Masson.
Unboot \Un*boot"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + boot.]
To take off the boots from.
Unborn \Un*born"\, a.
Not born; no yet brought into life; being still to appear;
future.
Some unborn sorrow, ripe in fortune's womb. --Shak.
See future sons, and daughters yet unborn. --Pope.
Unborrowed \Un*bor"rowed\, a.
Not borrowed; being one's own; native; original.
Unbosom \Un*bos"om\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Unbosomed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Unbosoming}.] [1st pref. un- + bosom.]
To disclose freely; to reveal in confidence, as secrets; to
confess; -- often used reflexively; as, to unbosom one's
self. --Milton.
Unbosomer \Un*bos"om*er\, n.
One who unbosoms, or discloses. [R.] ``An unbosomer of
secrets.'' --Thackeray.
Unbottomed \Un*bot"tomed\, a.
1. [1st pref. un- + bottom + -ed.] Deprived of a bottom.
2. [Pref. un- not + bottomed.] Having no bottom; bottomless.
--Milton.
Unbound \Un*bound"\,
imp. & p. p. of {Unbind}.
Unboundably \Un*bound"a*bly\, adv.
Infinitely. [Obs.]
I am . . . unboundably beholding to you. --J. Webster
(1607).
Unbounded \Un*bound"ed\, a.
Having no bound or limit; as, unbounded space; an, unbounded
ambition. --Addison. -- {Un*bound"ed*ly}, adv. --
{Un*bound"ed*ness}, n.
Unbow \Un*bow"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bow.]
To unbend. [R.] --Fuller.
Unbowed \Un*bowed"\, a. [Pref. un- not + bowed.]
Not bent or arched; not bowed down. --Byron.
Unbowel \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 \Un*box"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + box.]
To remove from a box or boxes.
Unboy \Un*boy"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + boy.]
To divest of the traits of a boy. [R.] --Clarendon.
Unbrace \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 \Un*braid"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + braid.]
To separate the strands of; to undo, as a braid; to unravel;
to disentangle.
Unbreast \Un*breast"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + breast.]
To disclose, or lay open; to unbosom. [Obs.] --P. Fletcher,
Unbreathed \Un*breathed"\, a.
1. Not breathed.
2. Not exercised; unpracticed. [Obs.] ``Their unbreathed
memories.'' --Shak.
Unbred \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 \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 \Un*brewed"\, a.
Not made by brewing; unmixed; pure; genuine. [R.] --Young.
Unbridle \Un*bri"dle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bridle.]
To free from the bridle; to set loose.
Unbridled \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 \Un*bro"ken\, a.
Not broken; continuous; unsubdued; as, an unbroken colt.
Unbuckle \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 \Un*build\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + build.]
To demolish; to raze. ``To unbuild the city.'' --Shak.
Unbundle \Un*bun"dle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bundle.]
To release, as from a bundle; to disclose.
Unbung \Un*bung"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bung.]
To remove the bung from; as, to unbung a cask.
Unburden \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 \Un*bur"i*a*ble\, a.
Not ready or not proper to be buried. --Tennyson.
Unburrow \Un*bur"row\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + burrow.]
To force from a burrow; to unearth.
Unburthen \Un*bur"then\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + burthen.]
To unburden; to unload.
Unbury \Un*bur"y\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bury.]
To disinter; to exhume; fig., to disclose.
Unbusied \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 \Un*but"ton\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + button.]
To loose the buttons of; to unfasten.
Unbuxom \Un*bux"om\, a.
Disobedient. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. -- {Un*bux"om*ly}, adv.
[Obs.] -- {Un*bux"om*ness}, n. [Obs.]
Uncage \Un*cage"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + cage.]
To loose, or release, from, or as from, a cage.
Uncalled-for \Un*called"-for`\, a.
Not called for; not required or needed; improper; gratuitous;
wanton.
Uncalm \Un*calm"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + calm.]
To disturb; to disquiet. --Dryden.
Uncamp \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 \Un*can"ny\, a.
Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly. --Sir W. Scott.
-- {Un*can"ni*ness}, n. --G. Eliot.
Uncanonize \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 \Un*cap"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + cap.]
To remove a cap or cover from.
Uncapable \Un*ca"pa*ble\, a.
Incapable. [Obs.] ``Uncapable of conviction.'' --Locke.
Uncape \Un*cape"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + cape.]
To remove a cap or cape from. [Obs.]
Uncapper \Un*cap"per\, n.
An instrument for removing an explode cap from a cartridge
shell.
Uncardinal \Un*car"di*nal\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + cardinal.]
To degrade from the cardinalship.
Uncared \Un*cared"\, a.
Not cared for; not heeded; -- with for.
Uncarnate \Un*car"nate\, a.
Not fleshy; specifically, not made flesh; not incarnate. [R.]
--Sir T. Browne.
Uncarnate \Un*car"nate\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + carnate.]
To divest of flesh.
Uncart \Un*cart"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + cart.]
To take from, or set free from, a cart; to unload.
Uncase \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 \Un*cas"tle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + castle.]
To take a castle from; to turn out of a castle.
Uncaused \Un*caused"\, a.
Having no antecedent cause; uncreated; self-existent;
eternal. --A. Baxter.
Uncautelous \Un*cau"te*lous\, a.
Incautious. [Obs.]
Uncautious \Un*cau"tious\, a.
Incautious.
Uncautiously \Un*cau"tious*ly\, adv.
Incautiously.
Unce \Unce\, n. [L. uncus hook.]
A claw. [Obs.]
Unce \Unce\, n. [L. uncia ounce. See {Ounce} a weight.]
An ounce; a small portion. [Obs.] ``By unces hung his
locks.'' --Chaucer.
Unceasable \Un*ceas"a*ble\, a.
Not capable of being ended; unceasing. [R.]
Uncenter \Un*cen"ter\, Uncentre \Un*cen"tre\, v. t. [1st pref.
un- + center.]
To throw from its center.
Uncentury \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 \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 \Un*cer"tain\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + certain; or fr.
uncertain, a.]
To make uncertain. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
Uncertainly \Un*cer"tain*ly\, adv.
In an uncertain manner.
Uncertainty \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 \Un*ces"sant\, a.
Incessant. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. -- {Un*ces"sant*ly}, adv.
[Obs.]
Unchain \Un*chain"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + chain.]
To free from chains or slavery; to let loose. --Prior.
Unchancy \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 \Un*chap"lain\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + chaplain.]
To remove from a chaplaincy.
Uncharge \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 \Un*char"i*ot\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + chariot.]
To throw out of a chariot. --Pope.
Uncharitable \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 \Un*char"i*ty\, n.
Uncharitableness. --Tennyson.
'T were much uncharity in you. --J. Webster.
Uncharm \Un*charm"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + charm.]
To release from a charm, fascination, or secret power; to
disenchant. --Beau. & Fl.
Uncharnel \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 \Un*chaste"\, a.
Not chaste; not continent; lewd. -- {Un*chaste"ly}, adv. --
{Un*chaste"ness}, n.
Unchastity \Un*chas"ti*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness;
incontinence.
Uncheckable \Un*check"a*ble\, a.
Not capable of being checked or stopped. [R.]
Unchild \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 \Un*chris"ten\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + christen.]
To render unchristian. [Obs. & R.] --Milton.
Unchristened \Un*chris"tened\, a. [Pref. un- not + christened.]
Not christened; as, an unchristened child.
Unchristian \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 \Un*chris"tian\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + Christian.]
To make unchristian. [Obs.] --South.
Unchristianize \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 \Un*chris"tian*ly\, a.
Unchristian. --Milton.
Unchristianly \Un*chris"tian*ly\, adv.
In an unchristian manner.
Unchristianness \Un*chris"tian*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being unchristian. [R.] --Eikon
Basilike.
Unchurch \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 \Un"ci*a\, n.; pl. {Unci[ae]}. [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 \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 \Un"cial\, n.
An uncial letter.
Unciatim \Un`ci*a"tim\, adv. [L.]
Ounce by ounce.
Unciform \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 \Un"ci*form\, n. (Anat.)
The unciform bone. See Illust. of {Perissodactyla}.
Uncinata \Un`ci*na"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. uncinus a hook.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A division of marine ch[ae]topod annelids which are furnished
with uncini, as the serpulas and sabellas.
Uncinate \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 \Un`ci*na"tum\, n. [NL., from L. uncinatus hooked.]
(Anat.)
The unciform bone.
Uncinus \Un*ci"nus\, n.; pl. {Uncini}. [L., a hook.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the peculiar minute chitinous hooks found in large
numbers in the tori of tubicolous annelids belonging to the
Uncinata.
Uncipher \Un*ci"pher\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + cipher.]
To decipher; as, to uncipher a letter. [Obs.] --Sir W.
Temple.
Uncircumcised \Un*cir"cum*cised\, n.
Not circumcised; hence, not of the Israelites. ``This
uncircumcised Philistine.'' --1 Sam. xvii. 26.
Uncircumcision \Un*cir`cum*ci"sion\, n.
1. The absence or want of circumcision.
2. (Script.) People not circumcised; the Gentiles.
Uncircumstandtial \Un*cir`cum*stand"tial\, a.
1. Not circumstantial; not entering into minute particulars.
2. Not important; not pertinent; trivial. [Obs.]
Uncity \Un*cit"y\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + city.]
To deprive of the rank or rights of a city. [Obs.]
Uncivil \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 \Un`ci*vil"i*ty\, n.
Incivility. [Obs.]
Uncivilization \Un*civ`i*li*za"tion\, n.
The state of being uncivilized; savagery or barbarism. [R.]
Uncivilized \Un*civ"i*lized\, a.
1. Not civilized; not reclaimed from savage life; rude;
barbarous; savage; as, the uncivilized inhabitants of
Central Africa.
2. Not civil; coarse; clownish. [R.] --Addison.
Uncivilty \Un*civ"il*ty\, adv.
In an uncivil manner.
Unclasp \Un*clasp"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + clasp.]
To loose the clasp of; to open, as something that is
fastened, or as with, a clasp; as, to unclasp a book; to
unclasp one's heart.
Uncle \Un"cle\, n. [OE. uncle, OF. oncle, uncle, F. oncle, fr.
L. avunculus a maternal uncle, dim. of avus a grandfather;
akin to Lith. avynas uncle, Goth. aw? grandmother, Icel.
[=a]i great grandfather.]
1. The brother of one's father or mother; also applied to an
aunt's husband; -- the correlative of aunt in sex, and of
nephew and niece in relationship.
2. A pawnbroker. [Slang] --Thackeray.
{My uncle}, a pawnbroker. [Slang]
{Uncle Sam}, a humorous appellation given to the United
States Government. See {Uncle Sam}, in Dictionary of Noted
Names in Fiction.
Unclean \Un*clean"\, a. [AS. uncl?ne. See {Unnot}, and {Clean}.]
1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.
2. Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing.
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be
unclean seven days. --Num. xix.
11.
3. Morally impure. ``Adultery of the heart, consisting of
inordinate and unclean affections.'' --Perkins. --
{Un*clean"ly}, adv. -- {Un*clean"ness}, n.
{Unclean animals} (Script.), those which the Israelites were
forbidden to use for food.
{Unclean spirit} (Script.), a wicked spirit; a demon. --Mark
i. 27.
Uncleansable \Un*cleans"a*ble\, a.
Incapable of being cleansed or cleaned.
Unclench \Un*clench"\, v. t.
Same as {Unclinch}.
Uncleship \Un"cle*ship\, n.
The office or position of an uncle. --Lamb.
Unclew \Un*clew"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + clew.]
To unwind, unfold, or untie; hence, to undo; to ruin. --Shak.
Unclinch \Un*clinch"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + clinch.]
To cause to be no longer clinched; to open; as, to unclinch
the fist. [Written also {unclench}.]
Uncling \Un*cling"\, v. i. [1st pref. un- + cling.]
To cease from clinging or adhering. [Obs.] --Milton.
Uncloak \Un*cloak"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + cloak.]
To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or
cover; to unmask; to reveal.
Uncloak \Un*cloak"\, v. i.
To remove, or take off, one's cloak.
Unclog \Un*clog"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + clog.]
To disencumber of a clog, or of difficulties and
obstructions; to free from encumbrances; to set at liberty.
--Shak.
Uncloister \Un*clois"ter\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + cloister.]
To release from a cloister, or from confinement or seclusion;
to set free; to liberate.
Unclose \Un*close"\, v. t. & i. [1st pref. un- + close.]
1. To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a
letter; to unclose one's eyes.
2. To disclose; to lay open; to reveal.
Unclosed \Un*closed"\, a. [Pref. un- not + closed.]
1. Not separated by inclosures; open. --Clarendon.
2. Not finished; not concluded. [R.] --Madison.
3. Not closed; not sealed; open. --Byron.
Unclothe \Un*clothe"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + clothe.]
To strip of clothes or covering; to make naked. --I. Watts.
[We] do groan being burdened; not for that we would be
unclothed, but clothed upon. --2 Cor. v. 4.
Unclothed \Un*clothed"\, a.
1. [Properly p. p. of unclothe.] Divested or stripped of
clothing. --Byron.
2. [Pref. un- not + clothed.] Not yet clothed; wanting
clothes; naked. -- {Un*cloth"ed*ly}, adv. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Uncloud \Un*cloud"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + cloud.]
To free from clouds; to unvail; to clear from obscurity,
gloom, sorrow, or the like. --Beau. & Fl.
Unclue \Un*clue"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + clue.]
To unwind; to untangle.
Unclutch \Un*clutch"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + clutch.]
1. To open, as something closely shut. ``Unclutch his griping
hand.'' --Dr. H. More.
2. (Mech.) To disengage, as a clutch.
Unco \Un"co\, a. [Scot. The same word as E. uncouth.]
Unknown; strange, or foreign; unusual, or surprising; distant
in manner; reserved. [Scot.]
Unco \Un"co\, adv.
In a high degree; to a great extent; greatly; very. [Prov.
Eng. & Scot.]
Unco \Un"co\, n.
A strange thing or person. [Scot.]
Uncoach \Un*coach"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + coach.]
To detach or loose from a coach. [Obs.] --Chapman.
Uncock \Un*cock"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + cock.]
1. To let down the cock of, as a firearm.
2. To deprive of its cocked shape, as a hat, etc.
3. To open or spread from a cock or heap, as hay.
Uncoffle \Un*cof"fle\ (?; 115), v. t. [1st pref. un- + coffle.]
To release from a coffle.
Uncoif \Un*coif"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + coif.]
To deprive of the coif or cap. --Young.
Uncoil \Un*coil"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + coil.]
To unwind or open, as a coil of rope. --Derham.
Uncoined \Un*coined"\, a.
1. Not coined, or minted; as, uncoined silver. --Locke.
2. Not fabricated; not artificial or counterfeit; natural.
``Plain and uncoined constancy.'' --Shak.
Uncolt \Un*colt"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + colt.]
To unhorse. [Obs. & R.] --Shak.
Uncombine \Un`com*bine"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + combine.]
To separate, as substances in combination; to release from
combination or union. [R.] --Daniel.
Uncomeatable \Un`come*at"a*ble\, a.
Not to be come at, or reached; inaccessible. [Colloq.]
--Addison.
My honor is infallible and uncomeatable. --Congreve.
Uncomely \Un*come"ly\, a.
Not comely. -- adv. In an uncomely manner. --1 Cor. vii. 36.
Uncomfortable \Un*com"fort*a*ble\, a.
1. Feeling discomfort; uneasy; as, to be uncomfortable on
account of one's position.
2. Causing discomfort; disagreeable; unpleasant; as, an
uncomfortable seat or situation.
The most dead, uncomfortable time of the year.
--Addison.
-- {Un*com"fort*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un*com"fort*a*bly},
adv.
Uncommon \Un*com"mon\, a.
Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable;
strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold
or heat; uncommon courage.
Syn: Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. -- {Un*com"mon*ly},
adv. -- {Un*com"mon*ness}, n.
Uncomplete \Un`com*plete"\, a.
Incomplete. --Pope.
Uncomprehend \Un*com`pre*hend\, v. t. [1st un- + comprehend.]
To fail to comprehend. [R.] --Daniel.
Uncomprehensive \Un*com`pre*hen"sive\, a.
1. Unable to comprehend.
Narrow-spirited, uncomprehensive zealots. --South.
2. Incomprehensible. [Obs.] --Shak.
Uncompromising \Un*com"pro*mi`sing\, a.
Not admitting of compromise; making no truce or concessions;
obstinate; unyielding; inflexible. --
{Un*com"pro*mi`sing*ly}, adv.
Unconceivable \Un`con*ceiv"a*ble\, a.
Inconceivable. [Obs.] --Locke. -- {Un`con*ceiv"a*ble*ness},
n. [Obs.] -- {Un`con*ceiv"a*bly}, adv. [Obs.]
Unconcern \Un`con*cern"\, n.
Want of concern; absence of anxiety; freedom from solicitude;
indifference.
A listless unconcern, Cold, and averting from our
neighbor's good. --Thomson.
Unconcerned \Un`con*cerned"\, a.
Not concerned; not anxious or solicitous; easy in mind;
carelessly secure; indifferent; as, to be unconcerned at what
has happened; to be unconcerned about the future. --
{Un`con*cern"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Un`con*cern"ed*ness}, n.
Happy mortals, unconcerned for more. --Dryden.
Unconcerning \Un`con*cern"ing\, a.
Not interesting of affecting; insignificant; not belonging to
one. [Obs.] --Addison.
Unconcernment \Un`con*cern"ment\, n.
The state of being unconcerned, or of having no share or
concern; unconcernedness. [Obs.] --South.
Unconcludent \Un`con*clud"ent\, Unconcluding \Un`con*clud"ing\,
a.
Inconclusive. [Obs.] --Locke. -- {Un`con*clud"ing*ness}, n.
[Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
Unconclusive \Un`con*clu"sive\, a.
Inconclusive. [Obs.]
Unconditional \Un`con*di"tion*al\, a.
Not conditional limited, or conditioned; made without
condition; absolute; unreserved; as, an unconditional
surrender.
O, pass not, Lord, an absolute decree, Or bind thy
sentence unconditional. --Dryden.
-- {Un`con*di"tion*al*ly}, adv.
Unconditioned \Un`con*di"tioned\, a.
1. Not conditioned or subject to conditions; unconditional.
2. (Metaph.) Not subject to condition or limitations;
infinite; absolute; hence, inconceivable; incogitable.
--Sir W. Hamilton.
{The unconditioned} (Metaph.), all that which is
inconceivable and beyond the realm of reason; whatever is
inconceivable under logical forms or relations.
Unconfidence \Un*con"fi*dence\, n.
Absence of confidence; uncertainty; doubt.
Uncoform \Un`co*form"\, a.
Unlike. [Obs.]
Not unconform to other shining globes. --Milton.
Uncoformability \Un`co*form`a*bil"i*ty\, n.
1. The quality or state of being unconformable;
unconformableness.
2. (Geol.) Want of parallelism between one series of strata
and another, especially when due to a disturbance of the
position of the earlier strata before the latter were
deposited.
Unconformable \Un`con*form"a*ble\, a.
1. Not conformable; not agreeable; not conforming.
Moral evil is an action unconformable to it [the
rule of our duty]. --I. Watts.
2. (Geol.) Not conformable; not lying in a parallel position;
as, unconformable strata. -- {Un`con*form"a*ble*ness}, n.
-- {Un`con*form"a*bly}, adv.
Unconformist \Un`con*form"ist\, n.
A nonconformist. [Obs.]
Unconformity \Un`con*form"i*ty\, n.
1. Want of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency. --South.
2. (Geol.) Want of parallelism between strata in contact.
Note: With some authors unconformity is equivalent to
unconformability; but it is often used more broadly,
for example, to include the case when the parallelism
of strata once conformable has been disturbed by
faulting and the like.
Unconfound \Un`con*found"\, v. t. [1st un- + confound.]
To free from a state of confusion, or of being confounded.
--Milton.
Unconfounded \Un`con*found"ed\, a. [Pref. un- not + confounded.]
Not confounded. --Bp. Warburton.
Uncongeal \Un`con*geal"\, v. i. [1st un- + congeal.]
To thaw; to become liquid again. --Tennyson.
Unconning \Un*con"ning\, a.
Not knowing; ignorant. [Obs.] --Chaucer. -- n. Ignorance.
[Obs.]
Unconquerable \Un*con"quer*a*ble\, a.
Not conquerable; indomitable. -- {Un*con"quer*a*bly}, adv.
Unconscionable \Un*con"scion*a*ble\, a.
1. Not conscionable; not conforming to reason; unreasonable;
exceeding the limits of any reasonable claim or
expectation; inordinate; as, an unconscionable person or
demand; unconscionable size.
Which use of reason, most reasonless and
unconscionable, is the utmost that any tyrant ever
pretended. --Milton.
His giantship is gone somewhat crestfallen, Stalking
with less unconscionable strides. --Milton.
2. Not guided by, or conformed to, conscience. [Obs.]
Ungenerous as well as unconscionable practices.
--South.
-- {Un*con"scion*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un*con"scion*a*bly},
adv.
Unconscious \Un*con"scious\, a.
1. Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental
perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not
knowing or regarding; ignorant; as, an unconscious man.
--Cowper.
2. Not known or apprehended by consciousness; as, an
unconscious cerebration. ``Unconscious causes.''
--Blackmore.
3. Having no knowledge by experience; -- followed by of; as,
a mule unconscious of the yoke. --Pope. --
{Un*con"scious-ly}, adv. -- {Un*con"scious*ness}, n.
Unconsecrate \Un*con"se*crate\, v. t. [1st pref. un- +
consecrate.]
To render not sacred; to deprive of sanctity; to desecrate.
[Obs.]
--South.
Unconsequential \Un*con`se*quen"tial\, a.
Inconsequential. --Johnson.
Unconsiderate \Un`con*sid"er*ate\, a.
Inconsiderate; heedless; careless. [Obs.] --Daniel. --
{Un`con*sid"er*ate*ness}, n. [Obs.] --Hales.
Unconsidered \Un`con*sid"ered\, a.
Not considered or attended to; not regarded; inconsiderable;
trifling.
A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles. --Shak.
Unconsonant \Un*con"so*nant\, a.
Incongruous; inconsistent. ``A thing unconsonant.'' --Hooker.
Unconspicuous \Un`con*spic"u*ous\, a.
Inconspicuous. [R.] --Ed. Rev.
Unconstancy \Un*con"stan*cy\, n.
Inconstancy. [Obs.] ``The unconstancy of the foundation.''
--Fuller.
Unconstant \Un*con"stant\, a.
Not constant; inconstant; fickle; changeable. [Obs.] --Shak.
-- {Un*con"stant*ly}, adv. [Obs.] -- {Un*con"stant*ness}, n.
[Obs.]
Unconstitutional \Un*con`sti*tu"tion*al\, a.
Not constitutional; not according to, or consistent with, the
terms of a constitution of government; contrary to the
constitution; as, an unconstitutional law, or act of an
officer. --Burke. -- {Un*con`sti*tu"tion*al"i*ty}, n. --
{Un*con`sti*tu"tion*al-ly}, adv.
Unconstraint \Un`con*straint"\, n.
Freedom from constraint; ease. --Felton.
Unconsummate \Un`con*sum"mate\, a.
Not consummated; not accomplished. [Obs.] --Dryden.
Uncontestable \Un`con*test"a*ble\, a.
Incontestable.
Uncontinent \Un*con"ti*nent\, a.
Not continent; incontinent. --Wyclif (2 Tim. iii. 3).
Uncontrollable \Un`con*trol"la*ble\, a.
1. Incapable of being controlled; ungovernable; irresistible;
as, an uncontrollable temper; uncontrollable events.
2. Indisputable; irrefragable; as, an uncontrollable maxim;
an uncontrollable title. [R.] --Swift. --
{Un`con*trol"la*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un`con*trol"la*bly},
adv.
Uncontroversory \Un*con`tro*ver"so*ry\, a.
Not involving controversy. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Uncontrovertible \Un*con`tro*ver"ti*ble\, a.
Incontrovertible.
Uncontrovertibly \Un*con`tro*ver"ti*bly\, adv.
Incontrovertibly.
Unconvenient \Un`con*ven"ient\, a.
Inconvenient. --Bale. -- {Un`con*ven"ient*ly}, adv. --Udall.
Unconversion \Un`con*ver"sion\, n.
The state of being unconverted; impenitence. [R.]
Unconverted \Un`con*vert"ed\, a.
1. Not converted or exchanged.
2. Not changed in opinion, or from one faith to another.
Specifically:
(a) Not persuaded of the truth of the Christian religion;
heathenish. --Hooker.
(b) Unregenerate; sinful; impenitent. --Baxter.
Uncord \Un*cord"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + cord.]
To release from cords; to loosen the cord or cords of; to
unfasten or unbind; as, to uncord a package.
Uncork \Un*cork"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + {cork}.]
To draw the cork from; as, to uncork a bottle.
Uncorrect \Un`cor*rect"\, a.
Incorrect. --Dryden.
Uncorrigible \Un*cor"ri*gi*ble\, a.
Incorrigible; not capable of correction. [Obs.]
Uncorrupt \Un`cor*rupt"\, a.
Incorrupt.
Uncorruptible \Un`cor*rupt"i*ble\, a.
Incorruptible. ``The glory of the uncorruptible God.'' --Rom.
i. 23.
Uncorruption \Un`cor*rup"tion\, n.
Incorruption.
Uncouple \Un*cou"ple\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + couple.]
To loose, as dogs, from their couples; also, to set loose; to
disconnect; to disjoin; as, to uncouple railroad cars.
Uncouple \Un*cou"ple\, v. i.
To roam at liberty. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Uncourtliness \Un*court"li*ness\, n.
Absence of courtliness; rudeness; rusticity. --Addison.
Uncous \Un"cous\, a. [L. uncus hooked, as n., a hook.]
Hooklike; hooked. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Uncouth \Un*couth"\, a. [OE. uncouth, AS. unc?? unknown,
strange: un- (see {Un-} not) + c?? known, p. p. of cunnan to
know. See {Can} to be able, and cf. {Unco}, {Unked}.]
1. Unknown. [Obs.] ``This uncouth errand.'' --Milton.
To leave the good that I had in hand, In hope of
better that was uncouth. --Spenser.
2. Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant. [Obs.]
Harness . . . so uncouth and so rish. --Chaucer.
3. Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also,
odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners. ``Uncouth in
guise and gesture.'' --I. Taylor.
I am surprised with an uncouth fear. --Shak.
Thus sang the uncouth swain. --Milton.
Syn: See {Awkward}. -- {Un*couth"ly}, adv. --
{Un*couth"ness}, n.
Uncovenable \Un*cov"e*na*ble\, a.
Not covenable; inconvenient. [Obs.] --Wyclif (1 Tim. iv. 7).
Uncovenanted \Un*cov"e*nant*ed\, a.
1. Not covenanted; not granted or entered into under a
covenant, agreement, or contract. --Bp. Horsley.
2. Not having joined in a league, or assented to a covenant
or agreement, as to the Solemn League and Covenant of the
Scottish people in the times of the Stuarts.
In Scotland a few fanatical nonjurors may have
grudged their allegiance to an uncovenanted king.
--Sir T. E.
May.
3. (Theol.) Not having entered into relationship with God
through the appointed means of grace; also, not promised
or assured by the divine promises or conditions; as,
uncovenanted mercies.
Uncover \Un*cov"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Uncovered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Uncovering}.] [1st pref. un- + cover.]
1. To take the cover from; to divest of covering; as, to
uncover a box, bed, house, or the like; to uncover one's
body.
2. To show openly; to disclose; to reveal. ``To uncover his
perjury to the oath of his coronation.'' --Milton.
3. To divest of the hat or cap; to bare the head of; as, to
uncover one's head; to uncover one's self.
Uncover \Un*cov"er\, v. i.
1. To take off the hat or cap; to bare the head in token of
respect.
We are forced to uncover after them. --Addison.
2. To remove the covers from dishes, or the like.
Uncover, dogs, and lap. --Shak.
Uncowl \Un*cowl"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + cowl.]
To divest or deprive of a cowl. --Pope.
Uncreate \Un`cre*ate"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + create.]
To deprive of existence; to annihilate.
Who can uncreate thee, thou shalt know. --Milton.
Uncreate \Un`cre*ate"\, a. [Pref. un- + create, a.]
Uncreated; self-existent. --Book of Common Prayer.
Uncreated \Un`cre*at"ed\, a. [In sense 1, properly p. p. of
uncreate; in senses 2 and 3, pref. un- + created.]
1. Deprived of existence; annihilated. --Beau. & Fl.
2. Not yet created; as, misery uncreated. --Milton.
3. Not existing by creation; self-existent; eternal; as, God
is an uncreated being. --Locke.
Uncreatedness \Un`cre*at"ed*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being uncreated.
Uncredible \Un*cred"i*ble\, a.
Incredible. --Bacon.
Uncredit \Un*cred"it\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + credit.]
To cause to be disbelieved; to discredit. [Obs.] --Fuller.
Uncreditable \Un*cred"it*a*ble\, a.
Discreditable. [Obs.]
Uncrown \Un*crown"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + crown.]
To deprive of a crown; to take the crown from; hence, to
discrown; to dethrone.
He hath done me wrong, And therefore I'll uncrown him
ere't be long. --Shak.
Uncrudded \Un*crud"ded\, a. [See {Un-} not, and {Curd}.]
Not cruddled, or curdled. [Obs.]
Her breast like to a bowl of cream uncrudded.
--Spenser.
Unction \Unc"tion\, n. [OE. unccioun, uncioun, OF. oncion,
onction, F. onction, fr. L. unctio, fr. ungere, unctum, to
anoint. See {Unguent}.]
1. The act of anointing, smearing, or rubbing with an
unguent, oil, or ointment, especially for medical
purposes, or as a symbol of consecration; as, mercurial
unction.
To be heir, and to be king By sacred unction, thy
deserved right. --Milton.
2. That which is used for anointing; an unguent; an ointment;
hence, anything soothing or lenitive.
The king himself the sacred unction made. --Dryden.
Lay not that flattering unction to your soul.
--Shak.
3. Divine or sanctifying grace. [R.]
4. That quality in language, address, or the like, which
excites emotion; especially, strong devotion; religious
fervor and tenderness; sometimes, a simulated, factitious,
or unnatural fervor.
The delightful equivoque and unction of the passage
in Farquhar. --Hazlitt.
The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast.
--Neale
(Rhythm of St.
Bernard).
{Extreme unction} (R. C. Ch. & Gr. Ch.), the sacrament of
anointing in the last hours; the application of
consecrated oil by a priest to all the senses, that is, to
eyes, ears, nostrils, etc., of a person when in danger of
death from illness, -- done for remission of sins. [James
v. 14, 15.]
Unctious \Unc"tious\, a.
Unctuous. [Obs.]
Unctuosity \Unc`tu*os"i*ty\ (?; 135), n. [Cf. F. onctuosit['e].]
Quality or state of being unctuous. --Sir T. Browne.
Unctuous \Unc"tu*ous\ (?; 135), a. [F. onctueux, LL. unctuosus,
fr. L. unctus anointment, fr. ungere, unctum, to anoint. See
{Unguent}.]
1. Of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; fatty;
oily; greasy. ``The unctuous cheese.'' --Longfellow.
2. Having a smooth, greasy feel, as certain minerals.
3. Bland; suave; also, tender; fervid; as, an unctuous
speech; sometimes, insincerely suave or fervid. --
{Unc"tu*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Unc"tu*ous*ness}, n.
Unculpable \Un*cul"pa*ble\, a.
Inculpable; not blameworthy. [R.] --Hooker.
Uncult \Un*cult"\, a. [Pref. un- not + L. cultus, p. p. of
colere to cultivate. Cf. {Incult}.]
Not cultivated; rude; illiterate. [Obs.]
Unculture \Un*cul"ture\ (?; 135), n.
Want of culture. ``Idleness, ill husbandry . . . unculture.''
--Bp. Hall.
Uncunning \Un*cun"ning\, a.
Ignorant. [Obs.]
I am young and uncunning, as thou wost [knowest].
--Chaucer.
Uncunningly \Un*cun"ning*ly\, adv.
Ignorantly. [Obs.]
Uncunningness \Un*cun"ning*ness\, n.
Ignorance. [Obs.]
Uncurable \Un*cur"a*ble\, a.
Incurable.
Uncurably \Un*cur"a*bly\, adv.
In an uncurable manner.
Uncurbable \Un*curb"a*ble\, a.
Not capable of being curbed. --Shak.
Uncurl \Un*curl"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + curl.]
To loose from curls, or ringlets; to straighten out, as
anything curled or curly.
He sheaths his paw, uncurls his angry mane. --Dryden.
Uncurl \Un*curl"\, v. i.
To become uncurled, or straight.
Uncurrent \Un*cur"rent\, a.
Not current. Specifically: Not passing in common payment; not
receivable at par or full value; as, uncurrent notes. --Shak.
Uncurse \Un*curse"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + curse.]
To free from a curse or an execration. --Shak.
Uncurtain \Un*cur"tain\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + curtain.]
To remove a curtain from; to reveal. --Moore.
Uncus \Un"cus\, n.; pl. {Unci}. [L.] (Zo["o]l.)
A hook or claw.
Uncustomable \Un*cus"tom*a*ble\, a.
Not customable, or subject to custom duties.
Uncustomed \Un*cus"tomed\, a.
Uncustomable; also, not having paid duty or customs.
--Smollett.
Uncut \Un*cut"\, a.
1. Not cut; not separated or divided by cutting or otherwise;
-- said especially of books, periodicals, and the like,
when the leaves have not been separated by trimming in
binding.
2. Not ground, or otherwise cut, into a certain shape; as, an
uncut diamond.
{Uncut velvet},a fabric woven like velvet, but with the loops
of the warp threads uncut.
Uncuth \Un*cuth"\, a.
Unknown; strange. [Obs.] -- n. A stranger. [Obs.]
Uncypher \Un*cy"pher\, v. t.
See {Uncipher}.
Undam \Un*dam"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + dam.]
To free from a dam, mound, or other obstruction. --Dryden.
Undampned \Un*damp"ned\, a.
Uncondemned. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Acts xvi. 37).
Undated \Un"da*ted\, a. [L. undatus, p. p. of undare to rise in
waves, to wave, to undulate, fr. unda a wave. See
{Undulate}.] (Bot.)
Rising and falling in waves toward the margin, as a leaf;
waved.
Undated \Un*dat"ed\, a. [Pref. un- + dated.]
Not dated; having no date; of unknown age; as, an undated
letter.
Undauntable \Un*daunt"a*ble\, a.
Incapable of being daunted; intrepid; fearless; indomitable.
--Bp. Hall.
Undaunted \Un*daunt"ed\, a.
Not daunted; not subdued or depressed by fear. --Shak.
Syn: Bold; fearless; brave; courageous; intrepid. --
{Un*daunt"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Un*daunt"ed*ness}, n.
Und'e \Un"d['e]\, a. [F. ond['e].] (Her.)
Waving or wavy; -- applied to ordinaries, or division lines.
Undeadly \Un*dead"ly\, a.
Not subject to death; immortal. [Obs.] -- {Un*dead"li*ness},
n. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Undeaf \Un*deaf"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + deaf.]
To free from deafness; to cause to hear. [Obs.] --Shak.
Undecagon \Un*dec"a*gon\, n. [L. undecim eleven + Gr. ? an
angle.] (Geom.)
A figure having eleven angles and eleven sides.
Undecane \Un"de*cane\, n. [L. undecim eleven.] (Chem.)
A liquid hydrocarbon, {C11H24}, of the methane series, found
in petroleum; -- so called from its containing eleven carbon
atoms in the molecule.
Undeceive \Un`de*ceive"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + deceive.]
To cause to be no longer deceived; to free from deception,
fraud, fallacy, or mistake. --South.
Undecency \Un*de"cen*cy\, n.
Indecency. [Obs.] ``Decency and undecency.'' --Jer. Taylor.
Undecennary \Un`de*cen"na*ry\, a. [L. undecim eleven (unus one +
decem ten) + -ennary as in decennary. Cf. {Undecennial}.]
Occurring once in every period of eleven years; undecennial.
An undecennary account laid before Parliament. --E.
Stiles.
Undecennial \Un`de*cen"ni*al\, a. [See {Undecennary}, and cf.
{Decennial}.]
Occurring or observed every eleventh year; belonging to, or
continuing, a period of eleven years; undecennary; as, an
undecennial festival.
Undecent \Un*de"cent\, a.
Indecent. [Obs.]
Undecide \Un`de*cide"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + decide.]
To reverse or recant, as a previous decision.
Undecisive \Un`de*ci"sive\, a.
Indecisive. [R.] --Glanvill.
Undeck \Un*deck"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + deck.]
To divest of ornaments. --Shak.
Undecked \Un*decked\, a.
1. Not decked; unadorned.
[Eve] undecked, save with herself, more lovely fair.
--Milton.
2. Not having a deck; as, an undecked vessel.
Undecolic \Un`de*col"ic\, a. [Undecylenic + propiolic.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, {C11H18O2}, of the
propiolic acid series, obtained indirectly from undecylenic
acid as a white crystalline substance.
Undecreed \Un`de*creed"\, a.
1. [Pref. un- not + decreed.] Not decreed.
2. [1st pref. un- + decree.] Reversed or nullified by decree,
as something previously decreed.
Undecyl \Un"de*cyl\, n. [Undecane + -yl.] (Chem.)
The radical regarded as characteristic of undecylic acid.
Undecylenic \Un*dec`y*len"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid {C11H20O2}, homologous
with acrylic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline
substance by the distillation of castor oil.
Undecylic \Un`de*cyl"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Related to, derived from, or containing, undecyl;
specifically, designating that member of the fatty acids
which corresponds to undecane, and is obtained as a white
crystalline substance, {C11H22O2}.
Undeeded \Un*deed"ed\, a.
1. Not deeded or transferred by deed; as, undeeded land.
2. Not made famous by any great action. [Obs.] --Shak.
Undefatigable \Un`de*fat"i*ga*ble\, a.
Indefatigable. [Obs.] ``Undefatigable pains.'' --Camden.
Undefeasible \Un`de*fea"si*ble\, a.
Indefeasible. [Obs.]
Undefine \Un`de*fine"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + define.]
To make indefinite; to obliterate or confuse the definition
or limitations of.
Undeify \Un*de"i*fy\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + deify.]
To degrade from the state of deity; to deprive of the
character or qualities of a god; to deprive of the reverence
due to a god. --Addison.
Undeniable \Un`de*ni"a*ble\, a.
1. Not deniable; incapable of denial; palpably true;
indisputable; obvious; as, undeniable evidence.
2. Unobjectionable; unquestionably excellent; as, a person of
undeniable connections. [Colloq.] --G. Eliot.
Undeniably \Un`de*ni"a*bly\, adv.
In an undeniable manner.
Undepartable \Un`de*part"a*ble\, a.
Incapable of being parted; inseparable. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Wyclif.
Under \Un"der\, prep. [AS. under, prep. & adv.; akin to OFries.
under, OS. undar, D. onder, G. unter, OHG. untar, Icel.
undir, Sw. & Dan. under, Goth. undar, L. infra below,
inferior lower, Skr. adhas below. [root]201. Cf. {Inferior}.]
1. Below or lower, in place or position, with the idea of
being covered; lower than; beneath; -- opposed to over;
as, he stood under a tree; the carriage is under cover; a
cellar extends under the whole house.
Fruit put in bottles, and the bottles let down into
wells under water, will keep long. --Bacon.
Be gathered now, ye waters under heaven, Into one
place. --Milton.
2. Hence, in many figurative uses which may be classified as
follows;
(a) Denoting relation to some thing or person that is
superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs,
directs, influences powerfully, or the like, in a
relation of subjection, subordination, obligation,
liability, or the like; as, to travel under a heavy
load; to live under extreme oppression; to have
fortitude under the evils of life; to have patience
under pain, or under misfortunes; to behave like a
Christian under reproaches and injuries; under the
pains and penalties of the law; the condition under
which one enters upon an office; under the necessity
of obeying the laws; under vows of chastity.
Both Jews and Gentiles . . . are all under sin. --Rom.
iii. 9.
That led the embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct.
--Milton.
Who have their provand Only for bearing burdens, and sore
blows For sinking under them. --Shak.
(b) Denoting relation to something that exceeds in rank or
degree, in number, size, weight, age, or the like; in
a relation of the less to the greater, of inferiority,
or of falling short.
Three sons he dying left under age. --Spenser.
Medicines take effect sometimes under, and
sometimes above, the natural proportion of their
virtue. --Hooker.
There are several hundred parishes in England
under twenty pounds a year. --Swift.
It was too great an honor for any man under a
duke. --Addison.
Note: Hence, it sometimes means at, with, or for, less than;
as, he would not sell the horse under sixty dollars.
Several young men could never leave the pulpit
under half a dozen conceits. --Swift.
(c) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or
includes, that represents or designates, that
furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as,
he betrayed him under the guise of friendship;
Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy
asleep.
A crew who, under names of old renown . . .
abused Fanatic Egypt. --Milton.
Mr. Duke may be mentioned under the double
capacity of a poet and a divine. --Felton.
Under this head may come in the several contests
and wars betwixt popes and the secular princes.
--C. Leslie.
(d) Less specifically, denoting the relation of being
subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like;
as, a bill under discussion.
Abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood,
Under amazement of their hideous change.
--Milton.
{Under arms}. (Mil.)
(a) Drawn up fully armed and equipped.
(b) Enrolled for military service; as, the state has a
million men under arms.
{Under canvas}.
(a) (Naut.) Moved or propelled by sails; -- said of any
vessel with her sail set, but especially of a steamer
using her sails only, as distinguished from one under
steam. Under steam and canvas signifies that a vessel
is using both means of propulsion.
(b) (Mil.) Provided with, or sheltered in, tents.
{Under fire}, exposed to an enemy's fire; taking part in a
battle or general engagement.
{Under foot}. See under {Foot}, n.
{Under ground}, below the surface of the ground.
{Under one's signature}, with one's signature or name
subscribed; attested or confirmed by one's signature. Cf.
the second Note under {Over}, prep.
{Under sail}. (Naut.)
(a) With anchor up, and under the influence of sails;
moved by sails; in motion.
(b) With sails set, though the anchor is down.
(c) Same as {Under canvas}
(a), above. --Totten.
{Under sentence}, having had one's sentence pronounced.
{Under the breath}, with low voice; very softly.
{Under the lee} (Naut.), to the leeward; as, under the lee of
the land.
{Under the rose}. See under {Rose}, n.
{Under water}, below the surface of the water.
{Under way}, or {Under weigh} (Naut.), in a condition to make
progress; having started.
Under \Un"der\, adv.
In a lower, subject, or subordinate condition; in subjection;
-- used chiefly in a few idiomatic phrases; as, to bring
under, to reduce to subjection; to subdue; to keep under, to
keep in subjection; to control; to go under, to be
unsuccessful; to fail.
I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection. --1
Cor. ix. 27.
The minstrel fell, but the foeman's chain Could not
bring his proud soul under. --Moore.
Note: Under is often used in composition with a verb to
indicate lowness or inferiority in position or degree,
in the act named by the verb; as, to underline; to
undermine; to underprop.
Under \Un"der\, a.
Lower in position, intensity, rank, or degree; subject;
subordinate; -- generally in composition with a noun, and
written with or without the hyphen; as, an undercurrent;
undertone; underdose; under-garment; underofficer;
undersheriff.
{Under covert} (Zo["o]l.), one of the feathers situated
beneath the bases of the quills in the wings and tail of a
bird. See Illust. under {Bird}.
Underact \Un`der*act"\, v. t.
To perform inefficiently, as a play; to act feebly.
Underaction \Un"der*ac`tion\, n.
Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary
to the main story; an episode.
The least episodes or underactions . . . are parts
necessary or convenient to carry on the main design.
--Dryden.
Underactor \Un"der*ac`tor\, n.
A subordinate actor.
Under-age \Un"der-age`\, a.
Not having arrived at adult age, or at years of discretion;
hence, raw; green; immature; boyish; childish. [Obs.]
I myself have loved a lady, and pursued her with a
great deal of under-age protestation. --J. Webster.
Underagent \Un"der*a`gent\, n.
A subordinate agent.
Underaid \Un`der*aid"\, v. t.
To aid clandestinely. [Obs.]
Under-arm \Un"der-arm\, a. (Cricket)
Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow,
that is, not swung far out from the body; underhand. Cf.
{Over-arm} and {Round-Arm}.
Underback \Un"der*back`\, n. (Brewing)
A vessel which receives the wort as it flows from the mashing
tub.
Underbear \Un`der*bear"\, v. t. [AS. underberan. See {Under},
and {Bear} to support.]
1. To support; to endure. [Obs.] --Shak.
2. To line; to guard; to face; as, cloth of gold underborne
with blue tinsel. [Obs.] --Shak.
Underbearer \Un"der*bear`er\, n.
One who supports or sustains; especially, at a funeral, one
of those who bear the copse, as distinguished from a bearer,
or pallbearer, who helps to hold up the pall.
Underbid \Un`der*bid"\, v. t.
To bid less than, as when a contract or service is offered to
the lowest bidder; to offer to contract, sell, or do for a
less price than.
Underbind \Un`der*bind"\, v. t.
To bind beneath. --Fairfax.
Underboard \Un"der*board`\, adv.
Under the board, or table; hence, secretly; unfairly;
underhand. See the Note under {Aboveboard}.
Underbrace \Un`der*brace\, v. t.
To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below. --Cowper.
Underbranch \Un"der*branch`\, n.
1. A lower branch.
2. A twig or branchlet. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Underbred \Un"der*bred`\, a.
Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow.
--Goldsmith.
Underbrush \Un"der*brush`\, n.
Shrubs, small trees, and the like, in a wood or forest,
growing beneath large trees; undergrowth.
Underbuilder \Un"der*build`er\, n.
A subordinate or assistant builder.
An underbuilder in the house of God. --Jer. Taylor.
Underbuilding \Un"der*build`ing\, n.
Same as {Substruction}.
Underbuy \Un`der*buy"\, v. t.
To buy at less than the real value or worth; to buy cheaper
than. [R.] --J. Fletcher.
Undercast \Un`der*cast"\, v. t.
To cast under or beneath.
Underchamberlain \Un`der*cham"ber*lain\, n.
A deputy chamberlain of the exchequer.
Underchanter \Un`der*chant"er\, n.
Same as {Subchanter}.
Underchaps \Un"der*chaps`\, n. pl.
The lower chaps or jaw. --Paley.
Undercharge \Un`der*charge"\, v. t.
1. To charge below or under; to charge less than is usual or
suitable fro; as, to undercharge goods or services.
2. To put too small a charge into; as, to undercharge a gun.
{Undercharged mine} (Mil.), a mine whose crater is not as
wide at top as it is deep. --W. P. Craighill.
Undercharge \Un"der*charge`\, n.
A charge that is less than is usual or suitable.
Underclay \Un"der*clay`\, n. (Geol.)
A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often containing
the roots of coal plants, especially the {Stigmaria}.
Undercliff \Un"der*cliff`\, n.
A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of material that
has fallen from the higher cliff above.
Underclothes \Un"der*clothes`\, n. pl.
Clothes worn under others, especially those worn next the
skin for warmth.
Underclothing \Un"der*cloth`ing\, n.
Same as {Underclothes}.
Undercoat \Un"der*coat`\, n.
1. A coat worn under another; a light coat, as distinguished
from an overcoat, or a greatcoat.
2. A growth of short hair or fur partially concealed by a
longer growth; as, a dog's undercoat.
Underconduct \Un"der*con`duct\, n.
A lower conduit; a subterranean conduit. [Obs.] --Sir H.
Wotton.
Underconsumption \Un`der*con*sump"tion\, n. (Polit. Econ.)
Consumption of less than is produced; consumption of less
than the usual amount. --F. A. Walk?r.
Undercraft \Un"der*craft`\, n.
A sly trick or device; as, an undercraft of authors. [R.]
--Sterne.
Undercreep \Un`der*creep"\, v. i.
To creep secretly or privily. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Undercrest \Un`der*crest"\, v. t.
To support as a crest; to bear. [Obs. & R.] --Shak.
Undercroft \Un"der*croft\, n. [Under + Prov. E. croft a vault;
cf. OD. krochte crypt, and E. crypt.] (Arch.)
A subterranean room of any kind; esp., one under a church
(see {Crypt}), or one used as a chapel or for any sacred
purpose.
Undercry \Un`der*cry"\, v. i.
To cry aloud. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Undercurrent \Un"der*cur`rent\, n.
1. A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in
a contrary direction to that on the surface. --Totten.
2. Hence, figuratively, a tendency of feeling, opinion, or
the like, in a direction contrary to what is publicly
shown; an unseen influence or tendency; as, a strong
undercurrent of sentiment in favor of a prisoner.
All the while there was a busy undercurrent in her.
--G. Eliot.
Undercurrent \Un"der*cur`rent\, a.
Running beneath the surface; hidden. [R.] ``Undercurrent
woe.'' --Tennyson.
Undercut \Un"der*cut`\, n.
The lower or under side of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.
Undercut \Un`der*cut"\, v. t.
To cut away, as the side of an object, so as to leave an
overhanging portion.
Underdealing \Un"der*deal`ing\, n.
Crafty, unfair, or underhand dealing; unfair practice;
trickery. --Milton.
Underdelve \Un`der*delve"\, v. t.
To delve under. [Obs.]
Underdig \Un`der*dig"\, v. t.
To dig under or beneath; to undermine. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Underditch \Un`der*ditch"\, v. t.
To dig an underground ditches in, so as to drain the surface;
to underdrain; as, to underditch a field or a farm.
Underdo \Un`der*do"\, v. i.
To do less than is requisite or proper; -- opposed to overdo.
--Grew.
Underdo \Un`der*do"\, v. t.
To do less thoroughly than is requisite; specifically, to
cook insufficiently; as, to underdo the meat; -- opposed to
{overdo}.
Underdoer \Un"der*do`er\, n.
One who underdoes; a shirk.
Underdolven \Un`der*dolv"en\, obs.
p. p. of {Underdelve}.
Underdose \Un"der*dose`\, n.
A dose which is less than required; a small or insufficient
dose.
Underdose \Un`der*dose"\, v. t. & i.
To give an underdose or underdoses to; to practice giving
insufficient doses.
Underdrain \Un"der*drain`\, n.
An underground drain or trench with openings through which
the water may percolate from the soil or ground above.
Underdrain \Un`der*drain"\, v. t.
To drain by forming an underdrain or underdrains in; as, to
underdrain land.
Underdressed \Un`der*dressed"\, a.
Not dresses enough.
Underestimate \Un`der*es"ti*mate\, v. t.
To set to? low a value on; to estimate below the truth.
Underestimate \Un`der*es"ti*mate\, n.
The act of underestimating; too low an estimate.
Underfaction \Un"der*fac`tion\, n.
A subordinate party or faction.
Underfaculty \Un"der*fac`ul*ty\, n.
An inferior or subordinate faculty.
Underfarmer \Un"der*farm`er\, n.
An assistant farmer.
Underfeed \Un`der*feed"\, v. t.
To feed with too little food; to supply with an insufficient
quantity of food.
Underfellow \Un"der*fel`low\, n.
An underling ?? mean, low fellow. [R.] -- Sir P. Sidney.
Underfilling \Un"der*fill`ing\, n.
The filling below or beneath; the under part of a building.
--Sir H. Wotton.
Underfollow \Un`der*fol"low\, v. t.
To follow closely or immediately after. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Underfong \Un`der*fong"\, v. t. [AS. underfongen, p. p. of
underf?n to undertake; under under + f?n to take. See {Fang}
to seize.]
1. To undertake; to take in hand; to receive. [Obs.] --Piers
Plowman. Rom. of R.
2. To insnare; to circumvent. [Obs.] --Spenser.
3. To sustain; to support; to guard. --Nash.
Underfoot \Un`der*foot"\, adv.
Under the feet; underneath; below. See {Under foot}, under
{Foot}, n.
Underfoot \Un`der*foot"\, a.
Low; base; abject; trodden down.
Underfringe \Un"der*fringe`\, n.
A lower fringe; a fringe underneath something.
Broad-faced, with underfringe of russet beard.
--Tennyson.
Underfurnish \Un`der*fur"nish\, v. t.
To supply with less than enough; to furnish insufficiently.
--Collier.
Underfurrow \Un`der*fur"row\, v. t.
To cover as under a furrow; to plow in; as, to underfurrow
seed or manure.
Under-garment \Un"der-gar`ment\, n.
A garment worn below another.
Underget \Un`der*get"\, v. t.
To get under or beneath; also, to understand. [Obs.] --R. of
Gloucester.
Undergird \Un`der*gird"\, v. t.
To blind below; to gird round the bottom.
They used helps, undergirding the ship. --Acts xxvii.
17.
Underglaze \Un"der*glaze`\, a.
Applied under the glaze, that is, before the glaze, that is,
before the glaze is put on; fitted to be so applied; -- said
of colors in porcelain painting.
Undergo \Un`der*go"\, v. t. [imp. {Underwent}; p. p. {Undergone}
(?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Undergoing}.] [AS. underg[=a]n.
See {Under}, and {Go}.]
1. To go or move below or under. [Obs.]
2. To be subjected to; to bear up against; to pass through;
to endure; to suffer; to sustain; as, to undergo toil and
fatigue; to undergo pain, grief, or anxiety; to undergothe
operation of amputation; food in the stomach undergoes the
process of digestion.
Certain to undergo like doom. --Milton.
3. To be the bearer of; to possess. [Obs.]
Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As
infinite as man may undergo. --Shak.
4. To undertake; to engage in; to hazard. [Obs.]
I have moved already Some certain of the
noblest-minded Romans To undergo with me an
enterprise. --Shak.
5. To be subject or amenable to; to underlie. [Obs.]
Claudio undergoes my challenge. --Shak.
Undergod \Un"der*god`\, n.
A lower or inferio? god; a subordinate deity; a demigod.
Undergore \Un`der*gore"\, v. t.
To gore underneath.
Undergown \Un"der*gown`\, n.
A gown worn under another, or under some other article of
dress.
An undergown and kirtle of pale sea-green silk. --Sir
W. Scott.
Undergraduate \Un`der*grad"u*ate\, n.
A member of a university or a college who has not taken his
first degree; a student in any school who has not completed
his course.
Undergraduate \Un`der*grad"u*ate\, a.
Of or pertaining to an undergraduate, or the body of
undergraduates.
Undergraduateship \Un`der*grad"u*ate*ship\, n.
The position or condition of an undergraduate.
Undergroan \Un`der*groan\, v. t.
To groan beneath. [Obs.]
Earth undergroaned their high-raised feet. --Chapman.
Underground \Un"der*ground`\, n.
The place or space beneath the surface of the ground;
subterranean space.
A spirit raised from depth of underground. --Shak.
Underground \Un"der*ground`\, a.
1. Being below the surface of the ground; as, an underground
story or apartment.
2. Done or occurring out of sight; secret. [Colloq.]
{Underground railroad} or {railway}. See under {Railroad}.
Underground \Un"der*ground`\, adv.
Beneath the surface of the earth.
Undergrove \Un"der*grove`\, n.
A grove of shrubs or low trees under taller ones.
--Wordsworth.
Undergrow \Un`der*grow"\, v. i.
To grow to an inferior, or less than the usual, size or
height. --Wyclif.
Undergrow \Un`der*grow"\, a.
Undergrown. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Undergrown \Un`der*grown"\, a.
Of small stature; not grown to a full height or size.
Undergrowth \Un"der*growth`\, n.
That which grows under trees; specifically, shrubs or small
trees growing among large trees. --Milton.
Undergrub \Un`der*grub"\, v. t.
To undermine. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Underhand \Un"der*hand`\, a.
1. Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent.
--Addison.
2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc.) Done, as pitching, with the hand
lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand
lower than elbow.
Underhand \Un"der*hand`\, adv.
1. By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud;
unfairly.
Such mean revenge, committed underhand. --Dryden.
Baillie Macwheeble provided Janet, underhand, with
meal for their maintenance. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc.) In an underhand manner; -- said
of pitching or bowling.
Underhanded \Un"der*hand`ed\, a.
1. Underhand; clandestine.
2. Insufficiently provided with hands or workers;
short-handed; sparsely populated.
Norway . . . might defy the world, . . . but it is
much underhanded now. --Coleridge.
Underhandedly \Un"der*hand`ed*ly\, adv.
In an underhand manner.
Underhang \Un`der*hang"\, v. t. & i.
To hang under or down; to suspend. --Holland.
Underhangman \Un"der*hang`man\, n.
An assistant or deputy hangman. --Shak.
Underhead \Un"der*head`\, n.
A blockhead, or stupid person; a dunderhead. [Obs.] --Sir T.
Browne.
Underheave \Un`der*heave"\, v. i.
To heave or lift from below. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Underhew \Un`der*hew"\, v. t.
To hew less than is usual or proper; specifically, to hew, as
a piece of timber which should be square, in such a manner
that it appears to contain a greater number of cubic feet
than it really does contain. --Haldeman.
Underhonest \Un`der*hon"est\, a.
Not entirely honest. [R.] ``We think him overproud and
underhonest.'' --Shak.
Underhung \Un`der*hung"\, a.
1. (Carp.) Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being
suspended; -- said of a sliding door. --Forney.
2. Having the lower jaw projecting. --T. Hughes.
Underjaw \Un"der*jaw`\, n.
The lower jaw. --Paley.
Underjoin \Un`der*join"\, v. t.
To join below or beneath; to subjoin. --Wyclif.
Underkeep \Un`der*keep"\, v. t.
To keep under, or in subjection; to suppress. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
Underkeeper \Un"der*keep`er\, n.
A subordinate keeper or guardian. --Gray.
Underkind \Un"der*kind`\, n.
An inferior kind. --Dryden.
Underkingdom \Un"der*king`dom\, n.
A subordinate or dependent kingdom. --Tennyson.
Underlaborer \Un"der*la`bor*er\, n.
An assistant or subordinate laborer. --Locke.
Underlaid \Un`der*laid"\, a.
Laid or placed underneath; also, having something laid or
lying underneath.
Underlay \Un`der*lay"\, v. t. [AS. underlecgan. See {Under}, and
{Lay}, v. t.]
1. To lay beneath; to put under.
2. To raise or support by something laid under; as, to
underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing. See
{Underlay}, n., 2.
3. To put a tap on (a shoe). [Prov. Eng.]
Underlay \Un`der*lay"\, v. i. (Mining)
To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein,
fault, or lode.
Underlay \Un"der*lay`\, n.
1. (Mining) The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from
the vertical; a hade; -- called also {underlie}.
2. (Print.) A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like,
placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in
the from, to bring it, or any part of it, to the proper
height; also, something placed back of a part of the
tympan, so as to secure the right impression.
Underlayer \Un"der*lay`er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, underlays or is underlaid; a lower
layer.
2. (Mining) A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any
required depth. --Weale.
Underleaf \Un"der*leaf`\, n.
A prolific sort of apple, good for cider. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
Underlease \Un"der*lease\, n. (Law)
A lease granted by a tenant or lessee; especially, a lease
granted by one who is himself a lessee for years, for any
fewer or less number of years than he himself holds; a
sublease. --Burrill.
Underlet \Un`der*let"\, v. t.
1. To let below the value.
All my farms were underlet. --Smollett.
2. To let or lease at second hand; to sublet.
Underletter \Un"der*let`ter\, n.
A tenant or lessee who grants a lease to another.
Underlie \Un`der*lie"\, v. t. [AS. underlicgan. See {Under}, and
{Lie} to be prostrate.]
1. To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a
stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.
2. To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to
support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory.
3. To be subject or amenable to. [R.]
The knight of Ivanhoe . . . underlies the challenge
of Brian der Bois Guilbert. --Sir W.
Scott.
Underlie \Un`der*lie"\, v. i.
To lie below or under.
Underlie \Un"der*lie`\, n.
See {Underlay}, n., 1.
Underline \Un`der*line"\, v. t.
1. To mark a line below, as words; to underscore.
2. To influence secretly. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
Underling \Un"der*ling\, n. [Under + -ling.]
An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; hence, a mean,
sorry fellow. --Milton.
he fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in
ourselves, that we are underlings. --Shak.
Underlip \Un"der*lip`\, n.
The lower lip.
Underlock \Un"der*lock`\, n.
A lock of wool hanging under the belly of a sheep.
Underlocker \Un"der*lock`er\, n. (Mining)
A person who inspects a mine daily; -- called also
{underviewer}.
Underlying \Un`der*ly"ing\, a.
Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the
underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles.
Undermanned \Un`der*manned"\, a. (Naut.)
Insufficiently furnished with men; short-handed.
Undermasted \Un"der*mast`ed\, a. (Naut.)
Having masts smaller than the usual dimension; -- said of
vessels. --Totten.
Undermaster \Un"der*mas`ter\, n.
A master subordinate to the principal master; an assistant
master.
Undermatch \Un"der*match`\, n.
One who is not a match for another. --Fuller.
Undermeal \Un"der*meal`\, n. [AS. under under + m?l part or
portion; cf. AS. underm?l midday. See {Under}, {Meal} a part,
and cf. {Undern}.]
1. The inferior, or after, part of the day; the afternoon.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
In undermeals and in mornings. --Chaucer.
2. Hence, something occurring or done in the afternoon; esp.,
an afternoon meal; supper; also, an afternoon nap; a
siesta. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Another great supper, or undermeal, was made ready
for them, coming home from ditching and plowing.
--Withals
(1608).
I think I am furnished with Cattern [Catharine]
pears for one undermeal. --B. Jonson.
In a narrower limit than the forty years' undermeal
of the seven sleepers. --Nash.
Undermine \Un`der*mine"\, v. t.
1. To excavate the earth beneath, or the part of, especially
for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown; to
form a mine under; to sap; as, to undermine a wall.
A vast rock undermined from one end to the other,
and a highway running through it. --Addison.
2. Fig.: To remove the foundation or support of by
clandestine means; to ruin in an underhand way; as, to
undermine reputation; to undermine the constitution of the
state.
He should be warned who are like to undermine him.
--Locke.
Underminer \Un`der*min"er\, n.
One who undermines.
Underminister \Un`der*min"is*ter\, v. t.
To serve, or minister to, in a subordinate relation. [Obs.]
--Wyclif.
Underministry \Un`der*min"is*try\, n.
A subordinate or inferior ministry. --Jer. Taylor.
Undermirth \Un"der*mirth`\, n.
Suppressed or concealed mirth. [Obs.] --The Coronation.
Undermoneyed \Un`der*mon"eyed\, a.
Bribed. [R.] --Fuller.
Undermost \Un"der*most\, a. [From {Under}; cf. {Aftermost}.]
Lowest, as in place, rank, or condition. --Addison.
Undern \Un"dern\, n. [AS. undern; akin to OS. undorn, OHG.
untarn, untorn, Icel. undorn mid afternoon, mid forenoon,
Goth. unda['u]rnimats the midday meal. Cf. {Undermeal},
{Undertime}.]
The time between; the time between sunrise and noon;
specifically, the third hour of the day, or nine o'clock in
the morning, according to ancient reckoning; hence, mealtime,
because formerly the principal meal was eaten at that hour;
also, later, the afternoon; the time between dinner and
supper. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Betwixt undern and noon was the field all won. --R. of
Brunne.
In a bed of worts still he lay Till it was past undern
of the day. --Chaucer.
Underneath \Un`der*neath"\, adv. [OE. undirnepe. See {Under},
and {Beneath}.]
Beneath; below; in a lower place; under; as, a channel
underneath the soil.
Or sullen mole, that runneth underneath. --Milton.
Underneath \Un`der*neath"\, prep.
Under; beneath; below.
Underneath this stone lie As much beauty as could die.
--B. Jonson.
Underniceness \Un`der*nice"ness\, n.
A want of niceness; indelicacy; impropriety.
Undernime \Un`der*nime"\, v. t. [imp. {Undernom}.] [OE.
undernimen. See {Under}, and {Nim}.]
1. To receive; to perceive. [Obs.]
He the savor undernom Which that the roses and the
lilies cast. --Chaucer.
2. To reprove; to reprehend. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
Underofficer \Un"der*of`fi*cer\, n.
A subordinate officer.
Underpart \Un"der*part`\, n.
A subordinate part.
It should be lightened with underparts of mirth.
--Dryden.
Underpay \Un`der*pay"\, v. t.
To pay inadequately.
Underpeep \Un`der*peep"\, v. t.
To peep under. ``The flame . . . would underpeep her lids.''
[R.] --Shak.
Underpeer \Un`der*peer"\, v. t.
To peer under. [R.]
Underpeopled \Un`der*peo"pled\, a.
Not fully peopled.
Underpight \Un`der*pight"\,
imp. of {Underpitch}.
Underpin \Un`der*pin"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Underpinned}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Underpinning}.]
1. To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a
building, on which it is to rest.
2. To support by some solid foundation; to place something
underneath for support.
Underpinning \Un"der*pin`ning\, n.
1. The act of one who underpins; the act of supporting by
stones, masonry, or the like.
2. (Arch.)
(a) That by which a building is underpinned; the material
and construction used for support, introduced beneath
a wall already constructed.
(b) The foundation, esp. of a frame house. [Local, U. S.]
Underpitch \Un`der*pitch"\, v. t. [imp. {Underpight}.] [OE.
underpicchen. See {Under}, and {Pitch} to throw, fix.]
To fill underneath; to stuff. [Obs.]
He drank and well his girdle underpight. --Chaucer.
Underplay \Un`der*play"\, v. i.
1. To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to
underact a part.
2. (Card Playing) To play a low card when holding a high one,
in the hope of a future advantage.
Underplay \Un"der*play`\, n. (Card Playing)
The act of underplaying.
Underplot \Un"der*plot`\, n.
1. A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with
the main story, and subservient to it. --Dryden.
2. A clandestine scheme; a trick. --Addison.
Underpoise \Un`der*poise"\, v. t.
To weigh, estimate, or rate below desert; to undervalue. [R.]
--Marston.
Underpossessor \Un"der*pos*sess`or\, n.
One who possesses or holds anything subject to the superior
of another. --Jer. Taylor.
Underpraise \Un`der*praise"\, v. t.
To praise below desert.
Underprize \Un`der*prize"\, v. t.
To undervalue; to underestimate. --Shak.
Underproduction \Un`der*pro*duc"tion\, n. (Polit. Econ.)
The production of less than is demanded or of less than the
usual supply. --F. A. Walker.
Underproof \Un"der*proof`\, a.
Containing less alcohol than proof spirit. See {Proof
spirit}, under {Spirit}.
Underprop \Un`der*prop"\, v. t.
To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to
uphold.
Underprop the head that bears the crown. --Fenton.
Underproportioned \Un`der*pro*por"tioned\, a.
Of inadequate or inferior proportions; small; poor.
Scanty and underproportioned returns of civility.
--Collier.
Underproper \Un"der*prop`er\, n.
One who, or that which, underprops or supports.
Underpull \Un`der*pull"\, v. i.
To exert one's influence secretly. [Obs.] --Ld. North.
Underpuller \Un"der*pull`er\, n.
One who underpulls. [Obs.]
Underput \Un`der*put"\, v. t.
To put or send under. [Obs.]
Underrate \Un`der*rate"\, v. t.
To rate too low; to rate below the value; to undervalue.
--Burke.
Underrate \Un"der*rate`\, n.
A price less than the value; as, to sell a thing at an
underrate. --Cowley.
Underreckon \Un`der*reck"on\, v. t.
To reckon below what is right or proper; to underrate. --Bp.
Hall.
Underrun \Un`der*run"\, v. t.
To run or pass under; especially (Naut.), to pass along and
under, as a cable, for the purpose of taking it in, or of
examining it.
Note: The cable passes over the bows and stern of the boat
used, while the men haul the boat along by pulling upon
the cable. --Totten.
{To underrun a tackle} (Naut.), to separate its parts and put
them in order.
Undersail \Un`der*sail"\, v. i.
To sail alongshore. [Obs.]
Undersailed \Un"der*sailed`\, a.
Inadequately equipped with sails. [Obs.]
Undersaturated \Un`der*sat"u*ra`ted\, a.
Not fully saturated; imperfectly saturated.
Undersay \Un`der*say"\, v. t.
To say by way of derogation or contradiction. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
Underscore \Un`der*score"\, v. t.
To draw a mark or line under; to underline. --J. Tucker.
Undersecretary \Un`der*sec"re*ta*ry\, n.
A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an
assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.
Undersell \Un`der*sell"\, v. t.
To sell the same articles at a lower price than; to sell
cheaper than.
Underservant \Un"der*serv`ant\, n.
An inferior servant.
Underset \Un`der*set"\, v. t.
To prop or support. --Bacon.
Underset \Un"der*set`\, n. (Naut.)
Undercurrent.
Undersetter \Un"der*set`ter\, n.
One who, or that which, undersets or supports; a prop; a
support; a pedestal.
Undersetting \Un"der*set`ting\, n.
Something set or built under as a support; a pedestal. --Sir
H. Wotton.
Undershapen \Un"der*shap`en\, a.
Under the usual shape or size; small; dwarfish. [Poetic]
His dwarf, a vicious undershapen thing. --Tennyson.
Undersheriff \Un"der*sher`iff\, n.
A sheriff's deputy.
Undersheriffry \Un"der*sher`iff*ry\, n.
Undershrievalty. [Obs.]
Undershirt \Un"der*shirt`\, n.
A shirt worn next the skin, under another shirt; -- called
also {undervest}.
Undershoot \Un`der*shoot"\, v. t.
To shoot short of (a mark).
Undershot \Un"der*shot`\, a.
1. (Zo["o]l.) Having the lower incisor teeth projecting
beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.
2. Moved by water passing beneath; -- said of a water wheel,
and opposed to overshot; as, an undershot wheel.
Undershrievalty \Un"der*shriev"al*ty\, n.
The office or position of an undersheriff.
Undershrieve \Un"der*shrieve`\, n. (Bot.)
A low shrub; a woody plant of low stature.
Undershrub \Un"der*shrub`\, a.
Partly shrublike.
Undershut \Un"der*shut`\, a.
Closed from beneath.
{Undershut valve} (Mach.), a valve which shuts by being
lifted against a seat facing downward. --Knight.
Underside \Un"der*side`\, n.
The lower or lowest side of anything. --Paley.
Undersign \Un`der*sign"\, v. t.
To write one's name at the foot or end of, as a letter or any
legal instrument.
{The undersigned}, the person whose name is signed, or the
persons whose names are signed, at the end of a document;
the subscriber or subscribers.
Undersized \Un"der*sized`\, a.
Of a size less than is common.
Underskinker \Un"der*skink`er\, n.
Undertapster. [Obs.]
Underskirt \Un"der*skirt`\, n.
A petticoat; the foundation skirt of a draped dress.
Undersky \Un"der*sky`\, n.
The lower region of the sky.
Floating about the undersky. --Tennyson.
Undersleeve \Un"der*sleeve`\, n.
A sleeve of an under-garment; a sleeve worn under another,
Undersoil \Un"der*soil`\, n.
The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil.
Undersold \Un`der*sold"\,
p. p. of {Undersell}.
Undersong \Un"der*song`\, n.
1. The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain. --Dryden.
2. Accompanying strain; subordinate and underlying meaning;
accompaniment; undertone.
In the very [poetry] there often an undersong of
sense which none beside the poetic mind . . . can
comprehend. --Landor.
Undersparred \Un"der*sparred`\, a. (Naut.)
Having spars smaller than the usual dimension; -- said of
vessels.
Underspend \Un`der*spend"\, v. t.
To spend less than.
Undersphere \Un"der*sphere`\, n.
1. A sphere which is smaller than, and in its movements
subject to, another; a satellite.
2. An inferior sphere, or field of action.
Underspore \Un`der*spore"\, v. t.
To raise with a spar, or piece of wood, used as a lever.
[Obs.]
Give me a staff that I may underspore. --Chaucer.
Understair \Un"der*stair`\, a.
Of or pertaining to the kitchen, or the servants' quarters;
hence, subordinate; menial. [Obs.]
Understairs \Un"der*stairs`\, n.
The basement or cellar.
Understand \Un`der*stand"\ ([u^]n`d[~e]r*st[a^]nd"), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. {Understood}, and Archaic {Understanded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Understanding}.] [OE. understanden, AS. understandan,
literally, to stand under; cf. AS. forstandan to understand,
G. verstehen. The development of sense is not clear. See
{Under}, and {Stand}.]
1. To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the
meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to
comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in
Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the
court understands the advocate or his argument; to
understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a
wink.
Speaketh [i. e., speak thou] so plain at this time, I you
pray, That we may understande what ye say. --Chaucer.
I understand not what you mean by this. --Shak.
Understood not all was but a show. --Milton.
A tongue not understanded of the people. --Bk. of Com.
Prayer.
2. To be apprised, or have information, of; to learn; to be
informed of; to hear; as, I understand that Congress has
passed the bill.
3. To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to
mean; to interpret; to explain.
The most learned interpreters understood the words
of sin, and not of Abel. --Locke.
4. To mean without expressing; to imply tacitly; to take for
granted; to assume.
War, then, war, Open or understood, must be
resolved. --Milton.
5. To stand under; to support. [Jocose & R.] --Shak.
{To give one to understand}, to cause one to know.
{To make one's self understood}, to make one's meaning clear.
Understand \Un`der*stand"\, v. i.
1. To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an
intelligent being.
Imparadised in you, in whom alone I understand, and
grow, and see. --Donne.
2. To be informed; to have or receive knowledge.
I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that
Eliashib did for Tobiah. --Neh. xiii.
7.
Understandable \Un`der*stand"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being understood; intelligible. --Chillingworth.
Understander \Un`der*stand"er\, n.
One who understands, or knows by experience. [R.] --Dryden.
Understanding \Un`der*stand"ing\, a.
Knowing; intelligent; skillful; as, he is an understanding
man.
Understanding \Un`der*stand"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who understands a thing, in any sense of
the verb; knowledge; discernment; comprehension;
interpretation; explanation.
2. An agreement of opinion or feeling; adjustment of
differences; harmony; anything mutually understood or
agreed upon; as, to come to an understanding with another.
He hoped the loyalty of his subjects would concur
with him in the preserving of a good understanding
between him and his people. --Clarendon.
3. The power to understand; the intellectual faculty; the
intelligence; the rational powers collectively conceived
an designated; the higher capacities of the intellect; the
power to distinguish truth from falsehood, and to adapt
means to ends.
There is a spirit in man; and the inspiration of the
Almighty them understanding. --Job xxxii.
8.
The power of perception is that which we call the
understanding. Perception, which we make the act of
the understanding, is of three sorts: 1. The
perception of ideas in our mind; 2. The perception
of the signification of signs; 3. The perception of
the connection or repugnancy, agreement or
disagreement, that there is between any of our
ideas. All these are attributed to the
understanding, or perceptive power, though it be the
two latter only that use allows us to say we
understand. --Locke.
In its wider acceptation, understanding is the
entire power of perceiving an conceiving, exclusive
of the sensibility: the power of dealing with the
impressions of sense, and composing them into
wholes, according to a law of unity; and in its most
comprehensive meaning it includes even simple
apprehension. --Coleridge.
4. Specifically, the discursive faculty; the faculty of
knowing by the medium or use of general conceptions or
relations. In this sense it is contrasted with, and
distinguished from, the reason.
I use the term understanding, not for the noetic
faculty, intellect proper, or place of principles,
but for the dianoetic or discursive faculty in its
widest signification, for the faculty of relations
or comparisons; and thus in the meaning in which
``verstand'' is now employed by the Germans. --Sir
W. Hamilton.
Syn: Sense; intelligence; perception. See {Sense}.
Understandingly \Un`der*stand"ing*ly\, adv.
In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge
or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question
understandingly; to act or judge understandingly.
The gospel may be neglected, but in can not be
understandingly disbelieved. --J. Hawes.
Understate \Un`der*state"\, v. t.
To state or represent less strongly than may be done
truthfully.
Understatement \Un"der*state`ment\, n.
The act of understating, or the condition of being
understated; that which is understated; a statement below the
truth.
Understock \Un`der*stock"\, v. t.
To supply insufficiently with stock. --A. Smith.
Understood \Un`der*stood"\,
imp. & p. p. of {Understand}.
Understrapper \Un"der*strap`per\, n.
A petty fellow; an inferior agent; an underling.
This was going to the fountain head at once, not
applying to the understrappers. --Goldsmith.
Understrapping \Un"der*strap`ping\, a.
Becoming an understrapper; subservient. [R.] --Sterne.
Understratum \Un"der*stra`tum\, n.; pl. L. {Understrata}, E.
{Understratums}.
The layer, or stratum, of earth on which the mold, or soil,
rests; subsoil.
Understroke \Un`der*stroke"\, v. t.
To underline or underscore. --Swift.
Understudy \Un"der*stud`y\, v. t. & i. (Theater)
To study, as another actor's part, in order to be his
substitute in an emergency; to study another actor's part.
Understudy \Un"der*stud`y\, n.
One who studies another's part with a view to assuming it in
an emergency.
Undersuit \Un"der*suit`\, n.
A suit worn under another suit; a suit of underclothes.
Undertakable \Un`der*tak"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being undertaken; practicable.
Undertake \Un`der*take"\, v. t. [imp. {Undertook}; p. p.
{Undertaken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Undertaking}.] [Under + take.]
1. To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to
take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to
attempt.
To second, or oppose, or undertake The perilous
attempt. --Milton.
2. Specifically, to take upon one's self solemnly or
expressly; to lay one's self under obligation, or to enter
into stipulations, to perform or to execute; to covenant;
to contract.
I 'll undertake to land them on our coast. --Shak.
3. Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm.
And he was not right fat, I undertake. --Dryden.
And those two counties I will undertake Your grace
shall well and quietly enjoiy. --Shak.
I dare undertake they will not lose their labor.
--Woodward.
4. To assume, as a character. [Obs.] --Shak.
5. To engage with; to attack. [Obs.]
It is not fit your lordship should undertake every
companion that you give offense to. --Shak.
6. To have knowledge of; to hear. [Obs.] --Spenser.
7. To take or have the charge of. [Obs.] ``Who undertakes you
to your end.'' --Shak.
Keep well those that ye undertake. --Chaucer.
Undertake \Un`der*take"\, v. i.
1. To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or
province.
O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. --Isa.
xxxviii. 14.
2. To venture; to hazard. [Obs.]
It is the cowish terror of his spirit That dare not
undertake. --Shak.
3. To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety.
But on mine honor dare I undertake For good lord
Titus' innocence in all. --Shak.
Undertaker \Un`der*tak"er\, n.
1. One who undertakes; one who engages in any project or
business. --Beau. & Fl.
2. One who stipulates or covenants to perform any work for
another; a contractor.
To sign deputations for undertakes to furnish their
proportions of saltpeter. --Evelyn.
In come some other undertakes, and promise us the
same or greater wonders. --South.
3. Specifically, one who takes the charge and management of
funerals.
Undertaking \Un`der*tak"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project
or business. --Hakluyt.
2. That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project
which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an
enterprise.
3. Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the
management of funerals.
4. A promise or pledge; a guarantee. --A. Trollope.
Undertapster \Un`der*tap"ster\, n.
Assistant to a tapster.
Undertaxed \Un"der*taxed`\, a.
Taxed too little, or at a lower rate than others.
Undertenancy \Un"der*ten`an*cy\, n.
Tenancy or tenure under a tenant or lessee; the tenure of an
undertenant.
Undertenant \Un"der*ten`ant\, n.
The tenant of a tenant; one who holds lands or tenements of a
tenant or lessee.
Underthing \Un"der**thing`\, n.
Something that is inferior and of little worth. [Obs.]
--Beau. & Fl.
Undertide \Un"der*tide`\, Undertime \Un"der*time`\, n. [Under +
{tide}, time. Cf. {Undern}.]
The under or after part of the day; undermeal; evening.
[Obs.]
He, coming home at undertime, there found The fairest
creature that he ever saw. --Spenser.
Undertone \Un"der*tone`\, n.
A low or subdued tone or utterance; a tone less loud than
usual.
Undertook \Un`der*took"\,
imp. of {Undertake}.
Undertow \Un"der*tow`\, n. (Naut.)
The current that sets seaward near the bottom when waves are
breaking upon the shore.
Undertreasurer \Un"der*treas`ur*er\, n.
An assistant treasurer.
Underturn \Un`der*turn\, v. t.
To turn upside down; to subvert; to upset. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Undervaluation \Un`der*val`u*a"tion\, n.
The act of undervaluing; a rate or value not equal to the
real worth.
Undervalue \Un`der*val"ue\, v. t.
1. To value, rate, or estimate below the real worth; to
depreciate.
2. To esteem lightly; to treat as of little worth; to hold in
mean estimation; to despise.
In comparison of it I undervalued all ensigns of
authority. --Atterbury.
I write not this with the least intention to
undervalue the other parts of poetry. --Dryden.
Undervalue \Un`der*val"ue\, n.
A low rate or price; a price less than the real worth;
undervaluation. --Milton.
Undervaluer \Un"der*val"u*er\, n.
One who undervalues.
Underverse \Un"der*verse`\, n.
The lower or second verse. [Obs.]
Undervest \Un"der*vest`\, n.
An undershirt.
Underviewer \Un"der*view`er\, n.
See {Underlooker}.
Underwear \Un"der*wear`\, n.
That which is worn under the outside clothing; underclothes.
Underween \Un`der*ween"\, v. t.
To undervalue. [Obs.]
Underwent \Un`der*went"\,
imp. of {Undergo}.
Underwing \Un"der*wing`\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) One of the posterior wings of an insect.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of noctuid moths
belonging to {Catocala} and allied genera, in which the
hind wings are banded with red and black or other
conspicuous colors. Many of the species are called {red
underwing}.
Underwitted \Un"der*wit`ted\, a.
Weak in intellect; half-witted; silly. [R.] --Bp. Kennet.
Underwood \Un"der*wood`\, n.
Small trees and bushes that grow among large trees; coppice;
underbrush; -- formerly used in the plural.
Shrubs and underwoods look well enough while they grow
within the shade of oaks and cedars. --Addison.
Underwork \Un`der*work"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Underworked}or
{Underwrought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Underworking}.]
1. To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by
clandestine measure; to undermine.
But thou from loving England art so far, That thou
hast underwrought his lawful king. --Shak.
2. To expend too little work upon; as, to underwork a
painting. --Dryden.
3. To do like work at a less price than; as, one mason may
underwork another.
Underwork \Un`der*work"\, v. i.
1. To work or operate in secret or clandestinely. --B.
Jonson.
2. To do less work than is proper or suitable.
3. To do work for a less price than current rates.
Underwork \Un"der*work`\, n.
Inferior or subordinate work; petty business. --Addison.
Underworker \Un"der*work`er\, n.
1. One who underworks.
2. An inferior or subordinate workman. --Waterland.
Underworld \Un"der*world`\, n.
1. The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the
heavens; the earth.
That overspreads (with such a reverence) This
underworld. --Daniel.
2. The mythological place of departed souls; Hades.
3. The portion of the world which is below the horizon; the
opposite side of the world; the antipodes. [R.]
Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail, That
brings our friends up from the underworld.
--Tennyson.
4. The inferior part of mankind. [R.] --Atterbury.
Underwrite \Un`der*write"\, v. t. [imp. {Underwrote}, Obs.
{Underwrit}; p. p. {Underwritten}, Obs. {Underwrit}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Underwriting}.]
1. To write under something else; to subscribe.
What addition and change I have made I have here
underwritten. --Bp.
Sanderson.
2. To subscribe one's name to for insurance, especially for
marine insurance; to write one's name under, or set one's
name to, as a policy of insurance, for the purpose of
becoming answerable for loss or damage, on consideration
of receiving a certain premium per cent; as, individuals,
as well as companies, may underwrite policies of
insurance. --B. Jonson.
The broker who procures the insurance ought not, by
underwriting the policy, to deprive the parties of
his unbiased testimony. --Marshall.
Underwrite \Un`der*write"\, v. i.
To practice the business of insuring; to take a risk of
insurance on a vessel or the like.
Underwriter \Un"der*writ`er\, n.
One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an
insurance policy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer.
Underwriting \Un"der*writ`ing\, n.
The business of an underwriter,
Underyoke \Un`der*yoke"\, v. t.
To subject to the yoke; to make subject. --Wyclif.
Undeserve \Un`de*serve"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + deserve.]
To fail to deserve. [Obs.] --Milton.
Undeserver \Un`de*serv"er\, n.
One of no merit; one who is nor deserving or worthy. [Obs.]
--Shak.
Undesigning \Un`de*sign"ing\, a.
Having no artful, ulterior, or fraudulent purpose; sincere;
artless; simple.
Undestroyable \Un`de*stroy"a*ble\, a.
Indestructible.
Undeterminable \Un`de*ter"mi*na*ble\, a.
Not determinable; indeterminable. --Locke.
Undeterminate \Un`de*ter"mi*nate\, a.
Nor determinate; not settled or certain; indeterminate.
--South. -- {Un`de*ter"mi*nate*ness}, n. --Dr. H. More.
Undetermination \Un`de*ter`mi*na"tion\, n.
Indetermination. --Sir M. Hale.
Undevil \Un*dev"il\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + devil.]
To free from possession by a devil or evil spirit; to
exorcise. [Obs.]
They boy having gotten a habit of counterfeiting . . .
would not be undeviled by all their exorcisms.
--Fuller.
Undevotion \Un`de*vo"tion\, n.
Absence or want of devotion.
Undid \Un*did"\,
imp. of {Undo}.
Undifferentiated \Un*dif`fer*en"ti*a`ted\, a.
Not differentiated; specifically (Biol.), homogenous, or
nearly so; -- said especially of young or embryonic tissues
which have not yet undergone differentiation (see
{Differentiation}, 3), that is, which show no visible
separation into their different structural parts.
Undigenous \Un*dig"e*nous\, a. [L. unda a wave + -genous.]
Generated by water. [R.] --Kirwan.
Undigestible \Un`di*gest"i*ble\, a.
Indigestible.
Undight \Un*dight"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + dight.]
To put off; to lay aside, as a garment. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Undigne \Un*digne"\, a.
Unworthy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Undine \Un*dine"\, n. [G. undine, or F. ondin, ondine, from L.
unda a wave, water.]
One of a class of fabled female water spirits who might
receive a human soul by intermarrying with a mortal.
Undiocesed \Un*di"o*cesed\, a.
Unprovided with a diocese; having no diocese. --Milton.
Undirect \Un`di*rect"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + direct, v. t.]
To misdirect; to mislead. [Obs.]
who make false fires to undirect seamen in a tempest.
--Fuller.
Undirect \Un`di*rect"\, a. [Pref. un- not + direct.]
Indirect.
Undirected \Un`di*rect"ed\, a. [In senses 1 and 2, pref. un- not
+ directed; in sense 3 properly p. p. of undirect.]
1. Not directed; not guided; left without direction.
2. Not addressed; not superscribed, as a letter.
3. Misdirected; misled; led astray. [R.]
Undirectly \Un`di*rect"ly\, adv.
Indirectly. --Strype.
Undiscerning \Un`dis*cern"ing\, n.
Want of discernment. [R.] --Spectator.
Undisclose \Un`dis*close"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + disclose.]
To keep close or secret. [Obs.] --Daniel.
Undiscreet \Un`dis*creet"\, a.
Indiscreet. --Chaucer. -- {Un`dis*creet"ly}, adv. -- --
{Un`dis*creet"ness}. -- {Un`dis*cre"tion}, n. Indiscretion.
Undispensable \Un`dis*pen"sa*ble\, a.
1. Indispensable.
2. Unavoidable; inevitable. [Obs.] --Fuller.
3. Not to be freed by dispensation. [Obs.]
Undispensed \Un`dis*pensed"\, a.
1. Not dispensed.
2. Not freed by dispensation. [R.] --Tooker.
Undisposedness \Un`dis*pos"ed*ness\, n.
Indisposition; disinclination.
Undisputable \Un*dis"pu*ta*ble\, a.
Indisputable. --Addison. -- {Un*dis"pu*ta*ble*ness}, n.
Undistinctive \Un`dis*tinc"tive\, a.
Making no distinctions; not discriminating; impartial.
As undistinctive Death will come here one day.
--Dickens.
Undistinctly \Un`dis*tinct"ly\, adv.
Indistinctly.
Undivided \Un`di*vid"ed\, a.
1. Not divided; not separated or disunited; unbroken; whole;
continuous; as, plains undivided by rivers or mountains.
2. Not set off, as a share in a firm; not made actually
separate by division; as, a partner, owning one half in a
firm, is said to own an undivided half so long as the
business continues and his share is not set off to him.
3. Not directed or given to more than one object; as,
undivided attention or affection. --Shak.
4. (Bot.) Not lobed, cleft, or branched; entire.
Undividual \Un`di*vid"u*al\, a.
Indivisible. [Obs.]
True courage and courtesy are undividual companions.
--Fuller.
Undivisible \Un`di*vis"i*ble\, a.
Indivisible.
Undo \Un*do"\, v. t. [AS. und?n. See 1st {Un-}, and Do to
perform.]
1. To reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to
naught.
What's done can not be undone. --Shak.
To-morrow, ere the setting sun, She 'd all undo that
she had done. --Swift.
2. To loose; to open; to take to piece; to unfasten; to
untie; hence, to unravel; to solve; as, to undo a knot; to
undo a puzzling question; to undo a riddle. --Tennyson.
Pray you, undo this button. --Shak.
She took the spindle, and undoing the thread
gradually, measured it. --Sir W.
Scott.
3. To bring to poverty; to impoverish; to ruin, as in
reputation, morals, hopes, or the like; as, many are
undone by unavoidable losses, but more undo themselves by
vices and dissipation, or by indolence.
That quaffing and drinking will undo you, --Shak.
Undock \Un*dock"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + dock.] (Naut.)
To take out of dock; as, to undock a ship.
Undoer \Un*do"er\, n.
One who undoes anything; especially, one who ruins another.
Undoing \Un*do"ing\, n.
1. The reversal of what has been done.
2. Ruin. ``The utter undoing of some.'' --Hooker.
Undomesticate \Un`do*mes"ti*cate\, v. t. [1st pref. un- +
domesticate.]
To make wild or roving.
Undone \Un*done"\,
p. p. of {Undo}.
Undone \Un*done"\, a. [Pref. un- not + done.]
Not done or performed; neglected.
Undouble \Un*dou"ble\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + double.]
To unfold, or render single.
Undoubtable \Un*doubt"a*ble\, a.
Indubitable.
Undoubted \Un*doubt"ed\, a.
Not doubted; not called in question; indubitable;
indisputable; as, undoubted proof; undoubted hero. --
{Un*doubt"ed*ly}, adv.
Undrape \Un*drape"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + drape.]
To strip of drapery; to uncover or unveil.
Undraw \Un*draw"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + draw.]
To draw aside or open; to draw back.
Angels undrew the curtain of the throne. --Young.
Undreamed \Un*dreamed"\, Undreamt \Un*dreamt"\, a.
Not dreamed, or dreamed of; not th?ught of; not imagined; --
often followed by of.
Unpathed waters, undreamed shores. --Shak.
Undress \Un*dress"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + dress.]
1. To divest of clothes; to strip.
2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe.
3. (Med.) To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to
undress a wound.
Undress \Un"dress\, n.
1. A loose, negligent dress; ordinary dress, as distinguished
from full dress.
2. (Mil. & Naval) An authorized habitual dress of officers
and soldiers, but not full-dress uniform.
{Undress parade} (Mil.), a substitute for dress parade,
allowed in bad weather, the companies forming without
arms, and the ceremony being shortened.
Undubitable \Un*du"bi*ta*ble\, a.
Indubitable; as, an undubitable principle. [Obs.] --Locke.
Undue \Un*due"\, a.
1. Not due; not yet owing; as, an undue debt, note, or bond.
2. Not right; not lawful or legal; improper; as, an undue
proceeding. --Bacon.
3. Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty;
disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an
undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution
of law.
{Undue influence} (Law), any improper or wrongful constraint,
machination, or urgency of persuasion, by which one's will
is overcome and he is induced to do or forbear an act
which he would not do, or would do, if left to act freely.
--Abbott.
Undueness \Un*due"ness\, n.
The quality of being undue.
Unduke \Un*duke"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + duke.]
To deprive of dukedom. --Swift.
Undulant \Un"du*lant\, a.
Undulating. [R.]
Undulary \Un"du*la*ry\, a. [See {Undulate}.]
Moving like waves; undulatory. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Undulate \Un"du*late\, a. [L. undulatus undulated, wavy, a dim.
from unda a wave; cf. AS. ??, Icel. unnr; perhaps akin to E.
water. Cf. {Abound}, {Inundate}, {Redound}, {Surround}.]
Same as {Undulated}.
Undulate \Un"du*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Undulated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Undulating}.]
To cause to move backward and forward, or up and down, in
undulations or waves; to cause to vibrate.
Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated and undulated.
--Holder.
Undulate \Un"du*late\, v. i.
To move in, or have, undulations or waves; to vibrate; to
wave; as, undulating air.
Undulated \Un"du*la`ted\, a.
1. Resembling, or in the nature of, waves; having a wavy
surface; undulatory.
2. (Bot.) Waved obtusely up and down, near the margin, as a
leaf or corolla; wavy.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Formed with elevations and depressions
resembling waves; having wavelike color markings; as, an
undulated shell.
Undulating \Un"du*la`ting\, a.
Rising and falling like waves; resembling wave form or
motion; undulatory; rolling; wavy; as, an undulating medium;
undulating ground. -- {Un"du*la`ting*ly}. adv.
Undulation \Un`du*la"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ondulation.]
1. The act of undulating; a waving motion or vibration; as,
the undulations of a fluid, of water, or of air; the
undulations of sound.
2. A wavy appearance or outline; waviness. --Evelyn.
3. (Mus.)
(a) The tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of
the finger on a string, as of a violin.
(b) The pulsation caused by the vibrating together of two
tones not quite in unison; -- called also {beat}.
4. (Physics) A motion to and fro, up and down, or from side
to side, in any fluid or elastic medium, propagated
continuously among its particles, but with no translation
of the particles themselves in the direction of the
propagation of the wave; a wave motion; a vibration.
Undulationist \Un`du*la"tion*ist\, n.
One who advocates the undulatory theory of light.
--Whewell.
Undulative \Un"du*la*tive\, a.
Consisting in, or accompanied by, undulations; undulatory.
Undulatory \Un"du*la*to*ry\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. ondulatoire.]
Moving in the manner of undulations, or waves; resembling the
motion of waves, which successively rise or swell rise or
swell and fall; pertaining to a propagated alternating
motion, similar to that of waves.
{Undulatory theory}, or {Wave theory} (of light) (Opt.), that
theory which regards its various phenomena as due to
undulations in an ethereal medium, propagated from the
radiant with immense, but measurable, velocities, and
producing different impressions on the retina according to
their amplitude and frequency, the sensation of brightness
depending on the former, that of color on the latter. The
undulations are supposed to take place, not in the
direction of propagation, as in the air waves constituting
sound, but transversely, and the various phenomena of
refraction, polarization, interference, etc., are
attributable to the different affections of these
undulations in different circumstances of propagation. It
is computed that the frequency of the undulations
corresponding to the several colors of the spectrum ranges
from 458 millions of millions per second for the extreme
red ray, to 727 millions of millions for the extreme
violet, and their lengths for the same colors, from the
thirty-eight thousandth to the sixty thousandth part of an
inch. The theory of ethereal undulations is applicable not
only to the phenomena of light, but also to those of heat.
Undull \Un*dull"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + dull.]
To remove the dullness of; to clear. [Obs.] --Whitlock.
Undulous \Un"du*lous\, a.
Undulating; undulatory.
Unduly \Un*du"ly\, adv.
In an undue manner.
Undumpish \Un*dump"ish\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + dumpish.]
To relieve from the dumps. [Obs.] --Fuller.
Undust \Un*dust"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + dust.]
To free from dust. [Obs.]
Undwellable \Un*dwell"a*ble\, a.
Uninhabitable. [Obs.] ``A land undwellable.'' --Wyclif.
Undwelt \Un*dwelt"\, a.
Not lived (in); -- with in.
Undying \Un*dy"ing\, a.
Not dying; imperishable; unending; immortal; as, the undying
souls of men.
Uneared \Un*eared"\, a.
Not eared, or plowed. --Shak.
Unearned \Un*earned"\, a.
Not earned; not gained by labor or service.
{Unearned increment} (Polit. Econ.), a increase in the value
of land due to no labor or expenditure on the part of the
owner, but to natural causes, such as the increase of
population, the growth of a town in the vicinity, or the
like. Some hold that this should belong to the nation.
Unearth \Un*earth"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Unearthed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Unearthing}.] [1st pref. un- + earth.]
To drive or draw from the earth; hence, to uncover; to bring
out from concealment; to bring to light; to disclose; as, to
unearth a secret.
To unearth the roof of an old tree. --Wordsworth.
Unearthly \Un*earth"ly\, a.
Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird;
appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound. --
{Un*earth"li*ness}, n.
Unease \Un*ease"\, n.
Want of ease; uneasiness. [Obs.]
Uneasity \Un*eas"i*ty\, adv.
In an easy manner.
Uneasiness \Un*eas"i*ness\, n.
1. The quality or state of being uneasy; restlessness;
disquietude; anxiety.
2. The quality of making uneasy; discomfort; as, the
uneasiness of the road. [Obs.] -- Bp. Burnet.
Uneasy \Un*eas"y\, a.
1. Not easy; difficult. [R.]
Things . . . so uneasy to be satisfactorily
understood. --Boyle.
The road will be uneasy to find. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like;
disquieted; perturbed.
The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and
expatiates in a life to come. --Pope.
3. Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not
graceful; as, an uneasy deportment.
4. Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping;
disagreeable; unpleasing. ``His uneasy station.''
--Milton.
A sour, untractable nature makes him uneasy to those
who approach him. --Addison.
Uneath \Un*eath"\, a. [AS. une['a]?e; un- not + e['a]?? easily,
easy; akin to OS. ??i easy, OHG. ?di.]
Not easy; difficult; hard. [Obs.]
Who he was, uneath was to descry. --Spenser.
Uneath \Un*eath"\, adv.
Not easily; hardly; scarcely. [Obs.]
Uneath may she endure the flinty streets. --Shak.
Unedge \Un*edge"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + edge.]
To deprive of the edge; to blunt. --J. Fletcher.
Unefectual \Un`e*fec"tu*al\, a.
Ineffectual. ``His uneffectual fire.'' --Shak.
Unelastic \Un`e*las"tic\, a.
Not elastic; inelastic.
Unelasticity \Un`e*las*tic"i*ty\, n.
Inelasticity.
Unelegant \Un*el"e*gant\, a.
Inelegant.
Uneligible \Un*el"i*gi*ble\, a.
Ineligible. --Roger?.
Unembarrassed \Un`em*bar"rassed\, a.
Not embarrassed. Specifically:
(a) Not perplexed in mind; not confused; as, the speaker
appeared unembarrassed.
(b) Free from pecuniary difficulties or encumbrances; as, he
and his property are unembarrassed.
(c) Free from perplexing connection; as, the question comes
into court unembarrassed with irrelevant matter.
Unembarrassment \Un`em*bar"rass*ment\, n.
Freedom from embarrassment.
Unembodied \Un`em*bod"ied\, a.
1. Free from a corporeal body; disembodied; as, unembodied
spirits. --Byron.
2. Not embodied; not collected into a body; not yet
organized; as, unembodied militia.
Unempirically \Un`em*pir"ic*al*ly\, adv.
Not empirically; without experiment or experience.
Unemployed \Un`em*ployed"\, a.
1. Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular
work.
2. Not invested or used; as, unemployed capital.
Unencumber \Un`en*cum"ber\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + encumber.]
To free from incumbrance; to disencumber.
Unendly \Un*end"ly\, a. [Pref. un- not + end + -ly.]
Unending; endless. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
Unentangle \Un`en*tan"gle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + entangle.]
To disentangle.
Unequal \Un*e"qual\, a. [Cf. {Inequal}.]
1. Not equal; not matched; not of the same size, length,
breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age,
station, or the like; as, the fingers are of unequal
length; peers and commoners are unequal in rank.
2. Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not
equitable; partial; unjust; unfair.
Against unequal arms to fight in pain. --Milton.
Jerome, a very unequal relator of the opinion of his
adversaries. --John
Worthington.
To punish me for what you make me do Seems much
unequal. --Shak.
3. Not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as, unequal
pulsations; an unequal poem.
4. Not adequate or sufficient; inferior; as, the man was
unequal to the emergency; the timber was unequal to the
sudden strain.
5. (Bot.) Not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical.
Unequalable \Un*e"qual*a*ble\, a.
Not capable of being equaled or paralleled. [Obs.] --Boyle.
Unequaled \Un*e"qualed\, a.
Not equaled; unmatched; unparalleled; unrivaled; exceeding;
surpassing; -- in a good or bad sense; as, unequaled
excellence; unequaled ingratitude or baseness. [Written also
{unequalled}.]
Unequally \Un*e"qual*ly\, adv.
In an unequal manner.
{Unequally pinnate} (Bot.), pinnate, but with an odd number
of leaflets.
Unequalness \Un*e"qual*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being unequal; inequality;
unevenness. --Jer. Taylor.
Unequitable \Un*eq"ui*ta*ble\, a.
Inequitable.
Unequity \Un*eq"ui*ty\, n.
Want of equity or uprightness; injustice; wickedness;
iniquity. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Unequivocal \Un`e*quiv"o*cal\, a.
Not equivocal; not doubtful; not ambiguous; evident; sincere;
plain; as, unequivocal evidence; unequivocal words. --
{Un`e*quiv"o*cal*ly}, adv. -- {Un`e*quiv"o*cal*ness}, n.
Unerring \Un*err"ing\, a.
Committing no mistake; incapable or error or failure certain;
sure; unfailing; as, the unerring wisdom of God.
Hissing in air the unerring weapon flew. --Dryden.
Unerringly \Un*err"ing*ly\, adv.
In an unerring manner.
Unessential \Un`es*sen"tial\, a.
1. Not essential; not of prime importance; not indispensable;
unimportant. --Addison.
2. Void of essence, or real being. [R.] --Milton.
Unessential \Un`es*sen"tial\, n.
Something not constituting essence, or something which is not
of absolute necessity; as, forms are among the unessentials
of religion.
Unessentially \Un`es*sen"tial*ly\, adv.
In an unessential manner.
Unestablish \Un`es*tab"lish\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + establish.]
To disestablish. [R.]
The Parliament demanded of the king to unestablish that
prelatical government. --Milton.
Ubeth \Ub*eth"\, Unethes \Un*ethes"\, adv.
With difficulty; scarcely. See {Uneath}. [Written also
{unethe}, {unneth}, {unnethe}, {unnethes}, etc.] [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Uneven \Un*e"ven\, a. [AS. unefen. See {Un-} not, and {Even},
a.]
1. Not even; not level; not uniform; rough; as, an uneven
road or way; uneven ground.
2. Not equal; not of equal length.
Hebrew verse consists of uneven feet. --Peacham.
3. Not divisible by two without a remainder; odd; -- said of
numbers; as, 3, 7, and 11 are uneven numbers.
{Un*e"ven*ly}, adv. -- {Un*e"ven*ness}, n.
Unevitable \Un*ev"i*ta*ble\, a.
Inevitable. [Obs.]
Unexact \Un`ex*act"\, a.
Not exact; inexact.
Unexampled \Un`ex*am"pled\, a.
Having no example or similar case; being without precedent;
unprecedented; unparalleled. ``A revolution . . . unexampled
for grandeur of results.'' --De Quincey.
Unexceptionable \Un`ex*cep"tion*a*ble\, a.
Not liable to any exception or objection; unobjectionable;
faultless; good; excellent; as, a man of most unexceptionable
character. -- {Un`ex*cep"tion*a*ble*ness}, n. --
{Un`ex*cep"tion*a*bly}, adv.
Chesterfield is an unexceptionable witness. --Macaulay.
Unexceptive \Un`ex*cept"ive\, a.
Not exceptive; not including, admitting, or being, an
exception.
Unexcusable \Un`ex*cus"a*ble\, a.
Inexcusable. --Hayward. -- {Un`ex*cus"a*ble*ness}, n.
Unexhaustible \Un`ex*haust"i*ble\, a.
Inexhaustible.
Unexpectation \Un*ex`pec*ta"tion\, n.
Absence of expectation; want of foresight. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Unexpected \Un`ex*pect"ed\, a.
Not expected; coming without warning; sudden. --
{Un`ex*pect"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Un`ex*pect"ed*ness}, n.
Unexpedient \Un`ex*pe"di*ent\, a.
Inexpedient. [Obs.]
Unexpensive \Un`ex*pen"sive\, a.
Inexpensive. --Milton.
Unexperience \Un`ex*pe"ri*ence\, n.
Inexperience. [Obs.]
Unexperienced \Un`ex*pe"ri*enced\, a.
1. Not experienced; being without experience; inexperienced.
--Swift.
2. Untried; -- applied to things. --Cheyne.
Unexperient \Un`ex*pe"ri*ent\, a.
Inexperienced. [Obs.]
Unexpert \Un`ex*pert"\, a.
Not expert; inexpert. --Milton.
Unexpertly \Un`ex*pert"ly\, adv.
In an unexpert manner.
Unexpressible \Un`ex*press"i*ble\, a.
Inexpressible. --Tillotson. -- {Un`ex*press"i*bly}, adv.
Unexpressive \Un`ex*press"ive\, a.
1. Not expressive; not having the power of utterance;
inexpressive.
2. Incapable of being expressed; inexpressible; unutterable;
ineffable. [Obs.]
Run, run, Orlando; carve on every tree The fair, the
chaste and unexpressive she. --Shak.
-- {Un`ex*press"ive*ly}, adv.
Unextinguishable \Un`ex*tin"guish*a*ble\, a.
Inextinguishable. -- {Un`ex*tin"guish*a*bly}, adv.
Unextricable \Un*ex"tri*ca*ble\, a.
Not extricable; inextricable. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
Unface \Un*face"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + face.]
To remove the face or cover from; to unmask; to expose.
Unfailable \Un*fail"a*ble\, a.
Infallible. [Obs.] ``This unfailable word of truth.'' --Bp.
Hall.
Unfailing \Un*fail"ing\, a.
Not failing; not liable to fail; inexhaustible; certain;
sure. --Dryden. -- {Un*fail"ing*ly}, adv. --
{Un*fail"ing*ness}, n.
Unfair \Un*fair"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + fair.]
To deprive of fairness or beauty. [R.] --Shak.
Unfair \Un*fair"\, a. [AS. unf[ae]ger unlovely. See {Un-} not,
and {Fair}, a.]
Not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using or
involving trick or artifice; dishonest; unjust; unequal.
You come, like an unfair merchant, to charge me with
being in your debt. --Swift.
-- {Un*fair"ly}, adv -- {Un*fair"}ness, n.
Unfaith \Un*faith"\, n.
Absence or want of faith; faithlessness; distrust; unbelief.
[R.]
Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers: Unfaith in
aught is want of faith in all. --Tennyson.
Unfaithful \Un*faith"ful\, a.
1. Not faithful; not observant of promises, vows, allegiance,
or duty; violating trust or confidence; treacherous;
perfidious; as, an unfaithful subject; an unfaithful agent
or servant.
My feet, through wine, unfaithful to their weight.
--Pope.
His honor rooted in dishonor stood, And faith
unfaithful kept him falsely true. --Tennyson.
2. Not possessing faith; infidel. [R.] --Milton. --
{Un*faith"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Un*faith"ful*ness}, n.
Unfalcated \Un*fal"ca*ted\, a.
1. Not falcated, or hooked.
2. Having no deductions; not curtailed, or shortened;
undiminished. [R.] --Swift.
Unfallible \Un*fal"li*ble\, a.
Infallible. --Shak.
Unfasten \Un*fas"ten\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + fasten.]
To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie.
Unfathered \Un*fa"thered\, a.
1. Having no father; fatherless; hence, born contrary to
nature. --Shak.
2. Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate;
spurious; bastard.
Unfavorable \Un*fa"vor*a*ble\, a.
Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary;
discouraging. -- {Un*fa"vor*a*ble*ness}, n. --
{Un*fa"vor*a*bly}, adv.
Unfeather \Un*feath"er\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + feather.]
To deprive of feathers; to strip. [R.]
Unfeatured \Un*fea"tured\ (?; 135), a.
Wanting regular features; deformed. ``Visage rough, deformed,
unfeatured, and a skin of buff.'' --Dryden.
Unfeaty \Un*feat"y\, a. [Un- not + feat, a.]
Not feat; not dexterous; unskillful; clumsy. [Obs.] --Sir P.
Sidney.
Unfeeling \Un*feel"ing\, a.
1. Destitute of feeling; void of sensibility; insensible;
insensate.
2. Without kind feelings; cruel; hard-hearted.
To each his sufferings: all are men, Condemned alike
to groan; The tender for another's pain, Th'
unfeeling for his own. --Gray.
-- {Un*feel"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Un*feel"ing*ness}, n.
Unfeigned \Un*feigned"\, a.
Not feigned; not counterfeit; not hypocritical; real;
sincere; genuine; as, unfeigned piety; unfeigned love to man.
``Good faith unfeigned.'' --Chaucer. -- {Un*feign"ed*ly},
adv. -- {Un*feign"ed*ness}, n.
Unfellow \Un*fel"low\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + fellow.]
To prevent from being a fellow or companion; to separate from
one's fellows; to dissever.
Death quite unfellows us. --Mrs.
Browning.
Unfellowed \Un*fel"lowed\, a. [Pref. un- + fellowed.]
Being without a fellow; unmatched; unmated. --Shak.
Unfence \Un*fence"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + fence.]
To strip of a fence; to remove a fence from.
Unfertile \Un*fer"tile\, a.
Not fertile; infertile; barren. -- {Un*fer"tile*ness}, n.
Unfestlich \Un*fest"lich\, a.
Unfit for a feast; hence, jaded; worn. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Unfetter \Un*fet"ter\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + fetter.]
To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to
unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind.
Unfeudalize \Un*feu"dal*ize\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + feudalize.]
To free from feudal customs or character; to make not feudal.
--Carlyle.
Unfile \Un*file"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + file.]
To remove from a file or record.
Unfiled \Un*filed"\, a. [Pref. un- not + filed, p. p. of file to
defile.]
Not defiled; pure. [Obs.] --Surrey.
Unfilial \Un*fil"ial\, a.
Unsuitable to a son or a daughter; undutiful; not becoming a
child. -- {Un*fil"ial*ly}, adv.
Unfinished \Un*fin"ished\, a.
Not finished, not brought to an end; imperfect; incomplete;
left in the rough; wanting the last hand or touch; as, an
unfinished house; an unfinished picture; an unfinished iron
casting.
Unfirm \Un*firm"\, a.
Infirm. [R.] --Dryden.
Unfirmness \Un*firm"ness\, n.
Infirmness. [R.]
Unfit \Un*fit"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + fit.]
To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the
strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to
disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify; as, sickness unfits
a man for labor; sin unfits us for the society of holy
beings.
Unfit \Un*fit"\, a. [Pref. un- + fit.]
Not fit; unsuitable. -- {Un*fit"ly}, adv. -- {Un*fit"ness},
n.
Unfix \Un*fix"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + fix.]
1. To loosen from a fastening; to detach from anything that
holds; to unsettle; as, to unfix a bayonet; to unfix the
mind or affections.
2. To make fluid; to dissolve. [R.]
The mountain stands; nor can the rising sun Unfix
her frosts. --Dryden.
Unfledged \Un*fledged"\, a.
Not fledged; not feathered; hence, not fully developed;
immature. --Dryden.
Unflesh \Un*flesh"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + flesh.]
To deprive of flesh; to reduce a skeleton. ``Unfleshed
humanity.'' --Wordsworth.
Unfleshly \Un*flesh"ly\, a.
Not pertaining to the flesh; spiritual.
Unflexible \Un*flex"i*ble\, a.
Inflexible.
Unflinching \Un*flinch"ing\, a.
Not flinching or shrinking; unyielding. --
{Un*flinch"ing*ly}, adv.
Unflower \Un*flow"er\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + flower.]
To strip of flowers. [R.] --G. Fletcher.
Unfold \Un*fold"\, v. t. [AS. unfealdan. See 1st {Un-}, and
{Fold}, v. t.]
1. To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to
unfold a tablecloth.
Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns. --Herbert.
2. To open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view
or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by
successive development; to display; to disclose; to
reveal; to elucidate; to explain; as, to unfold one's
designs; to unfold the principles of a science.
Unfold the passion of my love. --Shak.
3. To release from a fold or pen; as, to unfold sheep.
Unfold \Un*fold"\, v. i.
To open; to expand; to become disclosed or developed.
The wind blows cold While the morning doth unfold. --J.
Fletcher.
Unfolder \Un*fold"er\, n.
One who, or that which, unfolds.
Unfoldment \Un*fold"ment\, n.
The acct of unfolding, or the state of being unfolded.
The extreme unfoldment of the instinctive powers. --C.
Morris.
Unfool \Un*fool"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + fool.]
To restore from folly, or from being a fool. [Obs.] --Shak.
Unforesee \Un`fore*see"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + foresee.]
To fail to foresee. --Bp. Hacket.
Unforeseeable \Un`fore*see"a*ble\, a.
Incapable of being foreseen. --South.
Unforeskinned \Un*fore"skinned\, a. [1st pref. un- + foreskin +
-ed.]
Deprived of the foreskin; circumcised. [R.] --Milton.
Unforgettable \Un`for*get"ta*ble\, a.
Not forgettable; enduring in memory.
Pungent and unforgettable truths. --Emerson.
Unform \Un*form"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + form.]
To decompose, or resolve into parts; to destroy the form of;
to unmake. [R.] --Good.
Unformed \Un*formed"\, a. [In sense 1 properly p. p. of un form;
in senses 2 and 3 pref. un- not + formed.]
1. Decomposed, or resolved into parts; having the form
destroyed.
2. Not formed; not arranged into regular shape, order, or
relations; shapeless; amorphous.
3. (Biol.) Unorganized; without definite shape or structure;
as, an unformed, or unorganized, ferment.
{Unformed stars} (Astron.), stars not grouped into any
constellation; informed stars. See {Sporades}.
Unfortunate \Un*for"tu*nate\, a.
Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky;
attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate
adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander;
unfortunate business. -- n. An unfortunate person. --Hood. --
{Un*for"tu*nate*ly}, adv. -- {Un*for"tu*nate*ness}, n.
Unfounded \Un*found"ed\, a.
1. Not founded; not built or established. --Milton.
2. Having no foundation; baseless; vain; idle; as, unfounded
expectations. --Paley.
Unframe \Un*frame"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + frame.]
To take apart, or destroy the frame of. --Dryden.
Unfrangible \Un*fran"gi*ble\, a.
Infrangible. [Obs.] ``Impassible and unfrangible.'' --Jer.
Taylor.
Unfrankable \Un*frank"a*ble\, a.
Not frankable; incapable of being sent free by public
conveyance.
Unfraught \Un*fraught"\, a.
1. [Pref. un- not + fraught.] Not fraught; not burdened.
2. [1st pref. un- + fraught.] Removed, as a burden; unloaded.
--P. Fletcher.
Unfree \Un*free"\, a.
Not free; held in bondage.
There had always been a slave class, a class of the
unfree, among the English as among all German peoples.
--J. R. Green
Unfreeze \Un*freeze"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + freeze.]
To thaw. [Obs.]
Unfrequency \Un*fre"quen*cy\, n.
Infrequency.
Unfrequent \Un*fre"quent\, a. [Pref. un- not + frequent.]
Infrequent. --J. H. Newman. -- {Un*fre"quent*ly} adv.
Unfrequent \Un`fre*quent"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + frequent.]
To cease to frequent. [Obs.]
They quit their thefts and unfrequent the fields. --J.
Philips.
Unfrequented \Un`fre*quent"ed\, a. [Pref. un- + frequented.]
Rarely visited; seldom or never resorted to by human beings;
as, an unfrequented place or forest. --Addison.
Unfret \Un*fret"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + fret.]
To smooth after being fretted. [Obs.]
Unfriend \Un*friend"\, n.
One not a friend; an enemy. [R.] --Carlyle.
Unfriended \Un*friend"ed\, a.
Wanting friends; not befriended; not countenanced or
supported. --Goldsmith.
If Richard indeed does come back, it must be alone,
unfollowed, unfriended. --Sir W.
Scott.
Unfriendly \Un*friend"ly\, a.
1. Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an
unfriendly neighbor.
2. Not favorable; not adapted to promote or support any
object; as, weather unfriendly to health. --
{Un*friend"li*ness}, n.
Unfriendship \Un*friend"ship\, n.
The state or quality of being unfriendly; unfriendliness;
enmity.
An act of unfriendship to my sovereign person. --Sir W.
Scott.
Unfrock \Un*frock"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + frock.]
To deprive or divest or a frock; specifically, to deprive of
priestly character or privilege; as, to unfrock a priest.
Unfruitful \Un*fruit"ful\, a.
Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile;
barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful
soil; an unfruitful life or effort. -- {Un*fruit"ful*ly},
adv. -- {Un*fruit"ful*ness}, n.
Unfumed \Un*fumed"\, a.
Not exposed to fumes; not fumigated. --Milton.
Unfurl \Un*furl"\, v. t. & i. [1st pref. un- + furl.]
To loose from a furled state; to unfold; to expand; to open
or spread; as, to unfurl sails; to unfurl a flag.
Unfurnish \Un*fur"nish\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + furnish.]
To strip of furniture; to divest; to strip.
Unfusible \Un*fu"si*ble\, a.
Infusible. [R.]
Ungain \Un*gain"\, a. [OE. ungein. See {Ungainly}.]
Ungainly; clumsy; awkward; also, troublesome; inconvenient.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.] -- Beau. & Pl.
Ungainliness \Un*gain"li*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being ungainly; awkwardness.
Ungainly \Un*gain"ly\, a. [OE. ungeinliche, adv., fr. ungein
inconvenient; un- + Icel. gegn ready, serviceable; adv.,
against, opposite. See {Un-} not, and {Gain}, a., {Again}.]
1. Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward;
uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking.
His ungainly figure and eccentric manners.
--Macaulay.
2. Unsuitable; unprofitable. [Obs.] --Hammond.
Ungainly \Un*gain"ly\, adv.
In an ungainly manner.
Ungear \Un*gear"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + gear.]
To strip of gear; to unharness; to throw out of gear.
Ungeld \Un*geld"\, n. [Pref. un- not + geld payment.]
(Anglo-Sax. Law)
A person so far out of the protection of the law, that if he
were murdered, no geld, or fine, should be paid, or
composition made by him that killed him. --Cowell. Burrill.
Ungenerous \Un*gen"er*ous\, a.
Not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable.
The victor never will impose on Cato Ungenerous terms.
--Addison.
Ungenerously \Un*gen"er*ous*ly\, adv.
In an ungenerous manner.
Ungenitured \Un*gen"i*tured\, a. [Pref. un- not + geniture.]
Destitute of genitals; impotent. [R.] --Shak.
Ungentle \Un*gen"tle\, a.
Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh.
Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind. --Shak.
That ungentle flavor which distinguishes nearly all our
native and uncultivated grapes. --Hawthorne.
-- {Un*gen"tle*ness}, n. -- {Un*gen"tly}, adv.
Unget \Un*get"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + get.]
To cause to be unbegotten or unborn, or as if unbegotten or
unborn. [R.]
I 'll disown you, I 'll disinherit you, I 'll unget
you. --Sheridan.
Ungifted \Un*gift"ed\, a.
Being without gifts, especially native gifts or endowments.
--Cowper.
Ungird \Un*gird"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + gird.]
To loose the girdle or band of; to unbind; to unload.
He ungirded his camels. --Gen. xxiv.
32.
Ungive \Un*give"\, v. t. & i. [1st pref. un- (intensive) +
give.]
To yield; to relax; to give way. [Obs.]
Ungka \Ung"ka\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The siamang; -- called also {ungka ape}.
Ungka-puti \Ung"ka-pu`ti\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The agile gibbon; -- called also {ungka-pati}, and
{ungka-etam}. See {Gibbon}.
Unglaze \Un*glaze"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + glaze.]
To strip of glass; to remove the glazing, or glass, from, as
a window.
Unglorify \Un*glo"ri*fy\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + glorify.]
To deprive of glory. [R.] --I. Watts.
Unglorious \Un*glo"ri*ous\, a.
Inglorious. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Unglove \Un*glove"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + glove.]
To take off the glove or gloves of; as, to unglove the hand.
--Beau. & Fl.
Unglue \Un*glue"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + glue.]
To separate, part, or open, as anything fastened with glue.
She stretches, gapes, unglues her eyes, And asks if it
be time to rise. --Swift.
Ungod \Un*god"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + god.]
1. To deprive of divinity; to undeify. [R.] --Donne.
2. To cause to recognize no god; to deprive of a god; to make
atheistical. [R.] --Dryden.
Ungodly \Un*god"ly\, a.
1. Not godly; not having regard for God; disobedient to God;
wicked; impious; sinful.
2. Polluted by sin or wickedness.
The hours of this ungodly day. --Shak.
-- {Un*god"li*ly}, adv. -- {Un*god"li*ness}, n.
Ungored \Un*gored"\, a. [Pref. un- + gore blood.]
Not stained with gore; not bloodied. --Sylvester.
Ungored \Un*gored"\, a. [Pref. un- + gored, p. p. of 3d gore.]
Not gored or pierced.
Ungot \Un*got"\, Ungotten \Un*got"ten\, a.
1. Not gotten; not acquired.
2. Not begotten. [Obs. or Poetic] ``His loins yet full of
ungot princes.'' --Waller.
Ungovernable \Un*gov"ern*a*ble\, a.
Not governable; not capable of being governed, ruled, or
restrained; licentious; wild; unbridled; as, ungovernable
passions. -- {Un*gov"ern*a*bly}, adv. --Goldsmith.
Ungown \Un*gown"\, v. t. [1 st pref. un- + gown.]
To strip of a gown; to unfrock.
Ungowned \Un*gowned"\, a.
1. [1 st pref. un- + gown.] Stripped of a gown; unfrocked.
2. [Pref. un- not + gowned.] Not having, or not wearing, a
gown.
Ungraceful \Un*grace"ful\, a.
Not graceful; not marked with ease and dignity; deficient in
beauty and elegance; inelegant; awkward; as, ungraceful
manners; ungraceful speech.
The other oak remaining a blackened and ungraceful
trunk. --Sir W.
Scott.
-- {Un*grace"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Un*grace"ful*ness}, n.
Ungracious \Un*gra"cious\, a.
1. Not gracious; showing no grace or kindness; being without
good will; unfeeling. --Shak.
2. Having no grace; graceless; wicked. [Obs.] --Shak.
3. Not well received; offensive; unpleasing; unacceptable;
not favored.
Anything of grace toward the Irish rebels was as
ungracious at Oxford as at London. --Clarendon.
-- {Un*gra"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Un*gra"cious*ness}, n.
Ungrate \Un*grate"\, a.
Displeasing; ungrateful; ingrate. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
Ungrateful \Un*grate"ful\, a.
1. Not grateful; not thankful for favors; making no returns,
or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.;
ingrateful. --South.
2. Unpleasing; unacceptable; disagreeable; as, harsh sounds
are ungrateful to the ear. -- {Un*grate"ful*ly}, adv. --
{Un*grate"ful*ness}, n.
Ungrave \Un*grave"\, v. t. [1 st pref. un- + grave.]
To raise or remove from the grave; to disinter; to untomb; to
exhume. [Obs.] --Fuller.
Ungual \Un"gual\, a. [L. unguis a nail, claw, hoof.]
1. Of or pertaining to a nail, claw, talon, or hoof, or
resembling one.
2. Having a nail, claw, or hoof attached; -- said of certain
bones of the feet.
Unguard \Un*guard"\, v. t. [1 st pref. un- + guard.]
To deprive of a guard; to leave unprotected. [R.] --Sterne.
Ungueal \Un"gue*al\, a. [Cf. F. ongu['e]al. See {Ungual}.]
Ungual.
Unguent \Un"guent\ (?; 277), n. [L. unguentum, from unguere,
ungere, to anoint: cf. F. onguent. See {Ointment}, and cf.
{Unction}, {Unctuous}.]
A lubricant or salve for sores, burns, or the like; an
ointment. --Cowper.
Note: An unguent is stiffer than a liniment, but softer than
a cerate.
Unguentary \Un"guen*ta*ry\, a. [L. unguentarius.]
Like an unguent, or partaking of its qualities.
Unguentous \Un*guen"tous\, a.
Unguentary.
Unguestlike \Un*guest"like\, adv.
In a manner not becoming to a guest. [R.] --Milton.
Unguical \Un"guic*al\, a. [L. unguis a nail or claw. Cf.
{Ungual}.]
Ungual.
Unguicular \Un*guic"u*lar\, a. [L. unguiculus, dim. of unguis a
nail.]
Of or pertaining to a claw or a nail; ungual.
Unguiculata \Un*guic`u*la"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. unguiculus a
finger nail.] (Zo["o]l.)
An extensive division of Mammalia including those having
claws or nails, as distinguished from the hoofed animals
({Ungulata}).
Unguiculate \Un*guic"u*late\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Unguiculata.
Unguiculate \Un*guic"u*late\, Unguiculated \Un*guic"u*la`ted\,
a.
1. Furnished with nails, claws, or hooks; clawed. See the
Note under {Nail}, n., 1.
2. (Bot.) Furnished with a claw, or a narrow stalklike base,
as the petals of a carnation.
Unguiferous \Un*guif"er*ous\, a. [L. unguis nail or claw +
-ferous.]
Producing, having, or supporting nails or claws.
Unguiform \Un"gui*form\, a. [L. unguis a nail or claw + -form.]
Having the form of a claw or claws.
Unguinous \Un"gui*nous\, a. [L. unguinosus, fr. unguen, -inis,
fat, ointment.]
Consisting of, or resembling, fat or oil; oily; unctuous;
oleaginous.
Unguis \Un"guis\, n.; pl. {Ungues}. [L., nail, claw, or hoof.]
1. The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other
appendage.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an
insect.
3. (Bot.) The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a
claw; called also {ungula}.
Ungula \Un"gu*la\, n.; pl. {Ungul[ae]}. [L., a claw, hoof, from
unguis a nail, claw, hoof.]
1. A hoof, claw, or talon.
2. (Geom.) A section or part of a cylinder, cone, or other
solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the
base; -- so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a
horse.
3. (Bot.) Same as {Unguis}, 3.
{Spherical ungula} (Geom.), a part of a sphere bounded by two
planes intersecting in a diameter and by a line of the
surface of the sphere.
Ungular \Un"gu*lar\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to a hoof, claw, or talon; ungual.
Ungulata \Un`gu*la"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. ungula hoof.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An extensive group of mammals including all those that have
hoofs. It comprises the Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla.
Ungulate \Un"gu*late\, a. [L. ungulatus. See {Ungula}.]
1. Shaped like a hoof.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under
{Nail}, n., 1.
Ungulate \Un"gu*late\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any hoofed quadruped; one of the Ungulata.
Unguled \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 \Un"gu*li*grade\, a. [L. ungula hoof + gradi to
walk.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having, or walking on, hoofs.
Ungulous \Un"gu*lous\, a. [See {Ungula}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Ungulate}.
Unhair \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 \Un*hal"low\, v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hallow.]
To profane; to desecrate.
The vanity unhallows the virtue. --L'Estrange.
Unhallowed \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 \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 \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 \Un*hand"y\, a.
Clumsy; awkward; as, an Unhandy man.
Unhang \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 \Un*hap"\, n.
Ill luck; misfortune. [Obs.] ``The cause of her unhap.''
--Sir P. Sidney.
Unhappied \Un*hap"pied\, a.
Made unhappy. [Obs.] --Shak.
Unhappy \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 \Un*har"bor\, v. t. [1 st pref. un- + harbor.]
To drive from harbor or shelter.
Unharbored \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 \Un`har*mo"ni*ous\, a.
Inharmonious; unsymmetrical; also, unmusical; discordant.
--Swift. -- {Un`har*mo"ni*ous*ly}, adv.
Unharness \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 \Un*hasp"\, v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hasp.]
To unloose the hasp of; to unclose.
Unhat \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 \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 \Un*heal"\, n. [Pref. un- not + heal health.]
Misfortune; calamity; sickness. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Unheal \Un*heal"\, v. t.
To uncover. See {Unhele}. [Obs.]
Unhealth \Un"health\, n.
Unsoundness; disease.
Unheard \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 \Un*heard"-of\, a.
New; unprecedented; unparalleled. --Swift.
Unheart \Un*heart"\, v. t. [1 st pref. un- + heart.]
To cause to lose heart; to dishearten. [Obs.] --Shak.
Unheedy \Un*heed"y\, a.
Incautious; precipitate; heedless. [Obs.] --Milton.
Unheired \Un*heired"\, a.
Destitute of an heir.
To leave him utterly unheired. --Chapman.
Unhele \Un*hele"\, n.
Same as {Unheal}, n. [Obs.]
Unhele \Un*hele"\, v. t. [AS. unhelian. See 1st {Un-}, and
{Hele} to cover.]
To uncover. [Obs.] --Spenser. Marston.
Unhelm \Un*helm"\, v. t. [1 st pref. un- + helm.]
To deprive of the helm or helmet. --Sir W. Scott.
Unhelmed \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 \Un*hel"met\, v. t. [1 st pref. un- + helmet.]
To deprive of the helmet. --Sir W. Scott.
Unhide \Un*hide"\, v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hide.]
To bring out from concealment; to discover. [Obs.] --P.
Fletcher.
Unhinge \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 \Un*hinge"ment\, n.
The act unhinging, or the state of being unhinged.
Unhitch \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 \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 \Un*hoard"\, v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hoard.]
To take or steal from a hoard; to pilfer. --Milton.
Unhold \Un*hold"\, v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hold.]
To cease to hold; to unhand; to release. [Obs.] --Otway.
Unholy \Un*ho"ly\, a.
Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane;
wicked; impious. -- {Un*ho"li*ly}, adv. -- {Un*ho"li*ness},
n.
Unhonest \Un*hon"est\, a.
Dishonest; dishonorable. --Ascham. -- {Un*hon"est*ly}, adv.
--Udall.
Unhood \Un*hood"\, v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hood.]
To remove a hood or disguise from. --Quarterly Rev.
Unhook \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 \Un*hoop"\, v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hoop.]
To strip or deprive of hoops; to take away the hoops of.
Unhoped \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 \Un*hoped"-for\, a.
Unhoped; unexpected.
Unhorse \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 \Un*hosed"\, a.
Without hose.
Unhospitable \Un*hos"pi*ta*ble\, a.
Inhospitable.
Unhouse \Un*house"\, v. t. [1 st pref. un- + house.]
To drive from a house or habitation; to dislodge; hence, to
deprive of shelter.
Unhoused \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 \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 \Un*hu"man\, a.
Not human; inhuman.
Unhumanize \Un*hu"man*ize\, v. t. [1 st pref. un- + humanize.]
To render inhuman or barbarous. --J. Barlow.
Unhusked \Un*husked"\, a.
1. [Pref. un- not + husked.] Not husked; having the husk on.
2. [1 st pref. un- + husk, n.] Having the husk removed;
without husk. --Bp. Hall.
Uni- \U"ni-\ [L. unus one. See {One}.]
A prefix signifying one, once; as in uniaxial, unicellular.
Uniat \U"ni*at\, Uniate \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 \U`ni*ax"al\, a. [Uni + axal.]
Uniaxial. -- {U`ni*ax"al*ly}, adv.
Uniaxial \U`ni*ax"i*al\, a. [Uni + axial.]
1. (Crystallog.) Having but one optic axis, or line of no
double refraction.
Note: 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 \U`ni*ax"i*al*ly\, adv.
In a uniaxial manner.
Unibranchiate \U`ni*bran"chi*ate\, a. [Uni- + branchiate.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Having but one gill, as certain molluscs.
Unicameral \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 \U`ni*cap"su*lar\ [Uni- + capsular: cf. F.
unicapsulaire.] (Bot.)
Having but one capsule to each flower.
Unicarinated \U`ni*car"i*na`ted\, a. [Uni- + carinated.]
Having one ridge or keel. --Craig.
Unicelled \U"ni*celled`\, a. [Uni- + cell.] (Biol.)
Unicellular.
Unicellular \U`ni*cel"lu*lar\, a. [Uni- + cellular.]
Having, or consisting of, but a single cell; as, a
unicellular organism.
Unicentral \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 \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 \U`ni*cli"nal\, a. [Uni- + Gr. ? to incline.] (Geol.)
See {Nonoclinal}.
Unicolorous \U`ni*col"or*ous\, a. [Uni- + color.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having the surface of a uniform color.
Unicorn \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.
Note: The unicorn mentioned in the Scripture was probably the
urus. See the Note under {Reem}.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the
head or prothorax.
(b) The larva of a unicorn moth.
4. (Zo["o]l.) 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["o]l.), the narwhal.
{Unicorn moth} (Zo["o]l.), a notodontian moth ({C[oe]lodasys
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[ae]lirium luteum}). Both are used in
medicine.
{Unicorn shell} (Zo["o]l.), 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 \U`ni*cor"nous\, a. [See {Unicorn}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having but a single horn; -- said of certain insects.
``Unicornous beetles.'' --Sir T. Browne.
Unicostate \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 \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["o]rdinates of the point on the curve can
be expressed as rational algebraic functions of a single
parameter [theta].
Note: 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 \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 \Un`i*de"al\, a.
1. Not ideal; real; unimaginative.
2. Unideaed. [R.] --Johnson.
Unidimensional \Un`i*di*men"sion*al\, a. [Uni- + dimensional.]
(Math.)
Having but one dimension. See {Dimension}.
Unifacial \U`ni*fa"cial\, a. [Uni- + facial.]
Having but one front surface; as, some foliaceous corals are
unifacial, the polyp mouths being confined to one surface.
Unific \U*nif"ic\, a.
Making one or unity; unifying.
Unification \U`ni*fi*ca"tion\, n. [See {Unify}.]
The act of unifying, or the state of being unified.
Unification with God was the final aim of the
Neoplatonicians. --Fleming.
Unifier \U"ni*fi`er\, n.
One who, or that which, unifies; as, a natural law is a
unifier of phenomena.
Unifilar \U`ni*fi"lar\, a. [Uni- + L. filum a thread.]
Having only one thread; involving the use of only one thread,
wire, fiber, or the like; as, unifilar suspension.
{Unifilar magnetometer} (Physics), an instrument which
consists of a magnetic bar suspended at its center of
gravity by a long thread, constituting a delicate means
for accurately measuring magnetic intensities, also for
determining declinations of the magnetic needle.
Uniflagellate \U`ni*fla*gel"late\, a. [Uni- + flagellate.]
(Biol.)
Having but one flagellum; as, uniflagellate organisms.
Uniflorous \U`ni*flo"rous\, a. [Uni- + L. flos, floris, a
flower: cf. F. uniflore.] (Bot.)
Bearing one flower only; as, a uniflorous peduncle.
Unifolliate \U`ni*fol"li*ate\, a. [Uni- + foliate.] (Bot.)
Having only one leaf.
Unifollilate \U`ni*fol"li*late\, a. [Uni- + foliolate.] (Bot.)
Having only one leaflet, as the leaves of the orange tree.
Uniform \U"ni*form\, a. [L. uniformis; unus one + forma from:
cf. F. uniforme.]
1. Having always the same form, manner, or degree; not
varying or variable; unchanging; consistent; equable;
homogenous; as, the dress of the Asiatics has been uniform
from early ages; the temperature is uniform; a stratum of
uniform clay. --Whewell.
2. Of the same form with others; agreeing with each other;
conforming to one rule or mode; consonant.
The only doubt is . . . how far churches are bound
to be uniform in their ceremonies. --Hooker.
{Uniform matter}, that which is all of the same kind and
texture; homogenous matter.
{Uniform motion}, the motion of a body when it passes over
equal spaces in equal times; equable motion. --Hutton.
Uniform \U"ni*form\, n. [F. uniforme. See {Uniform}, a.]
A dress of a particular style or fashion worn by persons in
the same service or order by means of which they have a
distinctive appearance; as, the uniform of the artillery, of
the police, of the Freemasons, etc.
There are many things which, a soldier will do in his
plain clothes which he scorns to do in his uniform.
--F. W.
Robertson.
{In full uniform} (Mil.), wearing the whole of the prescribed
uniform, with ornaments, badges of rank, sash, side arms,
etc.
{Uniform sword}, an officer's sword of the regulation pattern
prescribed for the army or navy.
Uniform \U"ni*form\, v. t.
1. To clothe with a uniform; as, to uniform a company of
soldiers.
2. To make conformable. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
Uniformal \U`ni*form"al\, a.
Uniform. [Obs.] --Herrick.
Uniformism \U"ni*form`ism\, n. [From {Uniform}.] (Geol.)
The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the
earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also
used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism.
Uniformitarian \U`ni*form`i*ta"ri*an\, a. (Geol.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the view or doctrine that
existing causes, acting in the same manner and with
essentially the same intensity as at the present time, are
sufficient to account for all geological changes.
Uniformitarian \U`ni*form`i*ta"ri*an\, n. (Geol.)
One who accepts uniformitarianism, or the uniformitarian
doctrine.
Uniformitarianism \U`ni*form`i*ta"ri*an*ism\, n. (Geol.)
The uniformitarian doctrine.
Uniformity \U`ni*form"i*ty\, n. [L. uniformitas: cf. F.
uniformit['e].]
1. The quality or state of being uniform; freedom from
variation or difference; resemblance to itself at all
times; sameness of action, effect, etc., under like
conditions; even tenor; as, the uniformity of design in a
poem; the uniformity of nature.
2. Consistency; sameness; as, the uniformity of a man's
opinions.
3. Similitude between the parts of a whole; as, the
uniformity of sides in a regular figure; beauty is said to
consist in uniformity with variety.
4. Continued or unvaried sameness or likeness.
5. Conformity to a pattern or rule; resemblance, consonance,
or agreement; as, the uniformity of different churches in
ceremonies or rites.
{Act of Uniformity} (Eng. Hist.), an act of Parliament,
passed in 1661, prescribing the form of public prayers,
administration of sacraments, and other rites of the
Established Church of England. Its provisions were
modified by the ``Act of Uniformity Amendment Act,'' of
1872.
Uniformly \U"ni*form`ly\, adv.
In a uniform manner; without variation or diversity; by a
regular, constant, or common ratio of change; with even
tenor; as, a temper uniformly mild.
{To vary uniformly} (Math.), to vary with the ratio of the
corresponding increments constant; -- said of two
dependent quantities with regard to each other.
Unifromness \U"ni*from`ness\, n.
The quality or state of being uniform; uniformity.
Unify \U"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Unified}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Unifying}.] [Uni- + -fy: cf. F. unifier.]
To cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view as
one.
A comprehensive or unifying act of the judging faculty.
--De Quincey.
Perception is thus a unifying act. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
Unigeniture \U`ni*gen"i*ture\, n. [L. unigenitus only-begotten;
unus one + gignere, genitum, to beget.]
The state of being the only begotten. [R.] --Bp. Pearson.
Unigenous \U*nig"e*nous\, a. [L. unigena; unus one + genere,
gignere, to beget.] (Biol.)
Being of one kind; being of the same genus.
Unijugate \U*nij"u*gate\, a. [Uni- + L. jugum yoke, pair: cf. L.
unijugus having one yoke.] (Bot.)
Having but one pair of leaflets; -- said of a pinnate leaf.
Unilabiate \U`ni*la"bi*ate\, a. [Uni- + labiate.] (Bot.)
Having one lip only; as, a unilabiate corolla.
Unilateral \U`ni*lat"er*al\, a. [Uni- + lateral: cf. F.
unilat['e]ral.]
1. Being on one side only; affecting but one side; one-sided.
2. (Biol.) Pertaining to one side; one-sided; as, a
unilateral raceme, in which the flowers grow only on one
side of a common axis, or are all turned to one side.
{Unilateral contract} (Law), a contract or engagement
requiring future action only by one party.
Uniliteral \U`ni*lit"er*al\, a. [Uni- + literal.]
Consisting of one letter only; as, a uniliteral word or sign.
Unilobar \U`ni*lo"bar\, a. [Uni- + lobar.]
Consisting of a single lobe.
Unilocular \U`ni*loc"u*lar\, a. [Uni- + locular: cf. F.
uniloculaire.] (Biol.)
Having one cell or cavity only; as, a unilocular capsule or
shell.
Unimitable \Un*im"i*ta*ble\, a.
Inimitable. [Obs.]
Unimpairable \Un`im*pair"a*ble\, a.
That can not be impaired. --Hakewill.
Unimpeachable \Un`im*peach"a*ble\, a.
Not impeachable; not to be called in question; exempt from
liability to accusation; free from stain, guilt, or fault;
irreproachable; blameless; as, an unimpeachable reputation;
unimpeachable testimony. --Burke. --
{Un`im*peach"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un`im*peach"a*bly}, adv.
Unimplicate \Un*im"pli*cate\, a.
Not implicated. ``Unimplicate in folly.'' --R. Browning.
Unimportance \Un`im*por"tance\, n.
Want of importance; triviality. --Johnson.
Unimproved \Un`im*proved"\, a.
1. Not improved; not made better or wiser; not advanced in
knowledge, manners, or excellence.
2. Not used; not employed; especially, not used or employed
for a valuable purpose; as, unimproved opportunities;
unimproved blessings. --Cowper.
3. Not tilled, cultivated, or built upon; yielding no
revenue; as, unimproved land or soil.
Unimuscular \U`ni*mus"cu*lar\, a. [Uni- muscular.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having only one adductor muscle, and one muscular impression
on each valve, as the oyster; monomyarian.
Unincumbered \Un`in*cum"bered\, a.
1. Not incumbered; not burdened.
2. (Law) Free from any temporary estate or interest, or from
mortgage, or other charge or debt; as, an estate
unincumbered with dower.
Uninfringible \Un`in*frin"gi*ble\, a.
That may not be infringed; as, an uninfringible monopoly.
Unintelligence \Un`in*tel"li*gence\, n.
Absence or lack of intelligence; unwisdom; ignorance. --Bp.
Hall.
Uninteressed \Un*in"ter*essed\, a.
Uninterested; unaffected. [Obs.] --Glanvill.
Uninterested \Un*in"ter*est*ed\, a.
1. Not interested; not having any interest or property in;
having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any
business.
2. Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as,
uninterested in a discourse or narration.
Unintermission \Un*in`ter*mis"sion\, n.
Want or failure of intermission. [R.] --Bp. Parker.
Uninucleated \U`ni*nu"cle*a`ted\, a. [Uni- + nucleated.] (Biol.)
Possessed of but a single nucleus; as, a uninucleated cell.
Unio \U"ni*o\, n. [NL., fr. L. unio unity, union, a single large
pearl. See {Union}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of fresh-water mussels belonging
to {Unio} and many allied genera.
Uniocular \U`ni*oc"u*lar\, a. [Uni- + ocular.]
Of, pertaining to, or seated in, one eye; monocular.
Union \Un"ion\ (?; 277), n. [F., from L. unio oneness, union, a
single large pearl, a kind of onion, fr. unus one. See {One},
and cf. {Onion}, {Unit}.]
1. The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one,
or the state of being united or joined; junction;
coalition; combination.
Note: Union differs from connection, as it implies that the
bodies are in contact, without an inter?ening body;
whereas things may be connected by the in???vention of
a third body, as by a cord or chain.
2. Agreement and conjunction of mind, spirit, will,
affections, or the like; harmony; concord.
3. That which is united, or made one; something formed by a
combination or coalition of parts or members; a
confederation; a consolidated body; a league; as, the
weavers have formed a union; trades unions have become
very numerous; the United States of America are often
called the Union. --A. Hamilton.
4. A textile fabric composed of two or more materials, as
cotton, silk, wool, etc., woven together.
5. A large, fine pearl. [Obs.]
If they [pearls] be white, great, round, smooth, and
weighty . . . our dainties and delicates here at
Rome . . . call them unions, as a man would say
``singular,'' and by themselves alone. --Holland.
In the cup an union shall he throw, Richer than that
which four successive kings In Denmark's crown have
worn. --Shak.
6. A device emblematic of union, used on a national flag or
ensign, sometimes, as in the military standard of Great
Britain, covering the whole field; sometimes, as in the
flag of the United States, and the English naval and
marine flag, occupying the upper inner corner, the rest of
the flag being called the fly. Also, a flag having such a
device; especially, the flag of Great Britain.
Note: The union of the United States ensign is a cluster of
white stars, denoting the union of the States, and,
properly, equal in number to that of the States,
displayed on a blue field; the fly being composed of
alternate stripes of red and white. The union of the
British ensign is the three crosses of St. George, St.
Andrew, and St. Patrick in combination, denoting the
union of England, Scotland and Ireland, displayed on a
blue field in the national banner used on shore, on a
red, white, or blue field in naval ensigns, and with a
white border or fly in the merchant service.
7. (Mach.) A joint or other connection uniting parts of
machinery, or the like, as the elastic pipe of a tender
connecting it with the feed pipe of a locomotive engine;
especially, a pipe fitting for connecting pipes, or pipes
and fittings, in such a way as to facilitate
disconnection.
8. (Brewing) A cask suspended on trunnions, in which
fermentation is carried on.
{Hypostatic union} (Theol.) See under {Hypostatic}.
{Latin union}. See under {Latin}.
{Legislative Union} (Eng. Hist.), the union of Great Britain
and Ireland, which took place Jan. 1, 1801.
{Union}, or {Act of Union} (Eng. Hist.), the act by which
Scotland was united to England, or by which the two
kingdoms were incorporated into one, in 1707.
{Union by the first}, or {second}, {intention}. (Surg.) See
{To heal by the first, or second, intention}, under
{Intention}.
{Union down} (Naut.), a signal of distress at sea made by
reversing the flag, or turning its union downward.
{Union jack}. (Naut.) See {Jack}, n., 10.
{Union joint}. (Mech.)
(a) A joint formed by means of a union.
(b) A piece of pipe made in the form of the letter T.
Syn: Unity; junction; connection; concord; alliance;
coalition; combination; confederacy.
Usage: {Union}, {Unity}. Union is the act of bringing two or
more things together so as to make but one, or the
state of being united into one. Unity is a state of
simple oneness, either of essence, as the unity of
God, or of action, feeling, etc., as unity of design,
of affection, etc. Thus, we may speak of effecting a
union of interests which shall result in a unity of
labor and interest in securing a given object.
One kingdom, joy, and union without end.
--Milton.
[Man] is to . . . beget Like of his like, his
image multiplied. In unity defective; which
requires Collateral love, and dearest amity.
--Milton.
Unionism \Un"ion*ism\, n.
1. The sentiment of attachment to a federal union, especially
to the federal union of the United States.
2. The principles, or the system, of combination among
workmen engaged in the same occupation or trade.
Unionist \Un"ion*ist\, n.
1. One who advocates or promotes union; especially a loyal
supporter of a federal union, as that of the United
States.
2. A member or supporter of a trades union.
Unionistic \Un`ion*is"tic\, a.
Of or pertaining to union or unionists; tending to promote or
preserve union.
Uniovulate \U`ni*o"vu*late\, a. [Uni- + ovulate.] (Bot.)
Containing but one ovule.
Unipara \U*nip"a*ra\, n. [NL. See {Uniparous}.]
A woman who has borne one child.
Uniparous \U*nip"a*rous\, a. [Uni- + L. parere to bring forth.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Producing but one egg or young at a time.
2. (Bot.) Producing but one axis of inflorescence; -- said of
the scorpioid cyme.
Uniped \U"ni*ped\, a. [Uni- + L. pes, pedis, foot.]
Having only one foot. --Wright.
Unipersonal \U"ni*per"son*al\, a. [Uni- + personal.]
1. Existing as one, and only one, person; as, a unipersonal
God.
2. (Gram.) Used in only one person, especially only in the
third person, as some verbs; impersonal.
Unipersonalist \U`ni*per"so*nal*ist\, n. (Theol.)
One who believes that the Deity is unipersonal.
Uniphonous \U*niph"o*nous\, a. [Uni- + Gr. ? sound.]
Having but one sound, as the drum. [R.]
Uniplicate \U*nip"li*cate\, a. [Uni- + plicate.]
Having, or consisting of, but one fold.
Unipolar \U`ni*po"lar\, a. [Uni- + polar.]
1. (Physics) Having, or acting by means of, one pole only.
2. (Anat.) Having but one pole or process; -- applied to
those ganglionic nerve cells which have but one radiating
process; -- opposed to multipolar.
{Unipolar induction} (Elec.), induction, as in a conducting
circuit, by only one pole of a magnet.
{Unipolar stimulation} (Physiol.), the simulation sometimes
produced when one electrode of an induction apparatus is
applied to a nerve; -- called also {unipolar induction
action}. --Du Bois-Reymond.
Unique \U*nique"\, a. [F. unique; cf. It. unico; from L. unicus,
from unus one. See {One}.]
Being without a like or equal; unmatched; unequaled;
unparalleled; single in kind or excellence; sole. --
{U*nique"ly}, adv. -- {U*nique"ness}, n.
Unique \U*nique"\, n.
A thing without a like; something unequaled or unparalleled.
[R.]
The phenix, the unique pf birds. --De Quincey.
Uniquity \U*niq"ui*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being unique; uniqueness. [R.]
--Walpole.
Uniradiated \U`ni*ra"di*a`ted\, a. [Uni- + radiated.]
Having but one ray.
Uniramous \U`ni*ra"mous\, a. [Uni- + L. ramus branch.] (Biol.)
Having but one branch.
Uniseptate \U`ni*sep"tate\, a. [Uni- + septate.] (Bot.)
Having but one septum, or partition; -- said of two-celled
fruits, such as the silicles of cruciferous plants.
Uniserial \U`ni*se"ri*al\, a. [Uni- + serial.]
Having only one row or series.
Uniseriate \U`ni*se"ri*ate\, a. [Uni- + seriate.]
Having one line or series; uniserial. -- {U`ni*se"ri*ate*ly},
adv.
Unisexual \U`ni*sex"u*al\, a. [Uni- + sexual: cf. F. unisexuel.]
(Biol.)
Having one sex only, as plants which have the male and female
flowers on separate individuals, or animals in which the
sexes are in separate individuals; di[oe]cious; --
distinguished from bisexual, or hermaphrodite. See
{Di[oe]cious}.
Unisilicate \U`ni*sil"i*cate\, n. [Uni- + silicate.] (Min.)
A salt of orthosilicic acid, {H4SiO4}; -- so called because
the ratio of the oxygen atoms united to the basic metals and
silicon respectively is 1:1; for example, {Mg2SiO4} or
2{MgO.SiO2}.
Unison \U"ni*son\ (?; 277), n. [LL. unisonus having the same
sound; L. unus one + sonus a sound: cf. F. unisson, It.
unisono. See {One}, and {Sound} a noise.]
1. Harmony; agreement; concord; union.
2. (Mus.) Identity in pitch; coincidence of sounds proceeding
from an equality in the number of vibrations made in a
given time by two or more sonorous bodies. Parts played or
sung in octaves are also said to be in unison, or in
octaves.
Note: If two cords of the same substance have equal length,
thickness, and tension, they are said to be in unison,
and their sounds will be in unison. Sounds of very
different qualities and force may be in unison, as the
sound of a bell may be in unison with a sound of a
flute. Unison, then, consists in identity of pitch
alone, irrespective of quality of sound, or timbre,
whether of instruments or of human voices. A piece or
passage is said to be sung or played in unison when all
the voices or instruments perform the same part, in
which sense unison is contradistinguished from harmony.
3. A single, unvaried. [R.] --Pope.
{In unison}, in agreement; agreeing in tone; in concord.
Unison \U"ni*son\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. It. unisono. See {Unison},
n.]
1. Sounding alone. [Obs.]
[sounds] intermixed with voice, Choral or unison.
--Milton.
2. (Mus.) Sounded alike in pitch; unisonant; unisonous; as,
unison passages, in which two or more parts unite in
coincident sound.
Unisonal \U*nis"o*nal\, a.
Being in unison; unisonant. -- {U*nis"o*nal*ly}, adv.
Unisonance \U*nis"o*nance\, n. [See {Unisonant}.]
Accordance of sounds; unison.
Unisonant \U*nis"o*nant\, a. [Uni- + sonant. See {Unison}.]
Being in unison; having the same degree of gravity or
acuteness; sounded alike in pitch.
Unisonous \U*nis"o*nous\, a. [See {Unison}.]
Being in unison; unisonant. --Busby.
Unit \U"nit\, n. [Abbrev. from unity.]
1. A single thing or person.
2. (Arith.) The least whole number; one.
Units are the integral parts of any large number.
--I. Watts.
3. A gold coin of the reign of James I., of the value of
twenty shillings. --Camden.
4. Any determinate amount or quantity (as of length, time,
heat, value) adopted as a standard of measurement for
other amounts or quantities of the same kind.
5. (Math.) A single thing, as a magnitude or number, regarded
as an undivided whole.
{Abstract unit}, the unit of numeration; one taken in the
abstract; the number represented by 1. The term is used in
distinction from concrete, or determinate, unit, that is,
a unit in which the kind of thing is expressed; a unit of
measure or value; as 1 foot, 1 dollar, 1 pound, and the
like.
{Complex unit} (Theory of Numbers), an imaginary number of
the form a + broot{-1}, when a^{2} + b^{2} = 1.
{Duodecimal unit}, a unit in the scale of numbers increasing
or decreasing by twelves.
{Fractional unit}, the unit of a fraction; the reciprocal of
the denominator; thus, 1/4 is the unit of the fraction
3/4.
{Integral unit}, the unit of integral numbers, or 1.
{Physical unit}, a value or magnitude conventionally adopted
as a unit or standard in physical measurements. The
various physical units are usually based on given units of
length, mass, and time, and on the density or other
properties of some substance, for example, water. See
{Dyne}, {Erg}, {Farad}, {Ohm}, {Poundal}, etc.
{Unit deme} (Biol.), a unit of the inferior order or orders
of individuality.
{Unit jar} (Elec.), a small, insulated Leyden jar, placed
between the electrical machine and a larger jar or
battery, so as to announce, by its repeated discharges,
the amount of electricity passed into the larger jar.
{Unit of heat} (Physics), a determinate quantity of heat
adopted as a unit of measure; a thermal unit (see under
{Thermal}). Water is the substance generally employed, the
unit being one gram or one pound, and the temperature
interval one degree of the Centigrade or Fahrenheit scale.
When referred to the gram, it is called the gram degree.
The British unit of heat, or thermal unit, used by
engineers in England and in the United States, is the
quantity of heat necessary to raise one pound of pure
water at and near its temperature of greatest density
(39.1[deg] Fahr.) through one degree of the Fahrenheit
scale. --Rankine.
{Unit of illumination}, the light of a sperm candle burning
120 grains per hour. Standard gas, burning at the rate of
five cubic feet per hour, must have an illuminating power
equal to that of fourteen such candles.
{Unit of measure} (as of length, surface, volume, dry
measure, liquid measure, money, weight, time, and the
like), in general, a determinate quantity or magnitude of
the kind designated, taken as a standard of comparison for
others of the same kind, in assigning to them numerical
values, as 1 foot, 1 yard, 1 mile, 1 square foot, 1 square
yard, 1 cubic foot, 1 peck, 1 bushel, 1 gallon, 1 cent, 1
ounce, 1 pound, 1 hour, and the like; more specifically,
the fundamental unit adopted in any system of weights,
measures, or money, by which its several denominations are
regulated, and which is itself defined by comparison with
some known magnitude, either natural or empirical, as, in
the United States, the dollar for money, the pound
avoirdupois for weight, the yard for length, the gallon of
8.3389 pounds avoirdupois of water at 39.8[deg] Fahr.
(about 231 cubic inches) for liquid measure, etc.; in
Great Britain, the pound sterling, the pound troy, the
yard, or 1/108719 part of the length of a second's
pendulum at London, the gallon of 277.274 cubic inches,
etc.; in the metric system, the meter, the liter, the
gram, etc.
{Unit of power}. (Mach.) See {Horse power}.
{Unit of resistance}. (Elec.) See {Resistance}, n., 4, and
{Ohm}.
{Unit of work} (Physics), the amount of work done by a unit
force acting through a unit distance, or the amount
required to lift a unit weight through a unit distance
against gravitation. See {Erg}, {Foot Pound},
{Kilogrammeter}.
{Unit stress} (Mech. Physics), stress per unit of area;
intensity of stress. It is expressed in ounces, pounds,
tons, etc., per square inch, square foot, or square yard,
etc., or in atmospheres, or inches of mercury or water, or
the like.
Unitable \U*nit"a*ble\, a.
Capable of union by growth or otherwise. --Owen.
Unitarian \U`ni*ta"ri*an\, n. [Cf. F. unitaire, unitairien, NL.
unitarius. See {Unity}.]
1. (Theol.) One who denies the doctrine of the Trinity,
believing that God exists only in one person; a
unipersonalist; also, one of a denomination of Christians
holding this belief.
2. One who rejects the principle of dualism.
3. A monotheist. [R.] --Fleming.
Unitarian \U`ni*ta"ri*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Unitarians, or their doctrines.
Unitarianism \U`ni*ta"ri*an*ism\, n. [Cf. F. unitairianisme.]
The doctrines of Unitarians.
Unitarianize \U`ni*ta"ri*an*ize\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
{Unitarianized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Unitarianizing}.]
To change or turn to Unitarian views.
Unitary \U"nit*a*ry\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a unit or units; relating to unity;
as, the unitary method in arithmetic.
2. Of the nature of a unit; not divided; united.
{Unitary theory} (Chem.), the modern theory that the
molecules of all complete compounds are units, whose parts
are bound together in definite structure, with mutual and
reciprocal influence on each other, and are not mere
aggregations of more or less complex groups; --
distinguished from the dualistic theory.
Unite \U*nite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {United}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Uniting}.] [L. unitus, p. p. of unire to unite, from unus
one. See {One}.]
1. To put together so as to make one; to join, as two or more
constituents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to
join; to cause to adhere; as, to unite bricks by mortar;
to unite iron bars by welding; to unite two armies.
2. Hence, to join by a legal or moral bond, as families by
marriage, nations by treaty, men by opinions; to join in
interest, affection, fellowship, or the like; to cause to
agree; to harmonize; to associate; to attach.
Under his great vicegerent reign abide, United as
one individual soul. --Milton.
The king proposed nothing more than to unite his
kingdom in one form of worship. --Clarendon.
Syn: To add; join; annex; attach. See {Add}.
Unite \U*nite"\, v. i.
1. To become one; to be cemented or consolidated; to combine,
as by adhesion or mixture; to coalesce; to grow together.
2. To join in an act; to concur; to act in concert; as, all
parties united in signing the petition.
Unite \U*nite"\, a. [L. unitus, p. p. See {Unite}, v. t.]
United; joint; as, unite consent. [Obs.] --J. Webster.
United \U*nit"ed\, a.
Combined; joined; made one.
{United Brethren}. (Eccl.) See {Moravian}, n.
{United flowers} (Bot.), flowers which have the stamens and
pistils in the same flower.
{The United Kingdom}, Great Britain and Ireland; -- so named
since January 1, 1801, when the Legislative Union went
into operation.
{United Greeks} (Eccl.), those members of the Greek Church
who acknowledge the supremacy of the pope; -- called also
{uniats}.
Unitedly \U*nit"ed*ly\, adv.
In an united manner. --Dryden.
Uniter \U*nit"er\, n.
One who, or that which, unites.
Uniterable \U*nit"er*a*ble\, a.
Not iterable; incapable of being repeated. [Obs.] ``To play
away an uniterable life.'' --Sir T. Browne.
Unition \U*ni"tion\, n. [LL. unitio, from L. unire. See
{Unite},v. t.]
The act of uniting, or the state of being united; junction.
[Obs.] --Wiseman.
Unitive \U"ni*tive\, a. [LL. unitivus: cf. F. unitif.]
Having the power of uniting; causing, or tending to produce,
union. --Jer. Taylor.
Unitively \U"ni*tive*ly\, adv.
In a unitive manner. --Cudworth.
Unitize \U"nit*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Unitized}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Unitizing}.]
To reduce to a unit, or one whole; to form into a unit; to
unify.
Unitude \U"ni*tude\, n.
Unity. [R.] --H. Spenser.
Unity \U"ni*ty\, n.; pl. {Unities}. [OE. unite, F. unit['e], L.
unitas, from unus one. See {One}, and cf. {Unit}.]
1. The state of being one; oneness.
Whatever we can consider as one thing suggests to
the understanding the idea of unity. --Locks.
Note: Unity is affirmed of a simple substance or indivisible
monad, or of several particles or parts so intimately
and closely united as to constitute a separate body or
thing. See the Synonyms under {Union}.
2. Concord; harmony; conjunction; agreement; uniformity; as,
a unity of proofs; unity of doctrine.
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren
to dwell together in unity! --Ps. cxxxiii.
1.
3. (Math.) Any definite quantity, or aggregate of quantities
or magnitudes taken as one, or for which 1 is made to
stand in calculation; thus, in a table of natural sines,
the radius of the circle is regarded as unity.
Note: The number 1, when it is not applied to any particular
thing, is generally called unity.
4. (Poetry & Rhet.) In dramatic composition, one of the
principles by which a uniform tenor of story and propriety
of representation are preserved; conformity in a
composition to these; in oratory, discourse, etc., the due
subordination and reference of every part to the
development of the leading idea or the eastablishment of
the main proposition.
Note: In the Greek drama, the three unities required were
those of action, of time, and of place; that is, that
there should be but one main plot; that the time
supposed should not exceed twenty-four hours; and that
the place of the action before the spectators should be
one and the same throughout the piece.
5. (Fine Arts & Mus.) Such a combination of parts as to
constitute a whole, or a kind of symmetry of style and
character.
6. (Law) The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by
several in joint tenancy.
Note: The properties of it are derived from its unity, which
is fourfold; unity of interest, unity of title, unity
of time, and unity of possession; in other words, joint
tenants have one and the same interest, accruing by one
and the same conveyance, commencing at the same time,
and held by one and the same undivided possession.
Unity of possession is also a joint possession of two
rights in the same thing by several titles, as when a
man, having a lease of land, afterward buys the fee
simple, or, having an easement in the land of another,
buys the servient estate.
{At unity}, at one.
{Unity of type}. (Biol.) See under {Type}.
Syn: Union; oneness; junction; concord; harmony. See {Union}.
Univalence \U*niv"a*lence\, n. (Chem.)
The quality or state of being univalent.
Univalent \U*niv"a*lent\, a. [Uni- + L. valens, -entis, p. pr.
See {Valence}.] (Chem.)
Having a valence of one; capable of combining with, or of
being substituted for, one atom of hydrogen; monovalent; --
said of certain atoms and radicals.
Univalve \U"ni*valve\, n. [Uni- + valve: cf. F. univalve.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell
is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs.
Note: Most univalves are spiral and are the shells of
gastropods, but many belong to cephalopods and
pteropods. A large number of univalves belonging to the
gastropods are conical, cup-shaped, or shieldlike, as
the limpets.
Univalve \U"ni*valve\, Univalved \U"ni*valved\, a. [Cf. F.
univalve.] (Bot. & Zo["o]l.)
Having one valve; as, a univalve shell or pericarp.
Univalvia \U`ni*val"vi*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Gastropoda}.
Univalvular \U`ni*val"vu*lar\, a. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Univalve}, a.
Universal \U`ni*ver"sal\, a. [L. universalis: cf. F. universel,
OF. also universal. See {Universe}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including,
or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space;
unlimited; general; all-reaching; all-pervading; as,
universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or
benefice. ``Anointed universal King.'' --Milton.
The universal cause Acts not by partial, but by
general laws. --Pope.
This universal frame began. --Dryden.
Note: Universal and its derivatives are used in common
discourse for general and its derivatives. See
{General}.
2. Constituting or considered as a whole; total; entire;
whole; as, the universal world. --Shak.
At which the universal host up dent A shout that
tore Hell's concave. --Milton.
3. (Mech.) Adapted or adaptable to all or to various uses,
shapes, sizes, etc.; as, a universal milling machine.
4. (Logic) Forming the whole of a genus; relatively unlimited
in extension; affirmed or denied of the whole of a
subject; as, a universal proposition; -- opposed to
{particular}; e. g. (universal affirmative) All men are
animals; (universal negative) No men are omniscient.
{Universal chuck} (Mach.), a chuck, as for a lathe, having
jaws which can be moved simultaneously so as to grasp
objects of various sizes.
{Universal church}, the whole church of God in the world; the
catholic church. See the Note under {Catholic}, a., 1.
{Universal coupling}. (Mach.) Same as {Universal joint},
below.
{Universal dial}, a dial by which the hour may be found in
any part of the world, or under any elevation of the pole.
{Universal instrument} (Astron.), a species of altitude and
azimuth instrument, the peculiarity of which is, that the
object end of the telescope is placed at right angles to
the eye end, with a prism of total reflection at the
angle, and the eye end constitutes a portion of the
horizontal axis of the instrument, having the eyepiece at
the pivot and in the center of the altitude circle, so
that the eye has convenient access to both at the same
time.
{Universal joint} (Mach.), a contrivance used for joining two
shafts or parts of a machine endwise, so that the one may
give rotary motion to the other when forming an angle with
it, or may move freely in all directions with respect to
the other, as by means of a cross connecting the forked
ends of the two shafts (Fig. 1). Since this joint can not
act when the angle of the shafts is less than 140[deg], a
double joint of the same kind is sometimes used for giving
rotary motion at angles less than 140[deg] (Fig. 2).
{Universal umbel} (Bot.), a primary or general umbel; the
first or largest set of rays in a compound umbel; --
opposed to partial umbel. A universal involucre is not
unfrequently placed at the foot of a universal umbel.
Syn: General; all; whole; total. See {General}.
Universal \U`ni*ver"sal\, n.
1. The whole; the general system of the universe; the
universe. [Obs.]
Plato calleth God the cause and original, the nature
and reason, of the universal. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
2. (Logic)
(a) A general abstract conception, so called from being
universally applicable to, or predicable of, each
individual or species contained under it.
(b) A universal proposition. See {Universal}, a., 4.
Universalian \U`ni*ver*sa"li*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Universalism; Universalist. [R.]
Universalism \U`ni*ver"sal*ism\, n. [Cf. F. universalisme.]
(Theol.)
The doctrine or belief that all men will be saved, or made
happy, in the future state.
Universalist \U`ni*ver"sal*ist\, n. [Cf. F. universaliste.]
1. (Theol.) One who believes in Universalism; one of a
denomination of Christians holding this faith.
2. One who affects to understand all the particulars in
statements or propositions. [Obs.] --Bentley.
Universalist \U`ni*ver"sal*ist\, a.
Of or pertaining to Unversalists of their doctrines.
Universalistic \U`ni*ver`sal*is"tic\, a.
Of or pertaining to the whole; universal.
Universality \U`ni*ver*sal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Universalties}. [Cf.
F. universalit['e].]
The quality or state of being universal; unlimited extension
or application; generality; -- distinguished from
particularity; as, the unversality of a proposition; the
unversality of sin; the unversality of the Deluge.
Universalize \U`ni*ver"sal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Universalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Universalizing}.] [Cf. F.
universaliser.]
To make universal; to generalize. --Coleridge.
Universally \U`ni*ver"sal*ly\, adv.
In a universal manner; without exception; as, God's laws are
universally binding on his creatures.
Universalness \U`ni*ver"sal*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being universal; universality.
Universe \U"ni*verse\, n. [L. universum, from universus
universal; unus one + vertere, versum, to turn, that is,
turned into one, combined into one whole; cf. F. univers. See
{One}, and {Verse}.]
All created things viewed as constituting one system or
whole; the whole body of things, or of phenomena; the ? ? of
the Greeks, the mundus of the Latins; the world; creation.
How may I Adore thee, Author of this universe And all
this good to man! --Milton.
University \U`ni*ver"si*ty\, n.; pl. {Universities}. [OE.
universite, L. universitas all together, the whole, the
universe, a number of persons associated into one body, a
society, corporation, fr. universus all together, universal:
cf. F. universit['e]. See {Universe}.]
1. The universe; the whole. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
2. An association, society, guild, or corporation, esp. one
capable of having and acquiring property. [Obs.]
The universities, or corporate bodies, at Rome were
very numerous. There were corporations of bakers,
farmers of the revenue, scribes, and others. --Eng.
Cyc.
3. An institution organized and incorporated for the purpose
of imparting instruction, examining students, and
otherwise promoting education in the higher branches of
literature, science, art, etc., empowered to confer
degrees in the several arts and faculties, as in theology,
law, medicine, music, etc. A university may exist without
having any college connected with it, or it may consist of
but one college, or it may comprise an assemblage of
colleges established in any place, with professors for
instructing students in the sciences and other branches of
learning.
The present universities of Europe were, originally,
the greater part of them, ecclesiastical
corporations, instituted for the education of
churchmen . . . What was taught in the greater part
of those universities was suitable to the end of
their institutions, either theology or something
that was merely preparatory to theology. --A. Smith.
Note: From the Roman words universitas, collegium, corpus,
are derived the terms university, college, and
corporation, of modern languages; and though these
words have obtained modified significations in modern
times, so as to be indifferently applicable to the same
things, they all agree in retaining the fundamental
signification of the terms, whatever may have been
added to them. There is now no university, college, or
corporation, which is not a juristical person in the
sense above explained [see def. 2, above]; wherever
these words are applied to any association of persons
not stamped with this mark, it is an abuse of terms.
--Eng. Cyc.
Universological \U`ni*ver`so*log"ic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to universology.
Universologist \U`ni*ver*sol"o*gist\, n.
One who is versed in universology.
Universology \U`ni*ver*sol"o*gy\, n. [Universe + -logy.]
The science of the universe, and the relations which it
involves.
Univocacy \U*niv"o*ca*cy\, n.
The quality or state of being univocal. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
Univocal \U*niv"o*cal\, a. [L. univocus; unus one + vox, vocis,
a voice, word. See {One}, and {Voice}.]
1. Having one meaning only; -- contrasted with {equivocal}.
2. Having unison of sound, as the octave in music. See
{Unison}, n., 2.
3. Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain;
regular. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
4. Unequivocal; indubitable. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
Univocal \U*niv"o*cal\, n.
1. (Aristotelian Logic) A generic term, or a term applicable
in the same sense to all the species it embraces.
2. A word having but one meaning.
Univocally \U*niv"o*cal*ly\, adv.
In a univocal manner; in one term; in one sense; not
equivocally.
How is sin univocally distinguished into venial and
mortal, if the venial be not sin? --Bp. Hall.
Univocation \U*niv`o*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. univocation.]
Agreement of name and meaning. [Obs.] --Whiston.
Unjoin \Un*join"\, v. t. [1st un- + join.]
To disjoin.
Unjoint \Un*joint"\, v. t. [1st un- + joint.]
To disjoint.
Unjointed \Un*joint"ed\, a. [Properly p. p. of unjoint.]
1. Disjointed; unconnected; hence, incoherent. --Shak.
2. [Pref. un- + jointed.] Having no joint or articulation;
as, an unjointed stem.
Unjust \Un*just"\, a.
1. Acting contrary to the standard of right; not animated or
controlled by justice; false; dishonest; as, an unjust man
or judge.
2. Contrary to justice and right; prompted by a spirit of
injustice; wrongful; as, an unjust sentence; an unjust
demand; an unjust accusation. -- {Un*just"ly}, adv. --
{Un*just"ness}, n.
Unjustice \Un*jus"tice\, n.
Want of justice; injustice. [Obs.] --Hales.
Unkard \Un"kard\, a.
See {Unked}. [Prov. Eng.]
Unke \Un"ke\, n. [G. unke.] (Zo["o]l.)
A European aquatic toad ({Bombinator igneus}). Its back is
dark; its belly is marked with crimson. Called also
{feuerkr["o]te}.
Unked \Un"ked\, a. [Corrupted fr. uncouth, or OE. unkid; un- +
p. p. of AS. c[=y][eth]an to make known, fr. c[=u][eth]
known. See {Uncouth}.]
1. Odd; strange; ugly; old; uncouth. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Lonely; dreary; unkard. [Prov. Eng.]
Weston is sadly unked without you. --Cowper.
Unkemmed \Un*kemmed"\, a.
Unkempt. [Obs.]
Unkempt \Un*kempt"\ (?; 215), a. [Pref. un- not + kempt, p. p.
of kemb.]
1. Not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair.
2. Fig.; Not smoothed; unpolished; rough.
My rhymes be rugged and unkempt. --Spenser.
Unkennel \Un*ken"nel\, v. t. [1st un- + kennel.]
1. To drive from a kennel or hole; as, to unkennel a fox.
2. Fig.: To discover; to disclose. --Shak.
Unkent \Un*kent"\, a. [Un- knot + ken to know.]
Unknown; strange. [Obs. or Scot.] --W. Browne.
Unketh \Un*keth"\, a.
Uncouth. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Unkind \Un*kind"\, a. [See {Kin} kindred.]
Having no race or kindred; childless. [Obs. & R.] --Shak.
Unkind \Un*kind"\, a.
1. Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or
kindred; unnatural. [Obs.] ``Such unkind abominations.''
--Chaucer.
2. Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or
the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful.
He is unkind that recompenseth not; but he is most
unkind that forgetteth. --Sir T.
Elyot.
-- {Un*kind"ly}, adv. -- {Un*kind"ness}, n.
Unkindliness \Un*kind"li*ness\, n.
Unkindness. --Tennyson.
Unkindly \Un*kind"ly\, a.
1. Not kindly; unkind; ungracious.
2. Unnatural; contrary to nature. [Obs.] ``Unkindly crime.''
--Spenser.
3. Unfavorable; annoying; malignant. --Milton.
Unkindred \Un*kin"dred\, a.
Not kindred; not of the same kin. [Obs.] --Rowe. --
{Un*kin"dred*ly}, a.
Unking \Un*king"\, v. t. [1st un- + king.]
To cause to cease to be a king. [R.]
Shall his condescension, therefore, unking him?
--South.
Unkingship \Un*king"ship\, n.
The quality or condition of being unkinged; abolition of
monarchy. [Obs.]
Unkingship was proclaimed, and his majesty's statues
thrown down. --Evelyn.
Unkiss \Un*kiss"\, v. t. [1st un- + king.]
To cancel or annul what was done or sealed by a kiss; to
cancel by a kiss. [Obs.]
Let me unkiss the oath 'twixt thee and me. --Shak.
Unkle \Un"kle\, n.
See {Uncle}. [Obs.]
Unknight \Un*knight"\, v. t. [1st un- + knight.]
To deprive of knighthood. --Fuller.
Unknit \Un*knit"\, v. t. [1st un- + knit.]
To undo or unravel what is knitted together.
Fie, fie! unknit that threatening unkind brow. --Shak.
Unknot \Un*knot"\, v. t. [1st un- + knot.]
To free from knots; to untie.
Unknow \Un*know"\, v. t. [1st un- + know.]
1. To cease to know; to lose the knowledge of. [Obs.]
2. To fail of knowing; to be ignorant of. [Obs.]
Unknow \Un*know"\, a. [See Un- not, {Know}.]
Unknown. [Obs.] ``French of Paris was to her unknow.''
--Chaucer.
Unknowledged \Un*knowl"edged\, a.
Not acknowledged or recognized. [Obs.]
For which bounty to us lent Of him unknowledged or
unsent. --B. Jonson.
Unknown \Un*known"\, a.
Not known; not apprehended. -- {Un*known"ness}, n. [R.]
--Camden.
Unlabored \Un*la"bored\, a.
1. Not produced by labor or toil. ``Unlabored harvests.''
--Dryden.
2. Not cultivated; untitled; as, an unlabored field.
3. Not laboriously produced, or not evincing labor; as, an
unlabored style or work. --Tickell.
Unlace \Un*lace"\, v. t. [1st un- + lace.]
1. To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.
2. To loose the dress of; to undress; hence, to expose; to
disgrace.
What's the matter, That you unlace your reputation
thus? --Shak.
3. (Naut.) To loose, and take off, as a bonnet from a sail,
or to cast off, as any lacing in any part of the rigging
of a vessel. --Totten.
Unlade \Un*lade"\ v. t. [1st un- + lade.]
1. To take the load from; to take out the cargo of; as, to
unlade a ship or a wagon.
The venturous merchant . . . Shall here unlade him
and depart no more. --Dryden.
2. To unload; to remove, or to have removed, as a load or a
burden; to discharge.
There the ship was to unlade her burden. --Acts.
xxi. 3.
Unlaid \Un*laid"\, a.
1. Not laid or placed; not fixed. --Hooker.
2. Not allayed; not pacified; not laid finally to rest. [R.]
``Stubborn, unlaid ghost.'' --Milton.
3. Not laid out, as a corpse. [R.] --B. Jonson.
{Unlaid paper}. See {Laid paper}, under {Laid}.
Unland \Un*land"\, v. t. [1st un- + land.]
To deprive of lands.
Unlap \Un*lap"\, v. t. [1st un- + lap.]
To unfold. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Unlash \Un*lash"\, v. t. [1st un- + lash.] (Naut.)
To loose, as that which is lashed or tied down.
Unlatch \Un*latch"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Unlatched}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Unlatching}.] [1st un- + latch.]
To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door.
Unlaugh \Un*laugh"\, v. t. [1st un- + laugh.]
To recall, as former laughter. [Obs. & R.] --Sir T. More.
Unlaw \Un*law"\, v. t. [1st un- + law.]
1. To deprive of the authority or character of law. [Obs.]
2. To put beyond protection of law; to outlaw. [Obs.]
3. (Scots Law) To impose a fine upon; to fine.
Unlaw \Un*law"\, n. [Pref. un- + law.] (Scots Law)
(a) Any transgression or offense against the law.
(b) A fine imposed as a penalty for violation of the law.
Unlawed \Un*lawed"\, a. [Pref. un- + lawed, p. p. of lawe.]
Not having the claws and balls of the forefeet cut off; --
said of dogs.
Unlawful \Un*law"ful\, a.
Not lawful; contrary to law. -- {Un*law"ful*ly}, adv. --
{Un*law"ful*ness}, n.
{Unlawful assembly}. (Law) See under {Assembly}.
Unlawlike \Un*law"like`\, a.
Not according to law; being or done in violation of law;
unlawful. --Milton.
Unlay \Un*lay"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + lay.] (Naut.)
To untwist; as, to unlay a rope.
Unlearn \Un*learn"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + learn.]
1. To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory;
also, to learn the contrary of.
I had learned nothing right; I had to unlearn
everything. --Milner.
2. To fail to learn. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
Unlearned \Un*learn"ed\, a. [Pref. un- + learned.]
1. Not learned; untaught; uneducated; ignorant; illiterate.
2. Not gained by study; not known.
3. Not exhibiting learning; as, unlearned verses. --
{Un*learn"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Un*learn"ed*ness}, n.
Unleash \Un*leash"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + leash.]
To free from a leash, or as from a leash; to let go; to
release; as, to unleash dogs.
Unleavened \Un*leav"ened\, a.
Not leavened; containing no leaven; as, unleavened bread.
Unless \Un*less"\, conj. [Formerly, onles, onlesse, onlesse
that, that is, in less, in a less case. See {On}, and
{Less}.]
Upon any less condition than (the fact or thing stated in the
sentence or clause which follows); if not; supposing that
not; if it be not; were it not that; except; as, we shall
fail unless we are industrious.
Note: By the omission of the verb in the dependent clause,
unless was frequently used prepositionally, -- a
construction common in Shakespeare and still employed
colloquially.
Here nothing breeds unless the nightly owl.
--Shak.
Unlicked \Un*licked"\, a.
Not licked; hence, not properly formed; ungainly. Cf. {To
lick into shape}, under {Lick}, v. --Shak.
Unlike \Un*like"\, a.
1. Not like; dissimilar; diverse; having no resemblance; as,
the cases are unlike.
2. Not likely; improbable; unlikely. [Obsoles.]
{Unlike quantities} (Math.), quantities expressed by letters
which are different or of different powers, as a, b, c,
a^{2}, a^{3}, x^{n}, and the like.
{Unlike signs} (Math.), the signs plus (+) and minus (-).
Unlikelihood \Un*like"li*hood\, n.
Absence of likelihood.
Unlikeliness \Un*like"li*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being unlikely.
Unlikely \Un*like"ly\, a.
1. Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as,
an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.
2. Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail;
unpromising; as, unlikely means. --Hooker.
3. Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable.
[Obs.] ``The unlikely eld of me.'' --Chaucer.
Unlikely \Un*like"ly\, adv.
In an unlikely manner.
Unliken \Un*lik"en\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + liken.]
To make unlike; to dissimilate. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Unlikeness \Un*like"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being unlike; want of resemblance;
dissimilarity. --Tennyson.
Unlimber \Un*lim"ber\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + limber.] (Mil.)
To detach the limber from; as, to unlimber a gun.
Unlimitable \Un*lim"it*a*ble\, a.
Illimitable. --Locke.
Unlimited \Un*lim"it*ed\, a.
1. Not limited; having no bounds; boundless; as, an unlimited
expanse of ocean.
2. Undefined; indefinite; not bounded by proper exceptions;
as, unlimited terms. ``Nothing doth more prevail than
unlimited generalities.'' --Hooker.
3. Unconfined; not restrained; unrestricted.
Ascribe not unto God such an unlimited exercise of
mercy as may destroy his justice. --Rogers.
{Unlimited problem} (Math.), a problem which is capable of an
infinite number of solutions.
{Unlimited pump}, a kind of deep-well pump placed at the
level of the water, and operated from above ground. --
{Un*lim"it*ed*ly}, adv. -- {Un*lim"it*ed*ness}, n.
Unline \Un*line"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + line.]
To take the lining out of; hence, to empty; as, to unline
one's purse.
Unlink \Un*link"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + link.]
To separate or undo, as links; to uncoil; to unfasten.
--Shak.
Unliquidated \Un*liq"ui*da`ted\, a.
Not liquidated; not exactly ascertained; not adjusted or
settled.
{Unliquidated damages} (Law), penalties or damages not
ascertained in money. --Burrill.
Unliquored \Un*liq"uored\, a.
1. Not moistened or wet with liquor; dry. ``Unliquored
coach.'' --Bp. Hall.
2. Not in liquor; not intoxicated; sober.
Like an unliquored Silenus. --Milton.
Unlive \Un*live"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + live.]
To ??ve in a contrary manner, as a life; to live in a manner
contrary to. [R.] --Glanvill.
Unlived \Un*lived"\, a. [See 1st pref. {Un-}, and {Life},
{Live}.]
Bereft or deprived of life. [Obs.] --Shak.
Unload \Un*load"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + load.]
1. To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; to
disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast.
2. Hence, to relieve from anything onerous.
3. To discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to
unload the cargo of a vessel.
4. To draw the charge from; as, to unload a gun.
5. To sell in large quantities, as stock; to get rid of.
[Brokers' Cant, U. S.]
Unload \Un*load"\, v. i.
To perform the act of unloading anything; as, let unload now.
Unloader \Un*load"er\, n.
One who, or that which, unloads; a device for unloading, as
hay from a wagon.
Unlocated \Un*lo"ca*ted\, a.
1. Not located or placed; not fixed in a place.
2. Not surveyed, or designated by marks, limits, or
boundaries, as appropriated to some individual, company,
or corporation; as, unlocated lands.
Unlock \Un*lock"\, v. t. [Cf. AS. unl?can. See 1st {Un-}, and
{Lock}, v. t.]
1. To unfasten, as what is locked; as, to unlock a door or a
chest.
2. To open, in general; to lay open; to undo.
Unlock your springs, and open all your shades.
--Pope.
[Lord] unlock the spell of sin. --J. H.
Newman.
Unlodge \Un*lodge"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + lodge.]
To dislodge; to deprive of lodgment. --Carew.
Unlook \Un*look"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + look.]
To recall or retract, as a look. [R.] --Richardson.
Unlooked \Un*looked"\, a. [Pref. un- not + looked.]
Not observed or foreseen; unexpected; -- generally with for.
``Unlooked success.'' --Denham.
She comes unlooked for, if she comes at all. --Pope.
Unlooked-for \Un*looked"-for\, a.
Not looked for; unexpected; as, an unlooked-for event.
Unloose \Un*loose"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- (intensive) + loose.]
To make loose; to loosen; to set free. --Shak.
Unloose \Un*loose"\, v. i.
To become unfastened; to lose all connection or union.
Unloosen \Un*loos"en\, v. t. [1st pref. un- (intensive) +
loosen.]
To loosen; to unloose.
Unlord \Un*lord"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + lord.]
To deprive of the rank or position of a lord. --Milton.
Unlorded \Un*lord"ed\, a.
1. [Properly p. p. of unlord.] Deprived of the rank of a
lord.
2. [Pref. un- + lorded.] Not raised to the rank of a lord.
--Milton.
Unlove \Un*love"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + love.]
To cease to love; to hate. [Obs.]
Unlovely \Un*love"ly\, a.
Not lovely; not amiable; possessing qualities that excite
dislike; disagreeable; displeasing; unpleasant. --
{Un*love"li*ness}, n.
Unluckily \Un*luck"i*ly\, adv.
In an unlucky manner.
Unluckiness \Un*luck"i*ness\, n.
Quality or state of being unlucky.
Unlucky \Un*luck"y\, a.
1. Not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated;
unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an
unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game.
Note: This word is properly applied to incidents in which
failure results from chance or fortuity, as in games of
hazard, rather than from lack or feebleness of effort.
2. Bringing bad luck; ill-omened; inauspicious.
Haunt me not with that unlucky face. --Dryden.
3. Mischievous; as, an unlucky wag. [Colloq.]
Unlust \Un*lust"\, n.
Listlessness; disinclination. [Obs.] ``Idleness and unlust.''
--Chaucer.
Unlute \Un*lute"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + lute.]
To separate, as things cemented or luted; to take the lute or
the clay from. --Boyle.
Unmade \Un*made"\, a.
1. [Pref. un- not + made.] Not yet made or formed; as, an
unmade grave. --Shak.
2. [Properly p. p. of unmake.] Deprived of form, character,
etc.; disunited.
Unmagistrate \Un*mag"is*trate\, v. t. [1st pref. un- +
magistrate.]
To divest of the office or authority of a magistrate. [Obs.]
--Milton.
Unmaiden \Un*maid"en\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + maiden.]
To ravish; to deflower. [Obs.]
Unmake \Un*make"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + make.]
To destroy the form and qualities of; to deprive of being; to
uncreate.
God does not make or unmake things to try experiments.
--T. Burnet.
Unman \Un*man"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + man.]
1. To deprive of the distinctive qualities of a human being,
as reason, or the like. [R.] --South.
2. To emasculate; to deprive of virility.
3. To deprive of the courage and fortitude of a man; to break
or subdue the manly spirit in; to cause to despond; to
dishearten; to make womanish.
Let's not unman each other. --Byron.
4. To deprive of men; as, to unman a ship.
Unmanacle \Un*man"a*cle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + manacle.]
To free from manacles. --Tennyson.
Unmanhood \Un*man"hood\, n.
Absence or lack of manhood. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Unmanned \Un*manned"\, a.
1. [Properly p. p. of unman.] Deprived of manly qualities;
deficient in vigor, strength, courage, etc.; weak;
effeminate.
2. [Pref. un- not + man + -ed.] (Falconry) Not tamed; not
made familiar with, or subject to, man; -- also used
figuratively. [Obs.]
Hood my unmanned blood bating in my cheeks With thy
black mantle. --Shak.
3. [Pref. un- not + manned.] Not furnished with men; as, an
unmanned ship.
Unmannerly \Un*man"ner*ly\, a.
Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv. Uncivilly; rudely. --
{Un*man"ner*li*ness}, n.
Unmantle \Un*man"tle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + mantle.]
To divest of a mantle; to uncover.
Nay, she said, but I will unmantle you. --Sir W.
Scott.
Unmarry \Un*mar"ry\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + marry.]
To annul the marriage of; to divorce. --Milton.
Unmartyr \Un*mar"tyr\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + martyr.]
To degrade from the rank of a martyr. [Obs.] --Fuller.
Unmasculate \Un*mas"cu*late\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + masculate.]
To emasculate. [Obs.] --Fuller.
Unmask \Un*mask"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + mask.]
To strip of a mask or disguise; to lay open; to expose.
Unmask \Un*mask"\, v. i.
To put off a mask. --Shak.
Unmasterable \Un*mas"ter*a*ble\, a.
Incapable of being mastered or subdued. [Obs.] --Sir T.
Browne.
Unmaterial \Un`ma*te"ri*al\, a.
Not material; immaterial. [Obs.] --Daniel.
Unmeaning \Un*mean"ing\, a.
1. Having no meaning or signification; as, unmeaning words.
2. Not indicating intelligence or sense; senseless;
expressionless; as, an unmeaning face.
There pride sits blazoned on the unmeaning brow.
--Trumbull.
-- {Un*mean"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Un*mean"ing*ness}, n.
Unmeant \Un*meant"\, a.
Not meant or intended; unintentional. --Dryden.
Unmeasurable \Un*meas"ur*a*ble\, a.
Immeasurable. --Swift. -- {Un*meas"ur*a*ble*ness}, n. --
{Un*meas"ur*a*bly}, adv.
Unmechanize \Un*mech"an*ize\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + mechanize.]
1. To undo the mechanism of; to unmake; as, to unmechanize a
structure. [Obs.] --Sterne.
Unmechanized \Un*mech"an*ized\, a. [Pref. un- + mechanized.]
Not mechanized. --Paley.
Unmeet \Un*meet"\, a.
Not meet or fit; not proper; unbecoming; unsuitable; --
usually followed by for. ``Unmeet for a wife.'' --Tennyson.
And all unmeet our carpet floors. --Emerson.
-- {Un*meet"ly}, adv. -- {Un*meet"ness}, n.
Unmember \Un*mem"ber\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + member.]
To deprive of membership, as in a church.
Unmentionables \Un*men"tion*a*bles\, n. pl.
The breeches; trousers. [Jocose]
Unmerchantable \Un*mer"chant*a*ble\, a. (Com.)
Not merchantable; not fit for market; being of a kind,
quality, or quantity that is unsalable. --McElrath.
Unmercied \Un*mer"cied\, a. [Pref. un- not + mercy.]
Unmerciful; merciless. [Obs.] --Drayton.
Unmerciful \Un*mer"ci*ful\, a.
Not merciful; indisposed to mercy or grace; cruel; inhuman;
merciless; unkind. -- {Un*mer"ci*ful*ly}, adv. --
{Un*mer"ci*ful*ness}, n.
Unmerciless \Un*mer"ci*less\, a. [Pref. un- (intensive) +
merciless.]
Utterly merciless. [Obs.] --Joye.
Unmew \Un*mew"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + mew to confine.]
To release from confinement or restraint. --Keats.
Unmingle \Un*min"gle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + mingle.]
To separate, as things mixed. --Bacon.
Unmistakable \Un`mis*tak"a*ble\, a.
Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain;
obvious; evident. -- {Un`mis*tak"a*bly}, adv.
Unmiter \Un*mi"ter\, Unmitre \Un*mi"tre\, v. t. [1st pref. un- +
miter.]
To deprive of a miter; to depose or degrade from the rank of
a bishop. --Milton.
Unmold \Un*mold"\, Unmould \Un*mould"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- +
mold.]
To change the form of; to reduce from any form. ``Unmolding
reason's mintage.'' --Milton.
Unmoneyed \Un*mon"eyed\, a.
Destitute of money; not rich. [Written also {unmonied}.]
--Shenstone.
Unmonopolize \Un`mo*nop"o*lize\, v. t. [1st pref. un- +
monopolize.]
To recover or release from the state of being monopolized.
[R.]
Unmonopolizing the rewards of learning and industry.
--Milton.
Unmoor \Un*moor"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + moor.] (Naut.)
(a) To cause to ride with one anchor less than before, after
having been moored by two or more anchors.
(b) To loose from anchorage. See {Moor}, v. t.
Unmoor \Un*moor"\, v. i.
To weigh anchor. --Sir W. Scott.
Unmoral \Un*mor"al\, a.
Having no moral perception, quality, or relation; involving
no idea of morality; -- distinguished from both moral and
immoral. -- {Un`mo*ral"i*ty}, n.
Unmoralized \Un*mor"al*ized\, a.
Not restrained or tutored by morality. --Norris.
Unmorrised \Un*mor"rised\, a.
Not arrayed in the dress of a morris dancer. [Obs.] --Beau. &
Fl.
Unmortise \Un*mor"tise\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + mortise.]
To loosen, unfix, or separate, as things mortised together.
--Tennyson.
Un-Mosaic \Un`-Mo*sa"ic\, a.
Not according to Moses; unlike Moses or his works.
By this reckoning Moses should be most un Mosaic.
--Milton.
Unmothered \Un*moth"ered\, [1st pref. un- + mother.]
Deprived of a mother; motherless.
Unmovable \Un*mov"a*ble\, a.
Immovable. ``Steadfast, unmovable.'' --1 Cor. xv. 58. Locke.
Unmovably \Un*mov"a*bly\, adv.
Immovably. [R.] --J. Ellis.
Unmoved \Un*moved"\, a.
Not moved; fixed; firm; unshaken; calm; apathetic. --
{Un*mov"ed*ly}, adv.
Unmuffle \Un*muf"fle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + muffle.]
1. To take a covering from, as the face; to uncover.
2. To remove the muffling of, as a drum.
Unmutable \Un*mu"ta*ble\, a.
Immutable. [Obs.]
Unmuzzle \Un*muz"zle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + muzzle.]
To loose from a muzzle; to remove a muzzle from.
Unnail \Un*nail"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + nail.]
To remove the nails from; to unfasten by removing nails.
Unnapped \Un*napped"\, a.
Finished without a nap.
I did not attempt her with a threadbare name, Unnapped
with meritorious actions. --Beau. & Fl.
Unnatural \Un*nat"u*ral\ (?; 135), a.
Not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order of
nature; being without natural traits; as, unnatural crimes.
Syn: See {Factitious}. -- {Un*nat"u*ral*ly}, adv. --
{Un*nat"u*ral*ness}, n.
Unnaturalize \Un*nat"u*ral*ize\, v. t.
To make unnatural. [R.] --Hales.
Unnature \Un*na"ture\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + nature.]
To change the nature of; to invest with a different or
contrary nature. [Obs.]
A right heavenly nature, indeed, as if were unnaturing
them, doth so bridle them [the elements]. --Sir P.
Sidney.
Unnature \Un*na"ture\, n. [Pref. un- not + nature.]
The contrary of nature; that which is unnatural. [R.]
So as to be rather unnature, after all, than nature.
--H. Bushnell.
Unnear \Un*near"\, prep.
Not near; not close to; at a distance from. [Obs.] --Davies
(Muse's Sacrifice).
Unnesessary \Un*nes"es*sa*ry\, a.
Not necessary; not required under the circumstances; unless;
needless; as, unnecessary labor, care, or rigor. --
{Un*nes"es*sa*ri*ly}, adv. -- {Un*nes"es*sa*ri*ness}, n.
Unnecessity \Un`ne*ces"si*ty\, n.
The state of being unnecessary; something unnecessary. [Obs.]
Unneighbored \Un*neigh"bored\, a.
Being without neigbors. --Cowper.
Unneighborly \Un*neigh"bor*ly\, a.
Not neighborly; distant; reserved; solitary; exclusive. --
adv. Not in a neighborly manner. --Shak.
Unnervate \Un*nerv"ate\, a.
Enervate. [Obs.]
Unnerve \Un*nerve"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + nerve.]
To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to
enfeeble; as, to unnerve the arm.
Unequal match'd, . . . The unnerved father falls.
--Shak.
Unnest \Un*nest\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + nest.]
To eject from a nest; to unnestle. [R.] --T. Adams.
Unnestle \Un*nes"tle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + nestle.]
Same as {Unnest}. [R.]
Unnethe \Un*nethe"\, Unnethes \Un*nethes"\, adv.
With difficulty. See {Uneath}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Unnoble \Un*no"ble\, a.
Ignoble. --Shak.
Unnobly \Un*no"bly\, adv.
Ignobly. --J. Fletcher.
Unhooked \Un*hooked"\, a.
Without nooks and corners; guileless. [Obs.] ``Unnooked
simplicity.'' --Marston.
Unnotify \Un*no"ti*fy\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + notify.]
To retract or withdraw a notice of. --Walpole.
Unnumbered \Un*num"bered\, a.
Not numbered; not counted or estimated; innumerable.
--Dryden.
Unnumerable \Un*nu"mer*a*ble\, a.
Innumerable. [Obs.] ``An unnumerable multitude.'' --Udall.
Unnun \Un*nun"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + nun.]
To remove from condition of being a nun. [R.]
Many did quickly unnun and disfriar themselves.
--Fuller.
Unobedience \Un`o*be"di*ence\, n.
Disobedience. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Unobedient \Un`o*be"di*ent\, a.
Disobedient. [Obs.] --Milton.
Unobservance \Un`ob*serv"ance\, n.
Want or neglect of observance; inobservance. --Whitlock.
Unobtrusive \Un`ob*tru"sive\, a.
Not obtrusive; not presuming; modest. -- {Un`ob*tru"sive*ly},
adv. -- {Un`ob*tru"sive*ness}, n.
Unoffensive \Un`of*fen"sive\, a.
Inoffensive.
Unoften \Un*of"ten\ (?; 115), adv.
Not often. [Obs.]
Unoil \Un*oil"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + oil.]
To remove the oil from. --Dryden.
Unoperative \Un*op"er*a*tive\, a.
Producing no effect; inoperative. [Obs.] --South.
Unoperculated \Un`o*per"cu*la`ted\, a.
Destitute of an operculum, or cover.
Unorder \Un*or"der\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + order.]
To countermand an order for. [R.]
Unorderly \Un*or"der*ly\, a.
Disorderly. [Obs.] --Bp. Sanderson.
Unordinate \Un*or"di*nate\, a.
Disorderly; irregular; inordinate. [R.] --
{Un*or"di*nate*ly}, adv. [R.]
Unorganized \Un*or"gan*ized\, a.
Not organized; being without organic structure; specifically
(Biol.), not having the different tissues and organs
characteristic of living organisms, nor the power of growth
and development; as, the unorganized ferments. See the Note
under {Ferment}, n., 1.
Unoriginated \Un`o*rig"i*na`ted\, a.
1. Not originated; existing from all eternity. --F. W.
Newman.
2. Not yet caused to be, or to be made; as, possible
inventions still unoriginated.
Unoriginately \Un`o*rig"i*nate*ly\, adv.
Without origin.
Unossified \Un*os"si*fied\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Destitute of a bony structure.
Unowed \Un*owed"\, a.
1. Ownerless. [Obs.] --Shak.
2. Not owed; as, to pay money unowed.
Unowned \Un*own"ed\, a. [Pref. un- not + (sense 1) owned
possessed, and (sense 2) owned granted, acknowledged.]
1. Not owned; having no owner. --Milton.
2. Not acknowledged; not avowed. --Gay.
Unpack \Un*pack"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + pack.]
1. To separate and remove, as things packed; to open and
remove the contents of; as, to unpack a trunk.
2. To relieve of a pack or burden. [R.] --Shak.
Unpacker \Un*pack"er\, n.
One who unpacks.
Unpaganize \Un*pa"gan*ize\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + paganize.]
To cause to cease to be pagan; to divest of pagan character.
[R.] --Cudworth.
Unpaint \Un*paint"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + paint.]
To remove the paint from; to efface, as a painting.
--Parnell.
Unpaired \Un*paired\, a.
Not paired; not suited or matched.
And minds unpaired had better think alone. --Crabbe.
Unpalped \Un*palped"\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Destitute of a palp.
Unpannel \Un*pan"nel\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + pannel.]
To take the saddle off; to unsaddle. [Obs.] --Jervas.
Unparadise \Un*par"a*dise\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + paradise.]
To deprive of happiness like that of paradise; to render
unhappy. [R.] --Young.
Unparagoned \Un*par"a*goned\, a.
Having no paragon or equal; matchless; peerless. [R.]
Your unparagoned mistress is dead. --Shak.
Unparalleled \Un*par"al*leled\, a.
Having no parallel, or equal; unequaled; unmatched.
The unparalleled perseverance of the armies of the
United States, under every suffering and
discouragement, was little short of a miracle.
--Washington.
Unparched \Un*parched"\, a. [Pref. un- not (intensive) parched.]
Dried up; withered by heat. [Obs.] ``My tongue . . .
unparched.'' -- Crashaw.
Unparented \Un*par"ent*ed\, a.
Having no parent, or no acknowledged parent. [R.]
Unparliamentary \Un*par`lia*men"ta*ry\, a.
Not parliamentary; contrary to the practice of parliamentary
bodies. -- {Un*par`lia*men"ta*ri*ness}, n.
Unpartial \Un*par"tial\, a.
Impartial. [Obs.] --Bp. Sanderson. -- {Un*par"tial*ly}, adv.
[Obs.] --Hooker.
Unpassable \Un*pass"a*ble\, a.
Impassable. --E. A. Freeman. -- {Un*pass"a*ble*ness}, n.
Evelyn.
Unpassionate \Un*pas"sion*ate\, a.
Not passionate; dispassionate. -- {Un*pas"sion*ate*ly}, adv.
Unpastor \Un*pas"tor\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + pastor.]
To cause to be no longer pastor; to deprive of pastorship.
[R.] --Fuller.
Unpathed \Un*pathed"\, a.
Not having a path. --Shak.
Unpathwayed \Un*path"wayed`\, a.
Pathless. [R.] ``The smooth, unpathwayed plain.''
--Wordsworth.
Unpatience \Un*pa"tience\, n.
Impatience. [Obs.]
Unpatient \Un*pa"tient\, a.
Impatient. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Unpaved \Un*paved"\, a.
1. Not paved; not furnished with a pavement. --Hakewill.
2. Castrated. [Obs.] ``Unpaved eunuch.'' --Shak.
Unpay \Un*pay"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + pay.]
To undo, take back, or annul, as a payment. --Shak.
Unpeace \Un*peace"\, n.
Absence or lack of peace. [Obs.] --Testament of Love.
Unpedigreed \Un*ped"i*greed\, a.
Not distinguished by a pedigree. [R.] --Pollok.
Unpeeled \Un*peeled\, a.
1. [1st pref. un- (intensive) + peel.] Thoroughly stripped;
pillaged. [Obs.] --Shak.
2. [Pref. un- not + peeled.] Not peeled.
Unpeerable \Un*peer"a*ble\, a.
Incapable of having a peer, or equal.
Unpeered \Un*peered\, a.
Having no peer; unequaled; unparalleled. ``Unpeered
excellence.'' --Marston.
Unpeg \Un*peg"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + peg.]
To remove a peg or pegs from; to unfasten; to open. --Shak.
Unpen \Un*pen"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + pen.]
To release from a pen or from confinement. ``If a man unpens
another's water.'' --Blackstone.
Unpenetrable \Un*pen"e*tra*ble\, a.
Impenetrable.
Unpenitent \Un*pen"i*tent\, a.
Impenitent. --Sandys.
Unpeople \Un*peo"ple\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + people.]
To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate. --Shak.
Unperegal \Un`per*e"gal\, a. [Pref. un- not + peregal.]
Unequal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Unperfect \Un*per"fect\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + perfect.]
To mar or destroy the perfection of. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
Unperfect \Un*per"fect\, a. [Pref. un- + perfect.]
Imperfect. [Obs.] --Holland. -- {Un*per"fect*ly}, adv. [Obs.]
--Hales. -- {Un*per"fect*ness}, n. [Obs.]
Unperfection \Un`per*fec"tion\, n.
Want of perfection; imperfection. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Unperishable \Un*per"ish*a*ble\, a.
Imperishable.
Unperishably \Un*per"ish*a*bly\, adv.
Imperishably.
Unperplex \Un`per*plex"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + perplex.]
To free from perplexity. [R.] --Donne.
Unpersuasion \Un`per*sua"sion\, n.
The state of not being persuaded; disbelief; doubt. [R.]
--Abp. Leighton.
Unpervert \Un`per*vert\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + pervert.]
To free from perversion; to deliver from being perverted; to
reconvert. [Obs.]
Unphilosophize \Un`phi*los"o*phize\, v. t. [1st pref. un- +
philosophize.]
To degrade from the character of a philosopher. [R.] --Pope.
Unpick \Un*pick\, v. t. [1st pref. un- (intensive) + pick.]
To pick out; to undo by picking.
Unpicked \Un*picked"\, a. [Properly p. p. of unpick.]
Picked out; picked open.
2. [Pref. un- not + picked.] Not picked. --Milton.
Unpin \Un*pin"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + pin.]
To loose from pins; to remove the pins from; to unfasten; as,
to unpin a frock; to unpin a frame.
Unpinion \Un*pin"ion\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + pinion.]
To loose from pinions or manacles; to free from restraint.
--Goldsmith.
Unpitied \Un*pit"ied\, a.
1. Not pitied.
2. Pitiless; merciless. [Obs.] --Shak.
Unpitious \Un*pi"tious\, a.
1. Impious; wicked. [Obs.] ``The life of the unpitous.''
--Wyclif (Prov. xv. 8).
2. Destitute of pity; pitiless. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --
{Un*pi"tous*ly}, adv. [Obs.] -- {Un*pi"tous*ness}, n.
[Obs.] --Wyclif.
Unpitousty \Un*pi"tous*ty\, n.
Impiety. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Unpity \Un*pit"y\, n.
Want of piety. [Obs.]
Unplacable \Un*pla"ca*ble\, a.
Implacable. [Obs.]
Unplaced \Un*placed"\, a.
Not placed.
Unplaid \Un*plaid"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + plaid.]
To deprive of a plaid.
Unplained \Un*plained"\, a.
Not deplored or bewailed; unlamented. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Unplat \Un*plat"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + plat.]
To take out the folds or twists of, as something previously
platted; to unfold; to unwreathe.
Unplausive \Un*plau"sive\, a.
Not approving; disapproving. [Obs.] --Shak.
Unpleaded \Un*plead"ed\, a.
1. Not used as a plea; not urged; as, an unpleaded excuse.
2. Not supported by pleas; undefended; as, an unpleaded suit.
Unpleasant \Un*pleas"ant\, a.
Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing;
offensive. -- {Un*pleas"ant*ly}, adv. -- {Un*pleas"ant*ness},
n.
Unpleasantry \Un*pleas"ant*ry\, n.; pl. {Unpleasantries}.
1. Want of pleasantry. [R.]
2. A state of disagreement; a falling out. --Thackeray.
Unpleasive \Un*pleas"ive\, a.
Unpleasant. [Obs.] ``An unpleasive passion.'' --Bp. Hall.
Unpleat \Un*pleat"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + pleat.]
To remove the plaits of; to smooth. --W. Browne.
Unplight \Un*plight"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + plight.]
To unfold; to lay open; to explain. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Unplumb \Un*plumb"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + plumb.]
To deprive of lead, as of a leaden coffin. [R.] --Burke.
Unplume \Un*plume"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + plume.]
To strip of plumes or feathers; hence, to humiliate.
Unpoised \Un*poised"\, a.
1. Not poised or balanced.
2. Not poised or weighed; hence, regardless of consequences;
unhesitating. [Obs.] --Marston.
Unpoison \Un*poi"son\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + poison.]
To remove or expel poison from. [Obs.] --South.
Unpolicied \Un*pol"i*cied\, a.
1. Not having civil polity, or a regular form of government.
2. Impolitic; imprudent. [Obs.] --Shak.
Unpolish \Un*pol"ish\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + polish.]
To deprive of polish; to make impolite.
Unpolite \Un`po*lite"\, a.
Not polite; impolite; rude. -- {Un`po*lite"ly}, adv. --
{Un`po*lite"ness}, n.
Unpolitic \Un*pol"i*tic\, a.
Impolitic; imprudent.
Unpolled \Un*polled"\, a.
Not polled. Specifically:
(a) Not enumerated or registered; as, an unpolled vote or
voter.
(b) Not plundered. [Obs.] ``Unpoll'd Arabian wealth.''
--Fanshawe.
Unpope \Un*pope"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + pope.]
1. To divest of the character, office, or authority of a
pope.
2. To deprive of a pope. [Obs.]
Rome will never so far unpope herself as to part
with her pretended supremacy. --Fuller.
Unportunate \Un*por"tu*nate\, a.
Importunate; troublesome with requests. [Obs.] --Golden Boke.
Unportuous \Un*por"tu*ous\, a.
Having no ports. [Obs.] ``An unportuous coast.'' --Burke.
Unpossess \Un`pos*sess"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + possess.]
To be without, or to resign, possession of. [Obs.]
Unpossibility \Un*pos`si*bil"i*ty\, n.
Impossibility. [R.] ``Utter unpossibility.'' --Poe.
Unpossible \Un*pos"si*ble\, a.
Impossible. [R.]
Unpower \Un*pow"er\, n.
Want of power; weakness. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
Unpowerful \Un*pow"er*ful\, a.
Not powerful; weak. --Cowley.
Unpracticable \Un*prac"ti*ca*ble\, a.
Impracticable; not feasible.
Unpractical \Un*prac"ti*cal\, a.
Not practical; impractical. ``Unpractical questions.'' --H.
James.
I like him none the less for being unpractical.
--Lowell.
Unpraise \Un*praise"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + praise.]
To withhold praise from; to deprive of praise. [R.]
Unpray \Un*pray\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + pray.]
To revoke or annul by prayer, as something previously prayed
for. [R.] --Sir M. Hale.
Unprayable \Un*pray"a*ble\, a.
Not to be influenced or moved by prayers; obdurate. [R.]
--Wyclif.
Unprayed \Un*prayed"\, a. [With for.]
Not prayed for. [Obs.] --Sir T. More.
Unpreach \Un*preach"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + preach.]
To undo or overthrow by preaching. [R.] --De Foe.
Unprecedented \Un*prec"e*dent*ed\, a.
Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case;
not having the authority of prior example; novel; new;
unexampled. -- {Un*prec"e*dent*ed*ly}, adv.
Unpredict \Un`pre*dict"\, v. i. [1st pref. un- + predict.]
To retract or falsify a previous prediction. --Milton.
Unprejudiced \Un*prej"u*diced\, a.
1. Not prejudiced; free from undue bias or prepossession; not
preoccupied by opinion; impartial; as, an unprejudiced
mind; an unprejudiced judge.
2. Not warped or biased by prejudice; as, an unprejudiced
judgment. -- {Un*prej"u*diced*ness}, n. --V. Knox.
Unprelated \Un*prel"a*ted\, a. [1st pref. un- + prelate.]
Deposed from the office of prelate.
Unprevented \Un`pre*vent"ed\, a.
1. Not prevented or hindered; as, unprevented sorrows.
--Shak.
2. Not preceded by anything. [Obs.] --Milton.
Unpriced \Un*priced"\, a.
Not priced; being without a fixed or certain value; also,
priceless. ``Amethyst unpriced.'' --Neale (Rhythm of St.
Bernard).
Unpriest \Un*priest"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + priest.]
To deprive of priesthood; to unfrock. [R.] --Milton.
Unprince \Un*prince"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + prince.]
To deprive of the character or authority of a prince; to
divest of principality of sovereignty. [R.] --Swift.
Unprinciple \Un*prin"ci*ple\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + principle.]
To destroy the moral principles of. [R.]
Unprincipled \Un*prin"ci*pled\, a. [Pref. un- not + principled.]
Being without principles; especially, being without right
moral principles; also, characterized by absence of
principle. -- {Un*prin"ci*pled*ness}, n.
Unprison \Un*pris"on\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + prison.]
To take or deliver from prison.
Unprizable \Un*priz"a*ble\, a.
1. Not prized or valued; being without value. [Obs.]
2. Invaluable; being beyond estimation. [Obs.]
Unprobably \Un*prob"a*bly\, adv. [Pref. un- not + probably.]
Improbably.
Unprobably \Un*prob"a*bly\, adv. [Un- + L. probabilis
approvable, fr. probare to approve. Cf. {Probable}.]
In a manner not to be approved of; improperly. [Obs. & R.]
To diminish, by the authority of wise and knowing men,
things unjustly and unprobably crept in. --Strype.
Unproficiency \Un`pro*fi"cien*cy\, n.
Want of proficiency or improvement. --Bp. Hall.
Unprofit \Un*prof"it\, n.
Want of profit; unprofitableness. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Unprofited \Un*prof"it*ed\, a.
Profitless. [R.] --Shak.
Unpromise \Un*prom"ise\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + promise.]
To revoke or annul, as a promise. --Chapman.
Unprop \Un*prop"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + prop.]
To remove a prop or props from; to deprive of support.
Unproper \Un*prop"er\, a.
Not proper or peculiar; improper. [Obs.] -- {Un*prop"er*ly},
adv. [Obs.]
Unproselyte \Un*pros"e*lyte\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + proselyte.]
To convert or recover from the state of a proselyte.
--Fuller.
Unprotestantize \Un*prot"es*tant*ize\, v. t. [1st pref. un- +
protestantize.]
To render other than Protestant; to cause to change from
Protestantism to some other form of religion; to deprive of
some Protestant feature or characteristic.
The attempt to unprotestantize the Church of England.
--Froude.
Unprovide \Un`pro*vide\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + provide.]
To deprive of necessary provision; to unfurnish.
Lest her . . . beauty unprovide my mind again. --Shak.
Unprovident \Un*prov"i*dent\, a.
Improvident. [Obs.] ``Who for thyself art so unprovident.''
--Shak.
Unprudence \Un*pru"dence\, n.
Imprudence. [Obs.]
Unprudent \Un*pru"dent\, a.
Imprudent. [Obs.]
Unprudential \Un`pru*den"tial\, a.
Imprudent. [Obs.] ``The most unwise and unprudential act.''
--Milton.
Unpucker \Un*puck"er\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + pucker.]
To smooth away the puckers or wrinkles of.
Unpure \Un*pure"\, a.
Not pure; impure. -- {Un*pure"ly}, adv. -- {Un*pure"ness}, n.
Unpursed \Un*pursed"\, a. [1st pref. un- + purse + -ed.]
1. Robbed of a purse, or of money. [R.] --Pollock.
2. Taken from the purse; expended. [Obs.] --Gower.
Unqualify \Un*qual"i*fy\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + quality.]
To disqualify; to unfit. --Swift.
Unqualitied \Un*qual"i*tied\, a. [1st pref. un- + quality.]
Deprived of the usual faculties. [Obs.] --Shak.
Unqueen \Un*queen"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + queen.]
To divest of the rank or authority of queen. --Shak.
Unquestionable \Un*ques"tion*a*ble\, a.
1. Not questionable; as, an unquestionable title.
2. Not inviting questions or conversation. [R.] --Shak. --
{Un*ques"tion*a*bly}, adv.
Unquestioned \Un*ques"tioned\, a.
1. Not called in question; not doubted.
2. Not interrogated; having no questions asked; not examined
or examined into. --Shak.
She muttering prayers, as holy rites she meant,
Through the divided crowd unquestioned went.
--Dryden.
3. Indisputable; not to be opposed or impugned.
Their unquestioned pleasures must be served. --B.
Jonson.
Unquick \Un*quick"\, a.
Not quick. [R.] --Daniel.
Unquiet \Un*qui"et\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + quiet.]
To disquiet. [Obs.] --Ld. Herbert.
Unquiet \Un*qui"et\, a. [Pref. un- + quiet.]
Not quiet; restless; uneasy; agitated; disturbed. --
{Un*qui"et*ly}, adv. -- {Un*qui"et*ness}, n.
Unquietude \Un*qui"e*tude\, n.
Uneasiness; inquietude.
Unravel \Un*rav"el\, v. t. [1st pref. un- (intensive) + ravel.]
1. To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of;
as, to unravel a stocking.
2. Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to
unfold; to solve; as, to unravel a plot.
3. To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw
into disorder; to confuse. ``Art shall be conjured for it,
and nature all unraveled.'' --Dryden.
Unravel \Un*rav"el\, v. i.
To become unraveled, in any sense.
Unravelment \Un*rav"el*ment\, n.
The act of unraveling, or the state of being unraveled.
Unrazored \Un*ra"zored\, a.
Not shaven. [R.] --Milton.
Unread \Un*read"\, a.
1. Not read or perused; as, an unread book. --Hooker.
2. Not versed in literature; illiterate. --Dryden.
Unreadiness \Un*read"i*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being unready.
Unready \Un*read"y\, a.
1. Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy.
--Dryden.
Nor need the unready virgin strike her breast.
--Keble.
2. Not dressed; undressed. [Obs.]
Unready \Un*read"y\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + ready.]
To undress. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
Unreal \Un*re"al\, a.
Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.
Unreality \Un`re*al"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being unreal; want of reality.
Unrealize \Un*re"al*ize\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + realize.]
To make unreal; to idealize.
His fancy . . . unrealizes everything at a touch.
--Lowell.
Unreally \Un*re"al*ly\, adv.
In an unreal manner; ideally.
Unreason \Un*rea"son\, n. [Pref. un- not + reason.]
Want of reason; unreasonableness; absurdity.
{Abbot of Unreason}. See {Abbot of Misrule}, under {Abbot}.
Unreason \Un*rea"son\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + reason.]
To undo, disprove, or refute by reasoning. [Obs.]
To unreason the equity of God's proceedings. --South.
Unreasonable \Un*rea"son*a*ble\, a.
Not reasonable; irrational; immoderate; exorbitant. --
{Un*rea"son*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un*rea"son*a*bly}, adv.
Unreasoned \Un*rea"soned\, a.
Not supported by reason; unreasonable. ``Unreasoned habits.''
--Burke.
Unreave \Un*reave"\, v. t. [See {Unreeve}.]
To unwind; to disentangle; to loose. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Unreaved \Un*reaved"\, a. [See {Un-} not, and, for -reaved, cf.
{Rive}, and AS. re['o]fan to break.]
Not torn, split, or parted; not torn to pieces. [Obs.] --Bp.
Hall.
Unrebukable \Un`re*buk"a*ble\, a.
Not deserving rebuke or censure; blameless. --1 Tim. vi. 14.
Unrecuring \Un`re*cur"ing\, a.
Incurable. [Obs.] ``Some unrecuring wound.'' --Shak.
Unredeemed \Un`re*deemed"\, a.
Not redeemed.
Unreeve \Un*reeve"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + reeve, v. t.]
(Naut.)
To withdraw, or take out, as a rope from a block, thimble, or
the like.
Unreformation \Un*ref`or*ma"tion\, n.
Want of reformation; state of being unreformed. [Obs.] --Bp.
Hall.
Unregeneracy \Un`re*gen"er*a*cy\, n.
The quality or state of being unregenerate. --Glanvill.
Unregenerate \Un`re*gen"er*ate\, Unregenerated
\Un`re*gen"er*a`ted\, a.
Not regenerated; not renewed in heart; remaining or being at
enmity with God.
Unregeneration \Un`re*gen`er*a"tion\, n.
Unregeneracy.
Unrein \Un*rein"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + rein.]
To loosen the reins of; to remove restraint from. --Addison.
Unrelenting \Un`re*lent"ing\, a.
Not relenting; unyielding; rigid; hard; stern; cruel. --
{Un`re*lent"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Un`re*lent"ing*ness}, n.
Unreliable \Un`re*li"a*ble\, a.
Not reliable; untrustworthy. See {Reliable}. --
{Un`re*li"a*ble*ness}, n.
Alcibiades . . . was too unsteady, and (according to
Mr. Coleridge's coinage) ``unreliable;'' or perhaps, in
more correct English, too ``unrelyuponable.'' --De
Quincey.
Unreligious \Un`re*li"gious\, a.
Irreligious. --Wordsworth.
Unremembrance \Un`re*mem"brance\, n.
Want of remembrance; forgetfulness. --I. Watts.
Unremitting \Un`re*mit"ting\, a.
Not remitting; incessant; continued; persevering; as,
unremitting exertions. --Cowper. -- {Un`re*mit"ting*ly}, adv.
-- {Un`re*mit"ting*ness}, n.
Unremorseless \Un`re*morse"less\, a. [Pref. un- not (intensive)
+ remorseless.]
Utterly remorseless. [Obs. & R.] ``Unremorseless death.''
--Cowley.
Unrepentance \Un`re*pent"ance\, n.
Impenitence. [R.]
Unreproachable \Un`re*proach"a*ble\, a.
Not liable to be reproached; irreproachable.
Unreprievable \Un`re*priev"a*ble\, a.
Not capable of being reprieved. --Shak.
Unreproved \Un`re*proved\, a.
1. Not reproved. --Sandys.
2. Not having incurred reproof, blameless. [Obs.]
In unreproved pleasures free. --Milton.
Unreputable \Un*rep"u*ta*ble\, a.
Disreputable.
Unreserve \Un`re*serve"\, n.
Absence of reverse; frankness; freedom of communication. --T.
Warton.
Unreserved \Un`re*served"\, a.
Not reserved; not kept back; not withheld in part;
unrestrained. -- {Un`re*serv"ed*ly}, adv. --
{Un`re*serv"ed*ness}, n.
Unresistance \Un`re*sist"ance\, n.
Nonresistance; passive submission; irresistance. --Bp. Hall.
Unresisted \Un`re*sist"ed\, a.
1. Not resisted; unopposed. --Bentley.
2. Resistless; as, unresisted fate. [R.] --Pope.
Unresistible \Un`re*sist"i*ble\, a.
Irresistible. --W. Temple.
Unrespect \Un`re*spect"\, n.
Disrespect. [Obs.] ``Unrespect of her toil.'' --Bp. Hall.
Unresponsible \Un`re*spon"si*ble\, a.
Irresponsible. --Fuller. -- {Un`re*spon"si*ble*ness}, n.
Unrest \Un*rest"\, n.
Want of rest or repose; unquietness; sleeplessness;
uneasiness; disquietude.
Is this, quoth she, the cause of your unrest!
--Chaucer.
Can calm despair and wild unrest Be tenants of a single
breast? --Tennyson.
Unrestraint \Un`re*straint"\, n.
Freedom from restraint; freedom; liberty; license.
Unresty \Un*rest"y\, a.
Causing unrest; disquieting; as, unresty sorrows. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Unrevenued \Un*rev"e*nued\, a.
Not furnished with a revenue. [R.] --Milton.
Unreverence \Un*rev"er*ence\, n.
Absence or lack of reverence; irreverence. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Unreverend \Un*rev"er*end\, a.
1. Not reverend.
2. Disrespectful; irreverent. [Obs.] --Shak.
Unreverent \Un*rev"er*ent\, a.
Irreverent. [R.] --Shak.
Unreverently \Un*rev"er*ent*ly\, adv.
Irreverently. [R.] --B. Jonson.
Unriddle \Un*rid"dle\, v. t. & i. [1st pref. un- + riddle.]
To read the riddle of; to solve or explain; as, to unriddle
an enigma or a mystery. --Macaulay.
And where you can't unriddle, learn to trust.
--Parnell.
Unriddler \Un*rid"dler\, n.
One who unriddles. --Lovelace.
Unrig \Un*rig"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + rig.] (Naut.)
To strip of rigging; as, to unrig a ship. --Totten.
Unright \Un*right"\, a. [AS. unriht. See {Un-} not, and
{Right}.]
Not right; wrong. [Obs.] --Gower.
Unright \Un*right"\, n.
A wrong. [Obs.]
Nor did I you never unright. --Chaucer.
Unright \Un*right"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + right.]
To cause (something right) to become wrong. [Obs.] --Gower.
Unrighteous \Un*right"eous\, a. [OE. unrightwise, AS.
unrihtw[=i]s. See {Un-} not, and {Righteous}.]
1. Not righteous; evil; wicked; sinful; as, an unrighteous
man.
2. Contrary to law and equity; unjust; as, an unrighteous
decree or sentence. -- {Un*right"eous*ly}, adv. --
{Un*right"eous*ness}, n.
Unrightwise \Un*right"wise`\, a.
Unrighteous. [Obs.] --Wyclif. -- {Un*right"wise`ly}, adv.
[Obs.]
Unringed \Un*ringed"\, a.
Not having a ring, as in the nose. ``Pigs unringed.''
--Hudibras.
Unrioted \Un*ri"ot*ed\, a.
Free from rioting. [Obs.] ``A chaste, unrioted house.'' --May
(Lucan).
Unrip \Un*rip"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- (intensive) + rip.]
To rip; to cut open. --Bacon.
Unripe \Un*ripe"\, a.
1. Not ripe; as, unripe fruit.
2. Developing too early; premature. --Sir P. Sidney.
Unripeness \Un*ripe"ness\, n.
Quality or state of being unripe.
Unrivaled \Un*ri"valed\, a.
Having no rival; without a competitor; peerless. [Spelt also
{unrivalled}.] --Pope.
Unrivet \Un*riv"et\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + rivet.]
To take out, or loose, the rivets of; as, to unrivet boiler
plates.
Unrobe \Un*robe"\, v. t. & i. [1st pref. un- + robe.]
To disrobe; to undress; to take off the robes.
Unroll \Un*roll"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + roll.] [Written also
{unrol}.]
1. To open, as what is rolled or convolved; as, to unroll
cloth; to unroll a banner.
2. To display; to reveal. --Dryden.
3. To remove from a roll or register, as a name.
If I make not this cheat bring out another . . . let
me be unrolled and my name put in the book of
virtue! --Shak.
Un-Romanized \Un-Ro"man*ized\, a.
1. Not subjected to Roman arms or customs. --J. Whitaker.
2. (Eccl.) Not subjected to the principles or usages of the
Roman Catholic Church.
Unroof \Un*roof"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + roof.]
To strip off the roof or covering of, as a house. --Shak.
Unroofed \Un*roofed"\, a.
1. [Properly p. p. of unroof.] Stripped of a roof, or similar
covering.
Broken carriages, dead horses, unroofed cottages,
all indicated the movements. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. [Pref. un- not + roofed.] Not yet roofed.
Unroost \Un*roost"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + roost.]
To drive from the roost. --Shak.
Unroot \Un*root"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + root.]
To tear up by the roots; to eradicate; to uproot.
Unroot \Un*root"\, v. i.
To be torn up by the roots. --Beau. & Fl.
Unrude \Un*rude"\, a. [Pref. un- + rude. In sense 2 un- is
intensive.]
1. Not rude; polished. --Herrick.
2. Excessively rude. [Obs. & R.] ``See how the unrude rascal
backbites him.'' --B. Jonson.
Unruffle \Un*ruf"fle\, v. i. [1st pref. un- + ruffle.]
To cease from being ruffled or agitated. --Dryden.
Unruffled \Un*ruf"fled\, a. [Pref. un- not + ruffled.]
Not ruffled or agitated; smooth; calm; tranquil; quiet.
Calm and unruffled as a summer's sea. --Addison.
Unruinate \Un*ru"in*ate\, Unruinated \Un*ru"in*a`ted\, a.
Not ruined or destroyed. [Obs.] ``Unruinated towers.'' --Bp.
Hall.
Unruled \Un*ruled"\, a.
1. Not governed or controlled. ``Unruled and undirected.''
--Spenser.
2. Not ruled or marked with lines; as, unruled paper.
Unruliment \Un*rul"i*ment\, n.
Unruliness. [Obs.] ``Breaking forth with rude unruliment.''
--Spenser.
Unruliness \Un*rul"i*ness\, n.
Quality or state unruly.
Unruly \Un*rul"y\, a. [Compar. {Unrulier}, superl. {Unruliest}.]
[Pref. un- not + rule. Cf. {Ruly}.]
Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to
violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly
boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct.
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil,
full of deadly poison. --James iii.
8.
Unrumple \Un*rum"ple\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + rumple.]
To free from rumples; to spread or lay even,
Unsacrament \Un*sac"ra*ment\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + sacrament.]
To deprive of sacramental character or efficacy; as, to
unsacrament the rite of baptism. [Obs.]
Unsad \Un*sad"\, a. [AS. uns[ae]d unsated, insatiable. See {Un-}
not, and {Sad}.]
Unsteady; fickle. [Obs.]
O, stormy people, unsad and ever untrue. --Chaucer.
Unsadden \Un*sad"den\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + sadden.]
To relieve from sadness; to cheer. [R.] --Whitlock.
Unsaddle \Un*sad"dle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + saddle.]
1. To strip of a saddle; to take the saddle from, as a horse.
2. To throw from the saddle; to unhorse.
Unsadness \Un*sad"ness\, n. [From {Unsad}.]
Infirmity; weakness. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Unsafety \Un*safe"ty\, n.
The quality or state of being in peril; absence of safety;
insecurity. --Bacon.
Unsaint \Un*saint"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + saint.]
To deprive of saintship; to deny sanctity to. [R.] --South.
Unsaintly \Un*saint"ly\, a.
Unbecoming to a saint. --Gauden.
Unsalable \Un*sal"a*ble\, a.
Not salable; unmerchantable. -- n. That which can not be
sold. --Byron.
Unsanctification \Un*sanc`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n.
Absence or lack of sanctification. --Shak.
Unsatiability \Un*sa`ti*a*bil"i*ty\, n.
Quality of being unsatiable; insatiability. [Obs.]
Unsatiable \Un*sa"ti*a*ble\, a.
Insatiable. [Obs.] --Hooker. -- {Un*sa"ti*a*ble*ness}, n.
[Obs.] -- {Un*sa"ti*a*bly}, adv. [Obs.]
Unsatiate \Un*sa"ti*ate\, a.
Insatiate. --Dr. H. More.
Unsatisfaction \Un*sat`is*fac"tion\, n.
Dissatisfaction. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Unsaturated \Un*sat"u*ra`ted\, a.
1. Capable of absorbing or dissolving to a greater degree;
as, an unsaturated solution.
2. (Chem.) Capable of taking up, or of uniting with, certain
other elements or compounds, without the elimination of
any side product; thus, aldehyde, ethylene, and ammonia
are unsaturated.
Unsaturation \Un*sat`u*ra"tion\, n.
The quality or state of being unsaturated.
Unsay \Un*say\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + say.]
To recant or recall, as what has been said; to refract; to
take back again; to make as if not said.
You can say and unsay things at pleasure. --Goldsmith.
Unscale \Un*scale"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + scale.]
To divest of scales; to remove scales from.
[An eagle] purging and unscaling her long-abused sight
at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance. --Milton.
Unscapable \Un*scap"a*ble\, a.
Not be escaped; inevitable. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Unsceptered \Un*scep"tered\, Unsceptred \Un*scep"tred\, a.
1. [Pref. un- not + sceptered.] Having no scepter.
2. [1st pref. un- + scepter.] Deprived of a scepter.
Unscience \Un*sci"ence\, n.
Want of science or knowledge; ignorance. [Obs.]
If that any wight ween a thing to be otherwise than it
is, it is not only unscience, but it is deceivable
opinion. --Chaucer.
Unscrew \Un*screw"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + screw.]
To draw the screws from; to loose from screws; to loosen or
withdraw (anything, as a screw) by turning it.
Unscrupulous \Un*scru"pu*lous\, a.
Not scrupulous; unprincipled. -- {Un*scru"pu*lous*ly}, adv.
-- {Un*scru"pu*lous*ness}, n.
Unscrutable \Un*scru"ta*ble\, a.
Inscrutable. [R.]
Unsoutcheoned \Un*soutch"eoned\, a.
Destitute of an escutcheon. [R.] --Pollock.
Unseal \Un*seal"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + seal.]
1. To break or remove the seal of; to open, as what is
sealed; as, to unseal a letter.
Unable to unseal his lips beyond the width of a
quarter of an inch. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. To disclose, as a secret. [Obs.] --The Coronation.
Unseam \Un*seam\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + seam.]
To open the seam or seams of; to rip; to cut; to cut open.
--Shak.
Unsearchable \Un*search"a*ble\, a.
Not searchable; inscrutable; hidden; mysterious.
The counsels of God are to us unsearchable. --Rogers.
-- {Un*search"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un*search"a*bly}, adv.
Unseason \Un*sea"son\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + season.]
1. To make unseasoned; to deprive of seasoning.
2. To strike unseasonably; to affect disagreeably or
unfavorably. [Obs.]
Why do I send this rustic madrigal, That may thy
tuneful ear unseason quite? --Spenser.
Unseasonable \Un*sea"son*a*ble\, a.
Not seasonable; being, done, or occurring out of the proper
season; ill-timed; untimely; too early or too late; as, he
called at an unseasonable hour; unseasonable advice;
unseasonable frosts; unseasonable food. --
{Un*sea"son*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un*sea"son*a*bly}, adv.
Unseasoned \Un*sea"soned\, a.
1. Not seasoned.
2. Untimely; ill-timed. [Obs.] --Shak.
Unseat \Un*seat"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + seat.]
1. To throw from one's seat; to deprive of a seat. --Cowper.
2. Specifically, to deprive of the right to sit in a
legislative body, as for fraud in election. --Macaulay.
Unseconded \Un*sec"ond*ed\, a.
1. Not seconded; not supported, aided, or assisted; as, the
motion was unseconded; the attempt was unseconded.
2. Not exemplified a second time. [Obs.] ``Strange and
unseconded shapes of worms.'' --Sir T. Browne.
Unsecret \Un*se"cret\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + secret.]
To disclose; to divulge. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Unsecret \Un*se"cret\, a. [Pref. un- not + secret.]
Not secret; not close; not trusty; indiscreet. [Obs.] ``We
are unsecret to ourselves.'' --Shak.
Unsecularize \Un*sec"u*lar*ize\, v. t. [1st pref. un- +
secularize.]
To cause to become not secular; to detach from secular
things; to alienate from the world.
Unsecure \Un`se*cure"\, a.
Insecure. [R.] --Milton.
Unseel \Un*seel"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + seel.]
To open, as the eyes of a hawk that have been seeled; hence,
to give light to; to enlighten. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Unseem \Un*seem"\, v. i. [1st pref. un- + seem.]
Not to seem. [Obs.] --Shak.
Unseeming \Un*seem"ing\, a.
Unbeseeming; not fit or becoming.
Unseemliness \Un*seem"li*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being unseemly; unbecomingness.
--Udall.
Unseemly \Un*seem"ly\, a.
Not seemly; unbecoming; indecent.
An unseemly outbreak of temper. --Hawthorne.
Unseemly \Un*seem"ly\, adv.
In an unseemly manner.
Unseen \Un*seen"\, a.
1. Not seen or discovered.
2. Unskilled; inexperienced. [Obs.] --Clarendon.
Unseldom \Un*sel"dom\, adv.
Not seldom; frequently. [R.]
Unsely \Un*se"ly\, a. [AS. uns?lig. See {Un-} not, and {Silly}.]
Not blessed or happy; wretched; unfortunate. [Written also
{unsilly}.] [Obs.] --Chaucer. -- {Un*se"li*ness}, n. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Unseminared \Un*sem"i*nared\, a. [See 1st {Un-}, and {Semen}.]
Deprived of virility, or seminal energy; made a eunuch.
[Obs.]
Unsensed \Un*sensed\, a.
Wanting a distinct meaning; having no certain signification.
[R.] --Puller.
Unsensible \Un*sen"si*ble\, a.
Insensible. [Obs.]
Unsensualize \Un*sen"su*al*ize\, v. t. [1st pref. un- +
sensualize.]
To elevate from the domain of the senses; to purify.
--Coleridge.
Unseparable \Un*sep"a*ra*ble\, a.
Inseparable. [Obs.] ``In love unseparable.'' --Shak.
Unservice \Un*serv"ice\, n.
Neglect of duty; idleness; indolence. [Obs.] --Massinger.
Unset \Un*set"\, a.
Not set; not fixed or appointed.
Unsettle \Un*set"tle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + settle.]
To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix;
to displace; to disorder; to confuse.
Unsettle \Un*set"tle\, v. i.
To become unsettled or unfixed; to be disordered. --Shak.
Unsettledness \Un*set"tled*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being unsettled.
Unsettlement \Un*set"tle*ment\, n.
The act of unsettling, or state of being unsettled;
disturbance. --J. H. Newman.
Unseven \Un*sev"en\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + seven.]
To render other than seven; to make to be no longer seven.
[Obs. & R.] ``To unseven the sacraments of the church of
Rome.'' --Fuller.
Unsew \Un*sew"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + sew.]
To undo, as something sewn, or something inclosed by sewing;
to rip apart; to take out the stitches of.
Unsex \Un*sex"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Unsexed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Unsexing}.] [1st pref. un- + sex.]
To deprive of sex, or of qualities becoming to one's sex;
esp., to make unfeminine in character, manners, duties, or
the like; as, to unsex a woman.
Unsexual \Un*sex"u*al\, a.
Not sexual; not proper or peculiar to one of the sexes. --De
Quincey.
Unshackle \Un*shac"kle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + shackle.]
To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint;
to unfetter. --Addison.
Unshakable \Un*shak"a*ble\, a.
Not capable of being shaken; firm; fixed. --Shak. J. S. Mill.
Unshaked \Un*shaked"\, a.
Unshaken. [Obs.] --Shak.
Unshale \Un*shale"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + shale.]
To strip the shale, or husk, from; to uncover. [Obs.]
I will not unshale the jest before it be ripe.
--Marston.
Unshape \Un*shape\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + shape.]
To deprive of shape, or of proper shape; to disorder; to
confound; to derange. [R.] --Shak.
Unshaped \Un*shaped"\, Unshapen \Un*shap"en\, a. [Pref. un- not
+ shaped, shapen.]
Not shaped; shapeless; misshapen; deformed; ugly.
Unsheathe \Un*sheathe"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + sheath.]
To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard,
as a sword.
{To unsheathe the sword}, to make war.
Unshed \Un*shed"\, a.
1. Not parted or divided, as the hair. [Obs.] --Spenser.
2. Not spilt, or made to flow, as blood or tears. --Milton.
Unshell \Un*shell"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + shell.]
To strip the shell from; to take out of the shell; to hatch.
Unshelve \Un*shelve"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + shelve.]
To remove from, or as from, a shelf.
Unshent \Un*shent\, a.
Not shent; not disgraced; blameless. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Unsheriff \Un*sher"iff\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + sheriff.]
To depose from the office of sheriff. [R.]
Unshet \Un*shet"\, v. t.
To unshut. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Unshiftable \Un*shift"a*ble\, a.
1. That may ?ot be shifted.
2. Shiftless; helpless. [Obs.]
Unship \Un*ship"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + ship.]
1. To take out of a ship or vessel; as, to unship goods.
2. (Naut.) To remove or detach, as any part or implement,
from its proper position or connection when in use; as, to
unship an oar; to unship capstan bars; to unship the
tiller.
Unshipment \Un*ship"ment\, n.
The act of unshipping, or the state of being unshipped;
displacement.
Unshot \Un*shot"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + shot.]
To remove the shot from, as from a shotted gun; to unload.
Unshot \Un*shot"\, a. [Pref. un- + shot.]
Not hit by a shot; also, not discharged or fired off.
Unshout \Un*shout"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + shout.]
To recall what is done by shouting. [Obs.] --Shak.
Unshroud \Un*shroud"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + shroud.]
To remove the shroud from; to uncover. --P. Fletcher.
Unshrubbed \Un*shrubbed"\, a.
Being without shrubs.
Unshut \Un*shut"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + shut.]
To open, or throw open. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Unshutter \Un*shut"ter\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + shutter.]
To open or remove the shutters of. --T. Hughes.
Unsight \Un*sight"\, a.
Doing or done without sight; not seeing or examining.
[Colloq.]
{Unsight unseen}, a colloquial phrase, denoting unseeing
unseen, or unseen repeated; as, to buy a thing unsight
unseen, that is, without seeing it.
For to subscribe, unsight, unseen, To a new church
discipline. --Hudibras.
There was a great confluence of chapmen, that
resorted from every part, with a design to purchase,
which they were to do ``unsight unseen.''
--Spectator.
Unsightable \Un*sight"a*ble\, a.
Invisible. [Obs.]
Unsighted \Un*sight"ed\, a.
1. Not sighted, or seen. --Suckling.
2. (Gun.) Not aimed by means of a sight; also, not furnished
with a sight, or with a properly adjusted sight; as, to
shoot and unsighted rife or cannon.
Unsignificant \Un`sig*nif"i*cant\, a.
Insignificant. [Obs.] --Holland.
Unsilly \Un*sil"ly\, a.
See {Unsely}. [Obs.]
Unsimplicity \Un`sim*plic"i*ty\, n.
Absence of simplicity; artfulness. --C. Kingsley.
Unsin \Un*sin"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + sin.]
To deprive of sinfulness, as a sin; to make sinless. [Obs.]
--Feltham.
Unsincere \Un`sin*cere"\, a.
Not sincere or pure; insincere. [Obs.] --Dryden. --
{Un`sin*cere"ness}, n. [Obs.]
Unsincerity \Un`sin*cer"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being unsincere or impure;
insincerity. [Obs.] --Boyle.
Unsinew \Un*sin"ew\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + sinew.]
To deprive of sinews or of strength. [R.] --Dryden.
Unsister \Un*sis"ter\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + sister.]
To separate, as sisters; to disjoin. [Poetic & R.]
--Tennyson.
Unsisterly \Un*sis"ter*ly\, a.
Not sisterly. --Richardson.
Unsisting \Un*sist"ing\, a.
Unresisting. [Obs.] ``The unsisting postern.'' --Shak.
Unsitting \Un*sit"ting\, a.
Not sitting well; unbecoming. [Obs.] ``Unsitting words.''
--Sir T. More.
Unskill \Un*skill"\, n.
Want of skill; ignorance; unskillfulness. [Obs.] --Sylvester.
Unskillful \Un*skill"ful\, a. [Spelt also unskilful.]
1. Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an
unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician.
2. Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant.
Though it make the unskillful laugh, can not but
make the judicious grieve. --Shak.
-- {Un*skill"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Un*skill"ful*ness}, n.
Unslacked \Un*slacked"\, a.
Not slacked; unslaked; as, unslacked lime.
Unslaked \Un*slaked"\, a.
Not slaked; unslacked; as, an unslaked thirst; unslaked lime.
Unsling \Un*sling"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + sling.] (Naut.)
To take off the slings of, as a yard, a cask, or the like; to
release from the slings. --Totten.
Unsluice \Un*sluice"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + sluice.]
To sluice; to open the sluice or sluices of; to let flow; to
discharge. --Dryden.
Unsociability \Un*so`cia*bil"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being unsociable; unsociableness.
Unsociable \Un*so"cia*ble\, a.
Not sociable; not inclined to society; averse to
companionship or conversation; solitary; reserved; as, an
unsociable person or temper. -- {Un*so"cia*ble*ness}, n. --
{Un*so"cia*bly}, adv.
Unsocket \Un*sock"et\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + socket.]
To loose or take from a socket.
Unsoft \Un*soft"\ (?; 115), a.
Not soft; hard; coarse; rough. [Obs.] ``Bristles of his beard
unsoft.'' --Chaucer.
Unsoft \Un*soft"\, adv. [AS. uns?fte. See {Un-} not, and
{Soft}.]
Not softly. [Obs.]
Great climbers fall unsoft. --Spenser.
Unsolder \Un*sol"der\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + solder.]
To separate or disunite, as what has been soldered; hence, to
divide; to sunder. [Formerly written also {unsoder}.]
--Tennyson.
Unsoldiered \Un*sol"diered\ (?; 106), a.
Not equipped like a soldier; unsoldierlike. [Obs.] --J.
Fletcher.
Unsolemnize \Un*sol"em*nize\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + solemnize.]
To divest of solemnity.
Unsonable \Un*so"na*ble\, a. [Pref. un- + L. sonabilis sounding,
from sonare to sound.]
Incapable of being sounded. [Obs.]
Unsonsy \Un*son"sy\, a. [See {Un-} not, and {Soncy}.]
Not soncy (sonsy); not fortunate. [Scot.]
Unsoot \Un*soot"\, a. [AS. unsw?te. See {Un-} not, and {Sweet}.]
Not sweet. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Unsophisticate \Un`so*phis"ti*cate\, Unsophisticated
\Un`so*phis"ti*ca`ted\, a.
Not sophisticated; pure; innocent; genuine. --
{Un`so*phis"ti*ca`ted*ness}, n.
Unsorrowed \Un*sor"rowed\, a.
Not sorrowed for; unlamented. --Beau. & Fl.
Unsorted \Un*sort"ed\, a.
1. Not sorted; not classified; as, a lot of unsorted goods.
2. Not well selected; ill-chosen.
The purpose you undertake is dangerous; the friends
you named uncertain; the time itself unsorted.
--Shak.
Unsoul \Un*soul"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + soul.]
To deprive of soul, spirit, or principle. [R.] --Shelton.
Unsound \Un*sound"\, a.
Not sound; not whole; not solid; defective; infirm; diseased.
-- {Un*sound"ly}, adv. -- {Un*sound"ness}, n.
Unspar \Un*spar"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + spar.]
To take the spars, stakes, or bars from. [R.] --Sir W. Scott.
Unsparing \Un*spar"ing\, a. [Pref. un- not + sparing, p. pr. of
spare.]
1. Not sparing; not parsimonious; liberal; profuse. --Burke.
2. Not merciful or forgiving. [R.] --Milton. --
{Un*spar"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Un*spar"ing*ness}, n.
Unspeak \Un*speak"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + speak.]
To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay.
[R.] --Shak.
Unspeakable \Un*speak"a*ble\, a. [Pref. un- not + speakable.]
Not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequately
described; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as,
unspeakable grief or rage. -- {Un*speak"a*bly}, adv.
Ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. --1
Pet. i. 8.
Unspecialized \Un*spe"cial*ized\, a.
Not specialized; specifically (Biol.), not adapted, or set
apart, for any particular purpose or function; as, an
unspecialized unicellular organism. --W. K. Brooks.
Unsped \Un*sped"\, a.
Not performed; not dispatched. [Obs.] --Garth.
Unspell \Un*spell"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + spell.]
To break the power of (a spell); to release (a person) from
the influence of a spell; to disenchant. [R.]
Such practices as these, . . . The more judicious
Israelites unspelled. --Dryden.
Unsphere \Un*sphere"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + sphere.]
To remove, as a planet, from its sphere or orb. --Shak.
Unspike \Un*spike"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + spike.]
To remove a spike from, as from the vent of a cannon.
Unspilt \Un*spilt"\, a.
Not spilt or wasted; not shed.
Unspin \Un*spin"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + spin.]
To untwist, as something spun.
Unspirit \Un*spir"it\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + spirit.]
To dispirit. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.
Unspiritalize \Un*spir"it*al*ize\, v. t. [1st pref. un- +
spiritualize.]
To deprive of spiritually. --South.
Unspleened \Un*spleened"\, a. [1st pref. un- + spleen.]
Deprived of a spleen.
Unspotted \Un*spot"ted\, a.
Not spotted; free from spot or stain; especially, free from
moral stain; unblemished; immaculate; as, an unspotted
reputation. -- {Un*spot"ted*ness}, n.
Unsquire \Un*squire"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + squire.]
To divest of the title or privilege of an esquire. --Swift.
Unstable \Un*sta"ble\, a. [Cf. {Instable}.]
Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change
or overthrow. -- {Un*sta"ble*ness}, n. Chaucer.
{Unstable equilibrium}. See {Stable equilibrium}, under
{Stable}.
Unstack \Un*stack"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + stack.]
To remove, or take away, from a stack; to remove, as
something constituting a stack.
Unstarch \Un*starch"\, v. t. [Pref. un- + starch.]
To free from starch; to make limp or pliable.
Unstate \Un*state"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + state.]
To deprive of state or dignity. [R.]
High-battled C[ae]sar will unstate his happiness.
--Shak.
Unsteel \Un*steel"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + steel.]
To disarm; to soften. --Richardson.
Unstep \Un*step"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + step.] (Naut.)
To remove, as a mast, from its step.
Unstick \Un*stick"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + stick.]
To release, as one thing stuck to another. --Richardson.
Unstill \Un*still"\, a. [AS. unstille. See {Un-} not, and
{Still}, a.]
Not still; restless. [R.]
Unsting \Un*sting"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + sting.]
To disarm of a sting; to remove the sting of. [R.] ``Elegant
dissertations on virtue and vice . . . will not unsting
calamity.'' --J. M. Mason.
Unstitch \Un*stitch"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + stitch.]
To open by picking out stitches; to take out, or undo, the
stitches of; as, to unstitch a seam. --Collier.
Unstock \Un*stock"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + stock.]
1. To deprive of a stock; to remove the stock from; to loose
from that which fixes, or holds fast.
2. To remove from the stocks, as a ship.
Unstockinged \Un*stock"inged\, a.
1. [Pref. un- not + stocking.] Destitute of stockings. --Sir
W. Scott.
2. [1st pref. un- + stocking.] Deprived of stockings.
Unstop \Un*stop"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + stop.]
1. To take the stopple or stopper from; as, to unstop a
bottle or a cask.
2. To free from any obstruction; to open.
Unstrain \Un*strain"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + strain.]
To relieve from a strain; to relax. --B. Jonson.
Unstrained \Un*strained"\, a. [Pref. un- not + strain.]
1. Not strained; not cleared or purified by straining; as,
unstrained oil or milk.
2. Not forced; easy; natural; as, a unstrained deduction or
inference. --Hakewill.
Unstratified \Un*strat"i*fied\, a. (Geol.)
Not stratified; -- applied to massive rocks, as granite,
porphyry, etc., and also to deposits of loose material, as
the glacial till, which occur in masses without layers or
strata.
Unstrength \Un*strength"\, n.
Want of strength; weakness; feebleness. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Unstriated \Un*stri"a*ted\, a. (Nat. Hist.)
Nonstriated; unstriped.
Unstring \Un*string"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + string.]
1. To deprive of a string or strings; also, to take from a
string; as, to unstring beads.
2. To loosen the string or strings of; as, to unstring a harp
or a bow.
3. To relax the tension of; to loosen. ``His garland they
unstring.'' --Dryden. Used also figuratively; as, his
nerves were unstrung by fear.
Unstriped \Un*striped"\, a.
1. Not striped.
2. (Nat. Hist.) Without marks or striations; nonstriated; as,
unstriped muscle fibers.
Unstudied \Un*stud"ied\, a.
1. Not studied; not acquired by study; unlabored; natural.
2. Not skilled; unversed; -- followed by in.
3. Not spent in study. [Obs.] ``To cloak the defects of their
unstudied years.'' --Milton.
Unsubstantial \Un`sub*stan"tial\, a.
Lacking in matter or substance; visionary; chimerical.
Unsubstantialize \Un`sub*stan"tial*ize\, v. t. [1st pref. un- +
substantialize.]
To make unsubstantial. [R.]
Unsubstantiation \Un`sub*stan`ti*a"tion\, n. [1st pref. un- +
substantiation.]
A divesting of substantiality.
Unsucceedable \Un`suc*ceed"a*ble\, a.
Not able or likely to succeed. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Unsuccess \Un`suc*cess"\, n.
Want of success; failure; misfortune. --Prof. Wilson.
Unsuccessful \Un`suc*cess"ful\, a.
Not successful; not producing the desired event; not
fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky;
unhappy. -- {Un`suc*cess"ful*ly}, adv. --
{Un`suc*cess"ful*ness}, n.
Unsufferable \Un*suf"fer*a*ble\, a.
Insufferable. [Obs.] --Hooker. -- {Un*suf"fer*a*bly}, adv.
[Obs.]
Unsuffering \Un*suf"fer*ing\, n.
Inability or incapability of enduring, or of being endured.
[Obs.] --Wyclif.
Unsufficience \Un`suf*fi"cience\, Unsufficiency
\Un`suf*fi"cien*cy\, n.
Insufficiency. [Obs.] --Hooker.
Unsufficient \Un`suf*fi"cient\, a.
Insufficient. [Obs.]
Unsuit \Un*suit"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + suit.]
Not to suit; to be unfit for. [Obs.] --Quarles.
Unsupportable \Un`sup*port"a*ble\, a.
Insupportable; unendurable. -- {Un`sup*port"a*ble*ness}, n.
--Bp. Wilkins. -- {Un`sup*port"a*bly}, adv.
Unsured \Un*sured"\, a.
Not made sure. [Obs.]
Thy now unsured assurance to the crown. --Shak.
Unsurety \Un*sure"ty\, n.
Want of surety; uncertainty; insecurity; doubt. [Obs.] --Sir
T. More.
Unsurmountable \Un`sur*mount"a*ble\, a.
Insurmountable. --Locke.
Unsuspicion \Un`sus*pi"cion\, n.
The quality or state of being unsuspecting. --Dickens.
Unswaddle \Un*swad"dle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + swaddle.]
To take a swaddle from; to unswathe.
Unswathe \Un*swathe"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + swathe.]
To take a swathe from; to relieve from a bandage; to
unswaddle. --Addison.
Unswayable \Un*sway"a*ble\, a.
Not capable of being swayed. --Shak.
Unswear \Un*swear"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + swear.]
To recant or recall, as an oath; to recall after having
sworn; to abjure. --J. Fletcher.
Unswear \Un*swear"\, v. i.
To recall an oath. --Spenser.
Unsweat \Un*sweat"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + sweat.]
To relieve from perspiration; to ease or cool after exercise
or toil. [R.] --Milton.
Unswell \Un*swell"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + swell.]
To sink from a swollen state; to subside. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Unsymmetrical \Un`sym*met"ric*al\, a.
1. Wanting in symmetry, or due proportion pf parts.
2. (Biol.) Not symmetrical; being without symmetry, as the
parts of a flower when similar parts are of different size
and shape, or when the parts of successive circles differ
in number. See {Symmetry}.
3. (Chem.) Being without symmetry of chemical structure or
relation; as, an unsymmetrical carbon atom.
{Unsymmetrical carbon atom} (Chem.), one which is united at
once to four different atoms or radicals. This condition
usually occasions physical isomerism, with the attendant
action on polarized light.
Unsymmetrically \Un`sym*met"ric*al*ly\, adv.
Not symmetrically.
Unsympathy \Un*sym"pa*thy\, n.
Absence or lack of sympathy.
Untack \Un*tack"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + tack.]
To separate, as what is tacked; to disjoin; to release.
being untacked from honest cares. --Barrow.
Untackle \Un*tac"kle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + tackle.]
To unbitch; to unharness. [Colloq.] --Tusser.
Untalked \Un*talked"\, a.
Not talked; not mentioned; -- often with of. --Shak.
Untangibility \Un*tan`gi*bil"i*ty\, n.
Intangibility.
Untangible \Un*tan"gi*ble\, a.
Intangible. [R.]
Untangibly \Un*tan"gi*bly\, adv.
Intangibly. [R.]
Untangle \Un*tan"gle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + tangle.]
To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to
resolve; as, to untangle thread.
Untangle but this cruel chain. --Prior.
Untappice \Un*tap"pice\, v. i. [1st pref. un- + tappice.]
to come out of concealment. [Obs.] --Massinger.
Untaste \Un*taste"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + taste.]
To deprive of a taste for a thing. [R.] --Daniel.
Unteach \Un*teach"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + teach.]
1. To cause to forget, or to lose from memory, or to
disbelieve what has been taught.
Experience will unteach us. --Sir T.
Browne.
One breast laid open were a school Which would
unteach mankind the lust to shine or rule. --Byron.
2. To cause to be forgotten; as, to unteach what has been
learned. --Dryden.
Unteam \Un*team"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + team.]
To unyoke a team from. [R.] --Jer. Taylor.
Untemper \Un*tem"per\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + temper.]
To deprive of temper, or of the proper degree of temper; to
make soft.
Untemperate \Un*tem"per*ate\, a.
Intemperate. [Obs.]
Untemperately \Un*tem"per*ate*ly\, adv.
Intemperately. [Obs.]
Untempter \Un*tempt"er\ (?; 215), n.
One who does not tempt, or is not a tempter. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Untenant \Un*ten"ant\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + tenant.]
To remove a tenant from. [R.] --Coleridge.
Untent \Un*tent"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + tent.]
To bring out of a tent. [R.] --Shak.
Untented \Un*tent"ed\, a. [Pref. un- not + tent a covering.]
Having no tent or tents, as a soldier or a field.
Untented \Un*tent"ed\, a. [Pref. un- not + tented, p. p. of tent
to probe.]
Not tended; not dressed. See 4th {Tent}.
The untented woundings of a father's curse Pierce every
sense about thee! --Shak.
Unthank \Un*thank"\, n. [AS. unpank. See {Un-} not, {Thank}.]
No thanks; ill will; misfortune. [Obs.]
Unthank come on his head that bound him so. --Chaucer.
Unthink \Un*think"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + think.]
To recall or take back, as something thought. --Shak.
Unthinker \Un*think"er\, n. [Pref. un- + thinker.]
A person who does not think, or does not think wisely.
Unthinking \Un*think"ing\, a.
1. Not thinking; not heedful; thoughtless; inconsiderate; as,
unthinking youth.
2. Not indicating thought or reflection; thoughtless.
With earnest eyes, and round unthinking face, He
first the snuffbox opened, then the case. --Pope.
-- {Un*think"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Un*think"ing*ness}, n.
Unthread \Un*thread"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + thread.]
1. To draw or take out a thread from; as, to unthread a
needle.
2. To deprive of ligaments; to loose the ligaments of.
He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints.
--Milton.
3. To make one's way through; to traverse; as, to unthread a
devious path. --De Quincey.
Untrift \Un"trift`\, n.
1. Want of thrift; untriftiness; prodigality.
2. An unthrifty. [Obs.] --Dryden.
Unthrift \Un*thrift"\, a.
Unthrifty. [Obs.]
Unthriftfully \Un*thrift"ful*ly\, adv.
Not thriftily. [Obs.] ``Unthriftfully spent.'' --Sir J.
Cheke.
Unthriftihead \Un*thrift"i*head\, Unthriftihood
\Un*thrift"i*hood\, n.
Untriftiness. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Unthriftily \Un*thrift"i*ly\, adv.
1. Not thriftily.
2. Improperly; unbecomingly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Unthriftiness \Un*thrift"i*ness\, n.
The quality or state or being unthrifty; profuseness;
lavishness. --Udall.
Unthrifty \Un*thrift"y\, a.
Not thrifty; profuse. --Spenser.
Unthrone \Un*throne"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + throne.]
To remove from, or as from, a throne; to dethrone. --Milton.
Untidy \Un*ti"dy\, a.
1. Unseasonable; untimely. [Obs.] ``Untidy tales.'' --Piers
Plowman.
2. Not tidy or neat; slovenly. -- {Un*ti"di*ly}, adv. --
{Un*ti"di*ness}, n.
Untie \Un*tie"\, v. t. [AS. unt?gan. See 1st {Un-}, and {Tie},
v. t.]
1. To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to
disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot.
Sacharissa's captive fain Would untie his iron
chain. --Waller.
Her snakes untied, sulphurous waters drink. --Pope.
2. To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to
unbind.
Though you untie the winds, and let them fight
Against the churches. --Shak.
All the evils of an untied tongue we put upon the
accounts of drunkenness. --Jer. Taylor.
3. To resolve; to unfold; to clear.
They quicken sloth, perplexities untie. --Denham.
Untie \Un*tie"\, v. i.
To become untied or loosed.
Untighten \Un*tight"en\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + tighten.]
To make less tight or tense; to loosen.
Until \Un*til"\, prep. [OE. until, ontil; un- (as in unto) + til
till; cf. Dan. indtil, Sw. intill. See {Unto}, and {Till},
prep.]
1. To; unto; towards; -- used of material objects. --Chaucer.
Taverners until them told the same. --Piers
Plowman.
He roused himself full blithe, and hastened them
until. --Spenser.
2. To; up to; till; before; -- used of time; as, he staid
until evening; he will not come back until the end of the
month.
He and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan
until the day of the captivity. --Judg. xviii.
30.
Note: In contracts and like documents until is construed as
exclusive of the date mentioned unless it was the
manifest intent of the parties to include it.
Until \Un*til"\, conj.
As far as; to the place or degree that; especially, up to the
time that; till. See {Till}, conj.
In open prospect nothing bounds our eye, Until the
earth seems joined unto the sky. --Dryden.
But the rest of the dead lives not again until the
thousand years were finished. --Rev. xx. 5.
Untile \Un*tile"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + tile.]
To take the tiles from; to uncover by removing the tiles.
Untime \Un*time"\, n.
An unseasonable time. [Obs.]
A man shall not eat in untime. --Chaucer.
Untimeliness \Un*time"li*ness\, n.
Unseasonableness.
Untimely \Un*time"ly\, a.
Not timely; done or happening at an unnatural, unusual, or
improper time; unseasonable; premature; inopportune; as,
untimely frosts; untimely remarks; an untimely death.
Untimely \Un*time"ly\, adv.
Out of the natural or usual time; inopportunely; prematurely;
unseasonably. ``Let them know . . . what's untimely done.''
--Shak.
Untimeous \Un*time"ous\, a.
Untimely. [R.] --Sir W. Scott.
Untimeously \Un*time"ous*ly\, adv.
Untimely; unseasonably. [R.]
Untithed \Un*tithed"\, a.
Not subjected tithes.
Untitled \Un*ti"tled\, a.
1. Not titled; having no title, or appellation of dignity or
distinction. --Spenser.
2. Being without title or right; not entitled. --Shak.
Unto \Un"to\, prep. [OE. unto; un- (only in unto, until) unto,
as far as + to to; this un- is akin to AS. ?? until, OFries.
und OS. und until, conj. (cf. OS. unt? unto, OHG. unzi),
Goth. und unto, until. See {To}, and cf. {Until}.]
1. To; -- now used only in antiquated, formal, or scriptural
style. See {To}.
2. Until; till. [Obs.] ``He shall abide it unto the death of
the priest.'' --Num. xxxv. 25.
Unto \Un"to\, conj.
Until; till. [Obs.] ``Unto this year be gone.'' --Chaucer.
Untold \Un*told"\, a.
1. Not told; not related; not revealed; as, untold secrets.
2. Not numbered or counted; as, untold money.
Untolerable \Un*tol"er*a*ble\, a.
Intolerable. [Obs.]
Untomb \Un*tomb"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + tomb.]
To take from the tomb; to exhume; to disinter. --Fuller.
Untongue \Un*tongue\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + tongue.]
To deprive of a tongue, or of voice. [Obs.] --Fuller.
Untooth \Un*tooth"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + tooth.]
To take out the teeth of. --Cowper.
Untoward \Un*to"ward\, prep. [Unto + -ward.]
Toward. [Obs.] --Gower.
Untoward \Un*to"ward\, a. [Pref. un- not + toward.]
1. Froward; perverse. ``Save yourselves from this untoward
generation.'' --Acts ii. 40.
2. Awkward; ungraceful. ``Untoward words.'' --Creech.
``Untoward manner.'' --Swift.
3. Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky;
unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident. --
{Un*to"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Un*to"ward*ness}, n.
Untowardly \Un*to"ward*ly\, a.
Perverse; froward; untoward. ``Untowardly tricks and vices.''
--Locke.
Untraded \Un*trad"ed\, a.
1. Not dealt with in trade; not visited for purposes of
trade. [Obs.] --Hakluyt
2. Unpracticed; inexperienced. [Obs.] --Udall.
3. Not traded in or bartered; hence, not hackneyed; unusual;
not common. --Shak.
Untrained \Un*trained"\, a.
1. Not trained. --Shak.
2. Not trainable; indocile. [Obs.] --Herbert.
Untrammeled \Un*tram"meled\, a.
Not hampered or impeded; free. [Written also {untrammelled}.]
Untraveled \Un*trav"eled\, a. [Written also untravelled.]
1. Not traveled; not trodden by passengers; as, an untraveled
forest.
2. Having never visited foreign countries; not having gained
knowledge or experience by travel; as, an untraveled
Englishman. --Addison.
Untread \Un*tread"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + tread.]
To tread back; to retrace. --Shak.
Untreasure \Un*treas"ure\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + treasure.]
To bring forth or give up, as things previously treasured.
``The quaintness with which he untreasured, as by rote, the
stores of his memory.'' --J. Mitford.
Untreasured \Un*treas"ured\, a.
1. [Properly p. p. of untreasure.] Deprived of treasure.
[Obs.] --Shak.
2. [Pref. un- not + treasured.] Not treasured; not kept as
treasure.
Untreatable \Un*treat"a*ble\, a.
Incapable of being treated; not practicable. [R.] --Dr. H.
More.
Untrenched \Un*trenched"\, a.
Being without trenches; whole; intact. [Obs.]
Untressed \Un*tressed"\, a.
Not tied up in tresses; unarranged; -- said of the hair.
--Chaucer.
Untrowable \Un*trow"a*ble\, a.
Incredible. [Obs.] ``Untrowable fairness.'' --Wyclif.
Untrue \Un*true"\, a.
1. Not true; false; contrary to the fact; as, the story is
untrue.
2. Not faithful; inconstant; false; disloyal. --Chaucer.
Untrue \Un*true\, adv.
Untruly. [Obs. or Poetic] --Chaucer.
Untruism \Un*tru"ism\, n.
Something not true; a false statement. [Recent & R.] --A.
Trollope.
Untrunked \Un*trunked"\, a. [1st pref. un- + trunk.]
Separated from its trunk or stock. [Obs.]
Untruss \Un*truss"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + truss.]
To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie or
unfasten; to let out; to undress. [R.] --Dryden.
Untruss \Un*truss"\, Untrusser \Un*truss"er\, n.
One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a
public whipper. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Untrust \Un*trust"\, n.
Distrust. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Untrustful \Un*trust"ful\, a.
1. Not trustful or trusting.
2. Not to be trusted; not trusty. [R.] --Sir W. Scott.
Untruth \Un*truth"\, n.
1. The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of
veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty.
--Chaucer.
2. That which is untrue; a false assertion; a falsehood; a
lie; also, an act of treachery or disloyalty. --Shak.
Syn: Lie; falsehood. See {Lie}.
Untruthful \Un*truth"ful\, a.
Not truthful; unveracious; contrary to the truth or the fact.
-- {Un*truth"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Un*truth"ful*ness}, n.
Untuck \Un*tuck"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + tuck.]
To unfold or undo, as a tuck; to release from a tuck or fold.
Untune \Un*tune"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + tune.]
To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put
out of tune. --Shak.
Unturn \Un*turn"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + turn.]
To turn in a reserve way, especially so as to open something;
as, to unturn a key. --Keats.
Unturned \Un*turned"\, a. [Pref. un- + turned.]
Not turned; not revolved or reversed.
{To leave no stone unturned}, to leave nothing untried for
accomplishing one's purpose.
[He] left unturned no stone To make my guilt appear,
and hide his own. --Dryden.
Untwain \Un*twain"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + twain.]
To rend in twain; to tear in two. [Obs.] --Skelton.
Untwine \Un*twine"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + twine.]
To untwist; to separate, as that which is twined or twisted;
to disentangle; to untie.
It requires a long and powerful counter sympathy in a
nation to untwine the ties of custom which bind a
people to the established and the old. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
Untwine \Un*twine"\, v. i.
To become untwined. --Milton.
Untwirl \Un*twirl"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + twirl.]
To untwist; to undo. --Ash.
Untwist \Un*twist"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + twist.]
1. To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as
that which is twisted; to untwine.
If one of the twines of the twist do untwist, The
twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist.
--Wallis.
2. To untie; to open; to disentangle. --Milton.
Unty \Un*ty"\, v. t.
To untie. [Archaic] --Young.
Unusage \Un*us"age\ (?; 48), n.
Want or lack of usage. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Unused \Un*used"\, a.
1. Not used; as, an unused book; an unused apartment.
2. Not habituated; unaccustomed.
Unused to bend, impatient of control. --Thomson.
Unusual \Un*u"su*al\, a.
Not usual; uncommon; rare; as, an unusual season; a person of
unusual grace or erudition. -- {Un*u"su*al*ly}, adv. --
{Un*u"su*al*ness}, n.
Unusuality \Un*u`su*al"i*ty\, n.
Unusualness. --Poe.
Unutterable \Un*ut"ter*a*ble\, a.
Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced;
inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable
anguish.
Sighed and looked unutterable things. --Thomson.
-- {Un*ut"ter*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un*ut"ter*a*bly}, adv.
Unvail \Un*vail"\, v. t. & i.
See {Unveil}.
Unvaluable \Un*val"u*a*ble\, a.
1. Invaluable; being beyond price. [Obs.] --South.
2. Not valuable; having little value. [R.] --T. Adams.
Unvalued \Un*val"ued\, a.
1. Not valued; not appraised; hence, not considered;
disregarded; valueless; as, an unvalued estate. ``Unvalued
persons.'' --Shak.
2. Having inestimable value; invaluable. [Obs.]
The golden apples of unvalued price. --Spenser.
Unvariable \Un*va"ri*a*ble\, a.
Invariable. --Donne.
Unveil \Un*veil"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + veil.]
To remove a veil from; to divest of a veil; to uncover; to
disclose to view; to reveal; as, she unveiled her face.
Unveil \Un*veil"\, v. i.
To remove a veil; to reveal one's self.
Unveiler \Un*veil"er\, n.
One who removes a veil.
Unveracity \Un`ve*rac"i*ty\, n.
Want of veracity; untruthfulness; as, unveracity of heart.
--Carlyle.
Unvessel \Un*ves"sel\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + vessel.]
To cause to be no longer a vessel; to empty. [Obs.] --Ford.
Unvicar \Un*vi"car\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + vicar.]
To deprive of the position or office a vicar. [R.] --Strype.
Unviolable \Un*vi"o*la*ble\, a.
Inviolable.
Unvisard \Un*vis"ard\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + vizard.]
To take the vizard or mask from; to unmask. [Written also
{unvizard}.] [Obs.] --Milton.
Unvisible \Un*vis"i*ble\, a.
Invisible. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Unvisibly \Un*vis"i*bly\, adv.
Invisibly. [Obs.]
Unvitiated \Un*vi"ti*a`ted\, a.
Not vitiated; pure.
Unvoluntary \Un*vol"un*ta*ry\, a.
Involuntary. [Obs.] --Fuller.
Unvote \Un*vote"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + vote.]
To reverse or annul by vote, as a former vote. [R.] --Bp,
Burnet.
Unvoweled \Un*vow"eled\, a.
Having no vowel sounds or signs. [Written also {unvowelled}.]
--Skinner.
Unvulgarize \Un*vul"gar*ize\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + vulgarize.]
To divest of vulgarity; to make to be not vulgar. --Lamb.
Unvulnerable \Un*vul"ner*a*ble\, a.
Invulnerable. [Obs.]
Unware \Un*ware"\, a. [AS. unw[ae]r unwary. See {Un-} not, and
{Wary}.]
1. Unaware; not foreseeing; being off one's guard. [Obs.]
--Chaucer. Fairfax.
2. Happening unexpectedly; unforeseen. [Obs.]
The unware woe of harm that cometh behind.
--Chaucer.
-- {Un*ware"ly}, adv. [Obs.] -- {Un*ware"ness}, n. [Obs.]
Unwares \Un*wares"\, adv.
Unawares; unexpectedly; -- sometimes preceded by at. [Obs.]
--Holinshed.
Unwarily \Un*wa"ri*ly\, adv.
In an unwary manner.
Unwariness \Un*wa"ri*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being unwary; carelessness;
heedlessness.
Unwarm \Un*warm"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + warm.]
To lose warmth; to grow cold. [R.]
Unwarp \Un*warp"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + warp.]
To restore from a warped state; to cause to be linger warped.
Unwarped \Un*warped"\, a. [Pref. un- not + warped.]
Not warped; hence, not biased; impartial.
Unwarrantable \Un*war"rant*a*ble\, a.
Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not
justifiable; illegal; unjust; improper. --
{Un*war"rant*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un*war"rant*a*bly}, adv.
Unwarranted \Un*war"rant*ed\, a.
Not warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty;
unwarrantable.
Unwary \Un*wa"ry\, a. [Cf. {Unware}.]
1. Not vigilant against danger; not wary or cautious;
unguarded; precipitate; heedless; careless.
2. Unexpected; unforeseen; unware. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Unwashed \Un*washed"\, a.
Not washed or cleansed; filthy; unclean.
Unwashen \Un*wash"en\, a.
Not washed. [Archaic] ``To eat with unwashen hands.'' --Matt.
xv. 20.
Unwayed \Un*wayed"\, a.
1. Not used to travel; as, colts that are unwayed. [Obs.]
--Suckling.
2. Having no ways or roads; pathless. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Unwearied \Un*wea"ried\, a.
Not wearied; not fatigued or tired; hence, persistent; not
tiring or wearying; indefatigable. -- {Un*wea"ried*ly}, adv.
-- {Un*wea"ried*ness}, n.
Unweary \Un*wea"ry\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + weary.]
To cause to cease being weary; to refresh. [Obs.] --Dryden.
Unweave \Un*weave"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + weave.]
To unfold; to undo; to ravel, as what has been woven.
Unwedgeable \Un*wedge"a*ble\, a.
Not to be split with wedges. [Obs.] --Shak.
Unweeting \Un*weet"ing\, a. [See {Un-} not, and {Weet}, {Wit}.]
Unwitting. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser. -- {Un*weet"ing*ly},
adv. [Obs.] --Milton.
Unweighed \Un*weighed"\, a.
Not weighed; not pondered or considered; as, an unweighed
statement.
Unweighing \Un*weigh"ing\, a.
Not weighing or pondering; inconsiderate. --Shak.
Unweld \Un*weld"\, Unweldy \Un*weld"y\, a.
Unwieldy; unmanageable; clumsy. [Obs.]
Our old limbs move [may] well be unweld. --Chaucer.
Unwell \Un*well"\, a.
1. Not well; indisposed; not in good health; somewhat ill;
ailing.
2. (Med.) Specifically, ill from menstruation; affected with,
or having, catamenial; menstruant.
Note: This word was formerly regarded as an Americanism, but
is now in common use among all who speak the English
language.
Unwellness \Un*well"ness\, n.
Quality or state of being unwell.
Unwemmed \Un*wemmed"\, a.
Not blemished; undefiled; pure. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
With body clean and with unwemmed thought. --Chaucer.
Unwhole \Un*whole"\, a. [AS. unh[=a]l. See {Un-} not, and
{Whole}.]
Not whole; unsound. [Obs.]
Unwieldy \Un*wield"y\, a.
Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky;
ponderous. ``A fat, unwieldy body of fifty-eight years old.''
--Clarendon. -- {Un*wield"i*ly}, adv. -- {Un*wield"i*ness},
n.
Unwild \Un*wild"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + wild.]
To tame; to subdue. [Obs. & R.] --Sylvester.
Unwill \Un*will"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + will.]
To annul or reverse by an act of the will. --Longfellow.
Unwilled \Un*willed"\, a. [1st pref. un- + will.]
Deprived of the faculty of will or volition. --Mrs. Browning.
Unwilling \Un*will"ing\, a.
Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling
servant.
And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, This saving
counsel, ``Keep your piece nine years.'' --Pope.
-- {Un*will"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Un*will"ing*ness}, n.
Unwind \Un*wind"\, v. t. [AS. unwindan. See 1st {Un-}, and
{Wind} to coil.]
1. To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved;
to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a
ball of yarn.
2. To disentangle. [Obs.] --Hooker.
Unwind \Un*wind"\, v. i.
To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or
untwisted.
Unwisdom \Un*wis"dom\, n.
Want of wisdom; unwise conduct or action; folly; simplicity;
ignorance.
Sumptuary laws are among the exploded fallacies which
we have outgrown, and we smile at the unwisdom which
could except to regulate private habits and manners by
statute. --J. A.
Froude.
Unwise \Un*wise"\, a. [AS. unw[=i]s. See {Un-} not, and {Wise},
a.]
Not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet;
foolish; as, an unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures.
Unwisely \Un*wise"ly\, adv. [AS. unw[=i]slice.]
In an unwise manner; foolishly.
Unwish \Un*wish"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + wish.]
To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing. [Obs.]
Now thou hast unwished five thousand men. --Shak.
Unwist \Un*wist"\, a.
1. Not known; unknown. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser.
2. Not knowing; unwitting. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Unwit \Un*wit"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + wit.]
To deprive of wit. [Obs.] --Shak.
Unwit \Un*wit"\, n. [Pref. un- not + wit.]
Want of wit or understanding; ignorance. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Unwitch \Un*witch"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + witch.]
To free from a witch or witches; to fee from witchcraft. [R.]
--B. Jonson.
Unwitting \Un*wit"ting\, a.
Not knowing; unconscious; ignorant. -- {Un*wit"ting*ly}, adv.
Unwoman \Un*wom"an\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + woman.]
To deprive of the qualities of a woman; to unsex. [R.] --R.
Browning.
Unwonder \Un*won"der\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + wonder.]
To divest of the quality of wonder or mystery; to interpret;
to explain. [R.] --Fuller.
Unwont \Un*wont"\, a.
Unwonted; unused; unaccustomed. [Archaic] --Sir W. Scott.
Unwonted \Un*wont"ed\, a.
1. Not wonted; unaccustomed; unused; not made familiar by
practice; as, a child unwonted to strangers. --Milton.
2. Uncommon; unusual; infrequent; rare; as, unwonted changes.
``Unwonted lights.'' --Byron. -- {Un*wont"ed*ly}, adv. --
{Un*wont"ed*ness}, n.
Unwork \Un*work"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + work.]
To undo or destroy, as work previously done.
Unworldly \Un*world"ly\, a.
Not worldly; spiritual; holy. --Hawthorne. --
{Un*world"li*ness}, n.
Unwormed \Un*wormed"\, a.
Not wormed; not having had the worm, or lytta, under the
tongue cut out; -- said of a dog.
Unworship \Un*wor"ship\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + worship.]
To deprive of worship or due honor; to dishonor. [Obs.]
--Wyclif.
Unworship \Un*wor"ship\, n. [Pref. un- not + worship.]
Lack of worship or respect; dishonor. [Obs.] --Gower.
Unworth \Un*worth"\, a. [AS. unweor?.]
Unworthy. [Obs.] --Milton.
Unworth \Un*worth"\, n.
Unworthiness. [R.] --Carlyle.
Unworthy \Un*wor"thy\, a.
Not worthy; wanting merit, value, or fitness; undeserving;
worthless; unbecoming; -- often with of. -- {Un*wor"thi*ly},
adv. -- {Un*wor"thi*ness}, n.
Unwrap \Un*wrap"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + wrap.]
To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded. --Chaucer.
Unwray \Un*wray"\, v. t.
See {Unwrie}. [Obs.]
Unwreathe \Un*wreathe"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + wreathe.]
To untwist, uncoil, or untwine, as anything wreathed.
Unwrie \Un*wrie"\, v. t. [AS. onwre['o]n; on- (see 1st {Un-}) +
wre['o]n to cover.]
To uncover. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Unwrinkle \Un*wrin"kle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + wrinkle.]
To reduce from a wrinkled state; to smooth.
Unwrite \Un*write"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + write.]
To cancel, as what is written; to erase. --Milton.
Unwritten \Un*writ"ten\, a.
1. Not written; not reduced to writing; oral; as, unwritten
agreements.
2. Containing no writing; blank; as, unwritten paper.
{Unwritten doctrines} (Theol.), such doctrines as have been
handed down by word of mouth; oral or traditional
doctrines.
{Unwritten law}. [Cf. L. lex non scripta.] That part of the
law of England and of the United States which is not
derived from express legislative enactment, or at least
from any enactment now extant and in force as such. This
law is now generally contained in the reports of judicial
decisions. See {Common law}, under {Common}.
{Unwritten laws}, such laws as have been handed down by
tradition or in song. Such were the laws of the early
nations of Europe.
Unwroken \Un*wro"ken\, a. [See {Un-} not, and {Wreak}.]
Not revenged; unavenged. [Obs.] --Surrey.
Unyoke \Un*yoke"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + yoke.]
1. To loose or free from a yoke. ``Like youthful steers
unyoked, they take their courses.'' --Shak.
2. To part; to disjoin; to disconnect. --Shak.
Unyoked \Un*yoked"\, a. [In sense 1 pref. un- not + yoked; in
senses 2 and 3 properly p. p. of unyoke.]
1. Not yet yoked; not having worn the yoke.
2. Freed or loosed from a yoke.
3. Licentious; unrestrained. [R.] --Shak.
Unyolden \Un*yold"en\, a.
Not yielded. [Obs.] ``[By] force . . . is he taken
unyolden.'' --Sir T. Browne.
Unzoned \Un*zoned"\, a.
Not zoned; not bound with a girdle; as, an unzoned bosom.
--Prior.
Up \Up\, adv. [AS. up, upp, ?p; akin to OFries. up, op, D. op,
OS. ?p, OHG. ?f, G. auf, Icel. ? Sw. upp, Dan. op, Goth. iup,
and probably to E. over. See {Over}.]
1. Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of
gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above;
-- the opposite of {down}.
But up or down, By center or eccentric, hard to
tell. --Milton.
2. Hence, in many derived uses, specifically:
(a) From a lower to a higher position, literally or
figuratively; as, from a recumbent or sitting
position; from the mouth, toward the source, of a
river; from a dependent or inferior condition; from
concealment; from younger age; from a quiet state, or
the like; -- used with verbs of motion expressed or
implied.
But they presumed to go up unto the hilltop.
--Num. xiv.
44.
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth
up. --Ps.
lxxxviii. 15.
Up rose the sun, and up rose Emelye. --Chaucer.
We have wrought ourselves up into this degree of
Christian indifference. --Atterbury.
(b) In a higher place or position, literally or
figuratively; in the state of having arisen; in an
upright, or nearly upright, position; standing;
mounted on a horse; in a condition of elevation,
prominence, advance, proficiency, excitement,
insurrection, or the like; -- used with verbs of rest,
situation, condition, and the like; as, to be up on a
hill; the lid of the box was up; prices are up.
And when the sun was up, they were scorched.
--Matt. xiii.
6.
Those that were up themselves kept others low.
--Spenser.
Helen was up -- was she? --Shak.
Rebels there are up, And put the Englishmen unto
the sword. --Shak.
His name was up through all the adjoining
provinces, even to Italy and Rome; many desiring
to see who he was that could withstand so many
years the Roman puissance. --Milton.
Thou hast fired me; my soul's up in arms.
--Dryden.
Grief and passion are like floods raised in
little brooks by a sudden rain; they are quickly
up. --Dryden.
A general whisper ran among the country people,
that Sir Roger was up. --Addison.
Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for
any fate. --Longfellow.
(c) To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not
short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, or
the like; -- usually followed by to or with; as, to be
up to the chin in water; to come up with one's
companions; to come up with the enemy; to live up to
engagements.
As a boar was whetting his teeth, up comes a fox
to him. --L'Estrange.
(d) To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly;
quite; as, in the phrases to eat up; to drink up; to
burn up; to sum up; etc.; to shut up the eyes or the
mouth; to sew up a rent.
Note: Some phrases of this kind are now obsolete; as, to
spend up (--Prov. xxi. 20); to kill up (--B. Jonson).
(e) Aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches;
put up your weapons.
Note: Up is used elliptically for get up, rouse up, etc.,
expressing a command or exhortation. ``Up, and let us
be going.'' --Judg. xix. 28.
Up, up, my friend! and quit your books, Or surely
you 'll grow double. --Wordsworth.
{It is all up with him}, it is all over with him; he is lost.
{The time is up}, the allotted time is past.
{To be up in}, to be informed about; to be versed in.
``Anxious that their sons should be well up in the
superstitions of two thousand years ago.'' --H. Spencer.
{To be up to}.
(a) To be equal to, or prepared for; as, he is up to the
business, or the emergency. [Colloq.]
(b) To be engaged in; to purpose, with the idea of doing
ill or mischief; as, I don't know what he's up to.
[Colloq.]
{To blow up}.
(a) To inflate; to distend.
(b) To destroy by an explosion from beneath.
(c) To explode; as, the boiler blew up.
(d) To reprove angrily; to scold. [Slang]
{To bring up}. See under {Bring}, v. t.
{To come up with}. See under {Come}, v. i.
{To cut up}. See under {Cut}, v. t. & i.
{To draw up}. See under {Draw}, v. t.
{To grow up}, to grow to maturity.
{Up anchor} (Naut.), the order to man the windlass
preparatory to hauling up the anchor.
{Up and down}.
(a) First up, and then down; from one state or position to
another. See under {Down}, adv.
Fortune . . . led him up and down. --Chaucer.
(b) (Naut.) Vertical; perpendicular; -- said of the cable
when the anchor is under, or nearly under, the hawse
hole, and the cable is taut. --Totten.
{Up helm} (Naut.), the order given to move the tiller toward
the upper, or windward, side of a vessel.
{Up to snuff}. See under {Snuff}. [Slang]
{What is up?} What is going on? [Slang]
Up \Up\, prep.
1. From a lower to a higher place on, upon, or along; at a
higher situation upon; at the top of.
In going up a hill, the knees will be most weary; in
going down, the thihgs. --Bacon.
2. From the coast towards the interior of, as a country; from
the mouth towards the source of, as a stream; as, to
journey up the country; to sail up the Hudson.
3. Upon. [Obs.] ``Up pain of death.'' --Chaucer.
Up \Up\, n.
The state of being up or above; a state of elevation,
prosperity, or the like; -- rarely occurring except in the
phrase ups and downs. [Colloq.]
{Ups and downs}, alternate states of elevation and
depression, or of prosperity and the contrary. [Colloq.]
They had their ups and downs of fortune.
--Thackeray.
Up \Up\, a.
Inclining up; tending or going up; upward; as, an up look; an
up grade; the up train.
Upas \U"pas\, n. [Malay p?hn-?pas; p?hn a tree + ?pas poison.]
1. (Bot.) A tree ({Antiaris toxicaria}) of the Breadfruit
family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring
islands. Its secretions are poisonous, and it has been
fabulously reported that the atmosphere about it is
deleterious. Called also {bohun upas}.
2. A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands
for poisoning arrows. One kind, {upas antiar}, is, derived
from upas tree ({Antiaris toxicaria}). {Upas tieute} is
prepared from a climbing plant ({Strychnos Tieute}).
Upbar \Up*bar"\, v. t.
1. To fasten with a bar. [R.]
2. To remove the bar or bards of, as a gate; to under. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
Upbear \Up*bear"\, v. t.
To bear up; to raise aloft; to support in an elevated
situation; to sustain. --Spenser.
One short sigh of breath, upbore Even to the seat of
God. --Milton.
A monstrous wave upbore The chief, and dashed him on
the craggy shore. --Pope.
Upbind \Up*bind"\, v. t.
To bind up. [R.] --Collins.
Upblow \Up*blow"\, v. t.
To inflate. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Upblow \Up*blow"\, v. i.
To blow up; as, the wind upblows from the sea. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
Upbraid \Up*braid"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Upbraided}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Upbraiding}.] [OE. upbreiden; AS, upp up + bregdan to
draw, twist, weave, or the kindred Icel. breg[eth]a to draw,
brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid.
See {Up}, and {Braid}, v. t.]
1. To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to
reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; -- followed
by with or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed.
And upbraided them with their unbelief. --Mark xvi.
14.
Vet do not Upbraid us our distress. --Shak.
2. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of
his mighty works were done. --Matt. xi. 20
How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!
--Sir P.
Sidney.
3. To treat with contempt. [Obs.] --Spenser.
4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; --
with to before the person. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Syn: To reproach; blame; censure; condemn.
Upbraid \Up*braid"\, v. i.
To utter upbraidings. --Pope.
Upbraid \Up*braid"\, n.
The act of reproaching; contumely. [Obs.] `` Foul upbraid.''
--Spenser.
Upbreak \Up*break"\, v. i.
To break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface.
Upbreak \Up"break`\, n.
A breaking upward or bursting forth; an upburst. --Mrs.
Browning.
Upbreathe \Up*breathe"\, v. r.
To breathe up or out; to exhale. [Obs.] --Marston.
Upbreed \Up*breed"\, v. t.
To rear, or bring up; to nurse. ``Upbred in a foreign
country.'' --Holinshed.
Upbrought \Up*brought"\, a.
Brought up; educated. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Upbuoyance \Up*buoy"ance\, n.
The act of buoying up; uplifting. [R.] --Coleridge.
Upburst \Up"burst`\, n.
The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the
surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten
matter.
Upcast \Up"cast`\, a.
Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes. --Addison.
Upcast \Up"cast`\, n.
1. (Bowling) A cast; a throw. --Shak.
2. (Mining.) The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the
air passes after having circulated through the mine; --
distinguished from the downcast. Called also {upcast pit},
and {upcast shaft}.
3. An upset, as from a carriage. [Scot.]
4. A taunt; a reproach. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
Upcast \Up*cast"\, v. t.
1. To cast or throw up; to turn upward. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid. [Scot.]
Upcaught \Up"caught`\, a.
Seized or caught up. `` She bears upcaught a mariner away.''
--Cowper.
Upcheer \Up*cheer"\, v. t.
To cheer up. --Spenser.
Upclimb \Up*climb"\, v. t. & i.
To climb up; to ascend.
Upclomb the shadowy pine above the woven copse.
--Tennyson.
Upcoil \Up*coil"\, v. t. & i.
To coil up; to make into a coil, or to be made into a coil.
Upcountry \Up"coun`try\, adv.
In an upcountry direction; as, to live upcountry. [Colloq.]
Upcountry \Up"coun`try\, a.
Living or situated remote from the seacoast; as, an upcountry
residence. [Colloq.] -- n. The interior of the country.
[Colloq.]
Upcurl \Up*curl"\, v. t.
To curl up. [R.] --Tennyson.
Updive \Up*dive"\, v. i.
To spring upward; to rise. [R.] --Davies (Microcosmos).
Updraw \Up*draw"\, v. t.
To draw up. [R.] --Milton.
Upend \Up*end"\, v. t.
To end up; to set on end, as a cask.
Upeygan \U`pey*gan"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The borele.
Upfill \Up*fill"\, v. t.
To fill up. [Obs.]
Upflow \Up*flow"\, v. i.
To flow or stream up. --Southey.
Upflung \Up*flung"\, a.
Flung or thrown up.
Upgather \Up*gath"er\, v. t.
To gather up; to contract; to draw together. [Obs.]
Himself he close upgathered more and more. --Spenser.
Upgaze \Up*gaze"\, v. i.
To gaze upward. --Byron.
Upgive \Up*give"\, v. t.
To give up or out. [Obs.]
Upgrow \Up*grow"\, v. i.
To grow up. [R.] --Milton.
Upgrowth \Up"growth`\, n.
The process or result of growing up; progress; development.
The new and mighty upgrowth of poetry in Italy. --J. R.
Green.
Upgush \Up"gush`\, n.
A gushing upward. --Hawthorne.
Upgush \Up*gush"\, v. i.
To gush upward.
Uphaf \Up*haf"\, obs.
imp. of {Upheave}. --Chaucer.
Uphand \Up"hand`\, a.
Lifted by the hand, or by both hands; as, the uphand sledge.
[R.] --Moxon.
Uphang \Up*hang"\, v. t.
To hang up. --Spenser.
Uphasp \Up*hasp"\, v. t.
To hasp or faster up; to close; as, sleep uphasps the eyes.
[R.] --Stanyhurst.
Upheaped \Up"heaped`\, a.
Piled up; accumulated.
God, which shall repay all with upheaped measure.
--Udall.
Upheaval \Up*heav"al\, n.
The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp.,
an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust. --Lubbock.
Upheave \Up*heave"\, v. t.
To heave or lift up from beneath; to raise. --Milton.
Upheld \Up*held"\,
imp. & p. p. of {Uphold}.
Upher \Up"her\, n. (Arch.)
A fir pole of from four to seven inches diameter, and twenty
to forty feet long, sometimes roughly hewn, used for
scaffoldings, and sometimes for slight and common roofs, for
which use it is split. [Spelt also {ufer}.] [Eng.] --Gwilt.
Uphill \Up*hill"\, adv.
Upwards on, or as on, a hillside; as, to walk uphill.
Uphill \Up"hill`\, a.
1. Ascending; going up; as, an uphill road.
2. Attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work.
Uphilt \Up*hilt"\, v. t.
To thrust in up to the hilt; as, to uphilt one's sword into
an enemy. [R.] --Stanyhurst.
Uphoard \Up*hoard"\, v. t.
To hoard up. [Obs.] --Shak.
Uphold \Up*hold"\, v. t.
1. To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
The mournful train with groans, and hands upheld.
Besought his pity. --Dryden.
2. To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from
falling; to maintain.
Honor shall uphold the humble in spirit. --Prov.
xxix 3.
Faulconbridge, In spite of spite, alone upholds the
day. --Shak.
3. To aid by approval or encouragement; to countenance; as,
to uphold a person in wrongdoing.
Upholder \Up*hold"er\, n. [Up + holder. Cf. {Upholsterer}.]
1. A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman. [Obs.]
2. An undertaker, or provider for funerals. [Obs.]
The upholder, rueful harbinger of death. --Gay.
3. An upholsterer. [Obs.]
4. One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender;
a sustainer.
Upholster \Up*hol"ster\, v. t. [See {Upholsterer}.]
To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) with
hangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with
furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a
couch; to upholster a room with curtains.
Upholster \Up*hol"ster\, n.
1. A broker. [Obs.] --Caxton.
2. An upholsterer. [Obs.] --Strype.
Upholsterer \Up*hol"ster*er\, n. [A substitution for older
upholder, in OE., broker, tradesman, and formerly also
written {upholster}, {upholdster}. See {Upholder}, and
{-ster}.]
One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and
the like; one who upholsters.
{Upholsterer bee}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Poppy bee}, under {Poppy}.
Upholstery \Up*hol"ster*y\, n.
The articles or goods supplied by upholsterers; the business
or work of an upholsterer.
Uphroe \U"phroe\, n. (Naut.)
Same as {Euphroe}.
Upland \Up"land\, n.
1. High land; ground elevated above the meadows and intervals
which lie on the banks of rivers, near the sea, or between
hills; land which is generally dry; -- opposed to lowland,
meadow, marsh, swamp, interval, and the like.
2. The country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of
towns. [Obs.]
Upland \Up"land\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in
situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage.
Sometimes, with secure delight The upland hamlets
will invite. --Milton.
2. Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the
neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished. [Obs.] ``
The race of upland giants.'' --Chapman.
{Upland moccasin}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Moccasin}.
{Upland sandpiper}, or {Upland plover} (Zo["o]l.), a large
American sandpiper ({Bartramia longicauda}) much valued as
a game bird. Unlike most sandpipers, it frequents fields
and uplands. Called also {Bartramian sandpiper},
{Bartram's tattler}, {field plover}, {grass plover},
{highland plover}, {hillbird}, {humility}, {prairie
plover}, {prairie pigeon}, {prairie snipe}, {papabote},
{quaily}, and {uplander}.
{Upland sumach} (Bot.), a North American shrub of the genus
Rhus ({Rhus glabra}), used in tanning and dyeing.
Uplander \Up"land*er\, n.
1. One dwelling in the upland; hence, a countryman; a rustic.
[Obs.]
2. (Zo["o]l.) The upland sandpiper. [Local, U. S.]
Uplandish \Up*land"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to uplands; dwelling on high lands. [Obs.]
--Chapman.
2. Rude; rustic; unpolished; uncivilized. [Obs.]
His presence made the rudest peasant melt, That in
the wild, uplandish country dwelt. --Marlowe.
Uplay \Up*lay"\, v. t.
To hoard. [Obs.] --Donne.
Uplead \Up*lead"\, v. t.
To lead upward. [Obs.]
Uplean \Up*lean"\, v. i.
To lean or incline upon anything. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Uplift \Up*lift"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Uplifting}.]
To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift
the arm; to uplift a rock. --Cowper.
Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift
above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed.
--Milton.
Uplift \Up"lift`\, n. (Geol.)
A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their
regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds,
dislocations, and the like.
Up-line \Up"-line`\, n. (Railroad)
A line or track leading from the provinces toward the
metropolis or a principal terminus; the track upon which
up-trains run. See {Up-train}. [Eng.]
Uplock \Up*lock"\, v. t.
To lock up. [Obs.] --Shak.
Uplook \Up*look"\, v. i.
To look or gaze up. [Obs.]
Upmost \Up"most`\, a. [Cf. {Uppermost}.]
Highest; topmost; uppermost. --Spenser. Dryden.
Upokororo \U`po*ko*ro"ro\, n. [From the native Maori name.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An edible fresh-water New Zealand fish ({Prototroctes
oxyrhynchus}) of the family {Haplochitonid[ae]}. In general
appearance and habits, it resembles the northern lake
whitefishes and trout. Called also {grayling}.
Upon \Up*on"\, prep.[AS. uppan, uppon; upp up + on, an, on. See
{Up}, and {On}.]
On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is
interchangeable. ``Upon an hill of flowers.'' --Chaucer.
Our host upon his stirrups stood anon. --Chaucer.
Thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar.
--Ex. xxix.
21.
The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. --Judg. xvi.
9.
As I did stand my watch upon the hill. --Shak.
He made a great difference between people that did
rebel upon wantonness, and them that did rebel upon
want. --Bacon.
This advantage we lost upon the invention of firearms.
--Addison.
Upon the whole, it will be necessary to avoid that
perpetual repetition of the same epithets which we find
in Homer. --Pope.
He had abandoned the frontiers, retiring upon Glasgow.
--Sir. W.
Scott.
Philip swore upon the Evangelists to abstain from
aggression in my absence. --Landor.
Note: Upon conveys a more distinct notion that on carries
with it of something that literally or metaphorically
bears or supports. It is less employed than it used to
be, on having for the most part taken its place. Some
expressions formed with it belong only to old style;
as, upon pity they were taken away; that is, in
consequence of pity: upon the rate of thirty thousand;
that is, amounting to the rate: to die upon the hand;
that is, by means of the hand: he had a garment upon;
that is, upon himself: the time is coming fast upon;
that is, upon the present time. By the omission of its
object, upon acquires an adverbial sense, as in the
last two examples.
{To assure upon} (Law), to promise; to undertake.
{To come upon}. See under {Come}.
{To take upon}, to assume.
Uppent \Up*pent`\, a.
A Pent up; confined. [Obs.]
Upper \Up"per\, a.; comp. of {Up}.
Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place,
position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper
lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a
legislature.
{The upper hand}, the superiority; the advantage. See {To
have the upper hand}, under {Hand}. --Jowett (Thucyd.).
{Upper Bench} (Eng. Hist.), the name of the highest court of
common law (formerly King's Bench) during the
Commonwealth.
{Upper case}, the top one of a pair of compositor's cases.
See the Note under 1st {Case}, n., 3.
{Upper covert} (Zo["o]l.), one of the coverts situated above
the bases of the tail quills.
{Upper deck} (Naut.), the topmost deck of any vessel; the
spar deck.
{Upper leather}, the leather for the vamps and quarters of
shoes.
{Upper strake} (Naut.), the strake next to the deck, usually
of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes.
{Upper ten thousand}, or (abbreviated) {Upper ten}, the ten
thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or
wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. [Colloq.]
{Upper topsail} (Naut.), the upper half of a double topsail.
{Upper works} (Naut.), all those parts of the hull of a
vessel that are properly above water.
{Upper world}.
(a) The atmosphere.
(b) Heaven.
(c) This world; the earth; -- in distinction from the
{underworld}.
Upper \Up"per\, n.
The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp.
Uppermost \Up"per*most`\, a. [From {Up}, {Upper}; formed like
aftermost. Cf. {Upmost}.]
Highest in place, position, rank, power, or the like; upmost;
supreme.
Whatever faction happens to be uppermost. --Swift.
Uppertendom \Up`per*ten"dom\, n. [Upper ten + -dom.]
The highest class in society; the upper ten. See {Upper ten},
under {Upper}. [Colloq.]
Uppile \Up*pile"\, v. t.
To pile, or heap, up. --Southey.
Uppish \Up"pish\, a. [From {Up}.]
Proud; arrogant; assuming; putting on airs of superiority.
[Colloq.] --T. Brown. -- {Up"pish*ly}, adv. [Colloq.] --
{Up"pish*ness}, n. [Colloq.]
Upplight \Up*plight"\, obs.
imp. & p. p. of {Uppluck}.
Uppluck \Up*pluck"\, v. t.
To pull or pluck up. [Obs.]
Uppricked \Up*pricked"\, a.
Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal. --Mason.
Upprop \Up*prop"\, v. t.
To prop up. --Donne.
Upraise \Up*raise"\, v. t.
To raise; to lift up.
Uprear \Up*rear"\, v. t.
To raise; to erect. --Byron.
Upridged \Up*ridged"\, a.
Raised up in a ridge or ridges; as, a billow upridged.
--Cowper.
Upright \Up"right`\, a. [AS. upright, uppriht. See {Up}, and
{Right}, a.]
1. In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical,
or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.
With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright.
--Dryden.
All have their ears upright. --Spenser.
2. Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man
upright in all his ways.
And that man [Job] was perfect and upright. --Job i.
1.
3. Conformable to moral rectitude.
Conscience rewards upright conduct with pleasure.
--J. M. Mason.
4. Stretched out face upward; flat on the back. [Obs.] `` He
lay upright.'' --Chaucer.
{Upright drill} (Mach.), a drilling machine having the
spindle vertical.
Note: This word and its derivatives are usually pronounced in
prose with the accent on the first syllable. But they
are frequently pronounced with the accent on the second
in poetry, and the accent on either syllable is
admissible.
Upright \Up"right`\, n.
Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a
building. See Illust. of {Frame}.
Uprighteously \Up*right"eous*ly\, adv. [See {Righteous}.]
In an upright or just manner. [Obs.] --Shak.
Uprightly \Up"right`ly\, adv.
In an upright manner.
Uprightness \Up"right`ness\, n.
the quality or state of being upright.
Uprise \Up*rise"\, v. i.
1. To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.
``Uprose the sun.'' --Cowley.
Uprose the virgin with the morning light. --Pope.
2. To have an upward direction or inclination.
Uprose the mystic mountain range. --Tennyson.
Uprise \Up*rise"\, n.
The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising. [R.]
Did ever raven sing so like a lark, That gives sweet
tidings of the sun's uprise? --Shak.
Uprising \Up*ris"ing\, n.
1. Act of rising; also, a steep place; an ascent. ``The steep
uprising of the hill.'' --Shak.
2. An insurrection; a popular revolt. --J. P. Peters.
Uprist \Up*rist"\, n.
Uprising. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Uprist \Up*rist"\, obs.
imp. of {Uprise}. Uprose. --Chaucer.
Nor dim nor red, like God's own head The glorious sun
uprist. --Coleridge.
Uproar \Up"roar\, n. [D. oproer; akin to G. aufruhr, Dan.
opr["o]r, Sw. uppror; D. op up + roeren to stir; akin to AS.
hr?ran to stir, hr?r stirring, active, G. r["u]hren to stir,
OHG. ruoren, Icel. hr[ae]ra, Dan. r["o]re, Sw. r["o]ra. Cf.
{Rearmouse}.]
Note: [In verse, sometimes accented on the second syllable.]
Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion;
bustle and clamor.
But the Jews which believed not, . . . set all the city
on an uproar. --Acts xvii.
5.
Uproar \Up*roar"\, v. t.
To throw into uproar or confusion. [Obs.] ``Uproar the
universal peace.'' --Shak.
Uproar \Up*roar"\, v. i.
To make an uproar. [R.] --Carlyle.
Uproarious \Up*roar"i*ous\, a.
Making, or accompanied by, uproar, or noise and tumult; as,
uproarious merriment. -- {Up*roar"i*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Up*roar"i*ous*ness}, n.
Uproll \Up*roll"\, v. t.
To roll up. --Milton.
Uproot \Up*root"\, v. t.
To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots;
to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.
Trees uprooted left their place. --Dryden.
At his command the uprooted hills retired. --Milton.
Uprouse \Up*rouse"\, v. t.
To rouse up; to rouse from sleep; to awake; to arouse.
--Shak.
Uprun \Up*run"\, v. i.
To run up; to ascend.
The young sun That in the Ram is four degrees uprun.
--Chaucer.
[A son] of matchless might, who, like a thriving plant,
Upran to manhood. --Cowper.
Uprush \Up*rush"\, v. i.
To rush upward. --Southey.
Uprush \Up"rush`\, n.
Act of rushing upward; an upbreak or upburst; as, an uprush
of lava. --R. A. Proctor.
Upsarokas \Up`sar*o"kas\, n. pl. (Ethnol.)
See {Crows}.
Upseek \Up*seek"\, v. i.
To seek or strain upward. ``Upseeking eyes suffused with . .
. tears.'' --Southey.
Upsend \Up*send"\, v. t.
To send, cast, or throw up.
As when some island situate afar . . . Upsends a smoke
to heaven. --Cowper.
Upset \Up*set"\, v. t.
1. To set up; to put upright. [Obs.] ``With sail on mast
upset.'' --R. of Brunne.
2.
(a) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by
hammering on the end.
(b) To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting,
originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
3. To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a
carriage; to upset an argument. ``Determined somehow to
upset the situation.'' --Mrs. Humphry Ward.
4. To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves
of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her. [Colloq.]
Upset \Up*set"\, v. i.
To become upset.
Upset \Up"set`\, a.
Set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly or only in the
phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the
minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an
auction, the price at which property is set up or started by
the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be
sold.
After a solemn pause, Mr. Glossin offered the upset
price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan. --Sir W.
Scott.
Upset \Up"set`\, n.
The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an
overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.
Upsetting \Up*set"ting\, a.
Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. [Scot.]
--Jamieson.
Upshoot \Up*shoot"\, v. i.
To shoot upward. ``Trees upshooting high.'' --Spenser.
Upshot \Up"shot`\, n. [Up + shot, equivalent to scot share,
reckoning. Cf. the phrase to cast up an account.]
Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; the
result; the consummation.
I can not pursue with any safety this sport to the
upshot. --Shak.
We account it frailty that threescore years and ten
make the upshot of man's pleasurable existence. --De
Quincey.
Upside \Up"side`\, n.
The upper side; the part that is uppermost.
{To be upsides with}, to be even with. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
--Sir W. Scott. --T. Hughes.
{Upside down}. [Perhaps a corruption of OE. up so down,
literally, up as down.] With the upper part undermost;
hence, in confusion; in complete disorder; topsy-turvy.
--Shak.
These that have turned the world upside down are
come hither also. --Acts xvii.
6.
Upsidown \Up"si*down`\, adv.
See {Upsodown}. [Obs. or Colloq.] --Spenser.
Upsitting \Up"sit`ting\, n.
A sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to receive and
entertain her friends. [Obs.]
To invite your lady's upsitting. --Beau. & Fl.
Upskip \Up*skip`\, n.
An upstart. [Obs.] --Latimer.
Upsnatch \Up*snatch"\, v. t.
To snatch up. [R.]
Upsoar \Up*soar"\, v. i.
To soar or mount up. --Pope.
Upsodown \Up"so*down`\, adv. [Up + so as + down.]
Upside down. [Obs. or Colloq.] --Wyclif.
In man's sin is every manner order or ordinance turned
upsodown. --Chaucer.
Upspear \Up*spear"\, v. i.
To grow or shoot up like a spear; as, upspearing grass. [R.]
--Cowper.
Upspring \Up*spring"\, v. i.
To spring up. --Tennyson.
Upspring \Up"spring`\, n.
1. An upstart. [Obs.] ``The swaggering upspring.'' --Shak.
2. A spring or leap into the air. [R.] --Chapman.
Upspurner \Up"spurn`er\, n.
A spurner or contemner; a despiser; a scoffer. [Obs.] --Joye.
Upstairs \Up*stairs"\, adv.
Up the stairs; in or toward an upper story.
Upstairs \Up"stairs`\, a.
Being above stairs; as, an upstairs room.
Upstand \Up*stand"\, v. i.
To stand up; to be erected; to rise. --Spenser. Milton.
At once upstood the monarch, and upstood The wise
Ulysses. --Cowper.
Upstare \Up*stare"\, v. i.
To stare or stand upward; hence, to be uplifted or
conspicuous. ``Rearing fiercely their upstaring crests.''
--Spenser.
Upstart \Up*start"\, v. i.
To start or spring up suddenly. --Spenser. Tennyson.
Upstart \Up"start`\, n.
1. One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth,
power, or honor; a parvenu. --Bacon.
2. (Bot.) The meadow saffron. --Dr. Prior.
Upstart \Up"start`\, a.
Suddenly raised to prominence or consequence. ``A race of
upstart creatures.'' --Milton.
Upstay \Up*stay"\, v. t.
To sustain; to support. [Obs.] ``His massy spear upstayed.''
--Milton.
Upsterte \Up*stert"e\, obs.
imp. & p. p. of {Upstart}.
Upstir \Up"stir`\, n.
Insurrection; commotion; disturbance. [Obs.] --Sir J. Cheke.
Upstream \Up*stream"\, adv.
Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.
Upstreet \Up*street"\, adv.
Toward the higher part of a street; as, to walk upstreet.
--G. W. Gable.
Upstroke \Up"stroke`\, n.
An upward stroke, especially the stroke, or line, made by a
writing instrument when moving upward, or from the body of
the writer, or a line corresponding to the part of a letter
thus made.
Some upstroke of an Alpha and Omega. --Mrs.
Browning.
Upsun \Up"sun`\, n. (Scots Law)
The time during which the sun is up, or above the horizon;
the time between sunrise and sunset.
Upswarm \Up*swarm"\, v. i. & i.
To rise, or cause to rise, in a swarm or swarms. [R.] --Shak.
Cowper.
Upsway \Up*sway"\, v. t.
To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club. [R.] --Sir W.
Scott.
Upswell \Up*swell"\, v. i.
To swell or rise up.
Upsyturvy \Up"sy*tur"vy\, adv. [Cf. Upside down, under {Upside},
and {Topsy-turvy}.]
Upside down; topsy-turvy. [Obs.] --Robert Greene.
Uptails all \Up"tails` all"\
1. An old game at cards. [Obs.]
2. Revelers; roysterers. [Obs.] --Decker.
3. Revelry; confusion; frolic. [Obs.] --Herrick.
Uptake \Up*take"\, v. t.
To take into the hand; to take up; to help. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Spenser.
Uptake \Up"take`\, n. (Steam Boilers)
1. The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam
boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading
upward.
2. Understanding; apprehension. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
Uptear \Up*tear"\, v. t.
To tear up. --Milton.
Upthrow \Up*throw"\, v. t.
To throw up. --Drayton.
Upthrow \Up"throw`\, n. (Mining)
See {Throw}, n., 9.
Upthunder \Up*thun"der\, v. i.
To send up a noise like thunder. [R.] --Coleridge.
Uptie \Up*tie"\, v. t.
To tie up. --Spenser.
Uptill \Up*till"\, prep.
To; against. [Obs. & R.]
She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Leaned her breast
uptill a thorn. --Shak.
Uptown \Up*town"\, adv.
To or in the upper part of a town; as, to go uptown. [Colloq.
U. S.]
Uptown \Up"town`\, a.
Situated in, or belonging to, the upper part of a town or
city; as, a uptown street, shop, etc.; uptown society.
[Colloq. U. S.]
Uptrace \Up*trace"\, v. t.
To trace up or out.
Uptrain \Up*train"\, v. t.
To train up; to educate. [Obs.] ``Daughters which were well
uptrained.'' --Spenser.
Up-train \Up"-train`\
1. A train going in the direction of the metropolis or the
main terminus. [Eng.]
2. A train going in the direction conventionally called up.
[U. S.]
Upturn \Up*turn"\, v. t.
To turn up; to direct upward; to throw up; as, to upturn the
ground in plowing. ``A sea of upturned faces.'' --D. Webster.
So scented the grim feature, and upturned His nostril
wide into the murky air. --Milton.
Upupa \U"pu*pa\ (?; 277), n. [L., the hoopoe.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of birds which includes the common hoopoe.
Upwaft \Up*waft"\, v. t.
To waft upward. --Cowper.
Upward \Up"ward\, Upwards \Up"wards\, adv. [AS. upweardes. See
{Up-}, and {-wards}.]
1. In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher
place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed
to downward; as, to tend or roll upward. --I. Watts.
Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking
upward, we speak and prevail. --Hooker.
2. In the upper parts; above.
Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, And down
ward fish. --Milton.
3. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.
From twenty years old and upward. --Num. i. 3.
{Upward of}, or {Upwards of}, more than; above.
I have been your wife in this obedience Upward of
twenty years. --Shak.
Upward \Up"ward\, a. [AS. upweard. See {Up}, and {-ward}.]
Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with
upward course.
Upward \Up"ward\, n.
The upper part; the top. [Obs.]
From the extremest upward of thy head. --Shak.
Upwhirl \Up*whirl"\, v. t. & i.
To rise upward in a whirl; to raise upward with a whirling
motion.
Upwind \Up*wind"\, v. t.
To wind up. --Spenser.
Upwreath \Up*wreath"\, v. i.
To rise with a curling motion; to curl upward, as smoke.
--Longfellow.
Upyat \Up*yat"\, obs.
imp. of {Upgive}. --Chaucer.
Ur \Ur\, Ure \Ure\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The urus.
Urachus \U"ra*chus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? urine + ? to hold.]
(Anat.)
A cord or band of fibrous tissue extending from the bladder
to the umbilicus.
Uraemia \U*r[ae]"mi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? urine + ? blood.]
(Med.)
Accumulation in the blood of the principles of the urine,
producing dangerous disease.
Uraemic \U*r[ae]"mic\, a. (Med.)
Of or pertaining to ur[ae]mia; as, ur[ae]mic convulsions.
Uraeum \U*r[ae]"um\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? ?, fr. ? of the tail;
cf. L. uraeus, adj.] (Zo["o]l.)
The posterior half of an animal.
Ural \U"ral\, a.
Pertaining to, or designating, the Urals, a mountain range
between Europe and Asia.
Ural-Altaic \U"ral-Al*ta"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Urals and the Altai; as the
Ural-Altaic, or Turanian, languages.
Urali \U"ra*li\, n. [See {Wourali}.]
See {Curare}.
Uralian \U*ra"li*an\, Uralic \U*ral"ic\, a.
Of or relating to the Ural Mountains.
Uralite \U"ral*ite\, n. [So called because first observed in the
Ural Mountains.] (Min.)
Amphibole resulting from the alternation of pyroxene by
paramorphism. It is not uncommon in massive eruptive rocks.
Uralitization \U`ral*i`ti*za"tion\, n. (Geol.)
The change of pyroxene to amphibole by paramorphism.
Uramil \U*ram"il\, n. (Chem.)
Murexan.
Uranate \U"ra*nate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of uranic acid.
Urania \U*ra"ni*a\, n. [L., from Gr. ?, i. e., the Heavenly, fr.
? heavenly, fr. ? heaven.]
1. (Class. Myth.) One of the nine Muses, daughter of Zeus by
Mnemosyne, and patron of astronomy.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of large, brilliantly colored moths
native of the West Indies and South America. Their bright
colored and tailed hind wings and their diurnal flight
cause them to closely resemble butterflies.
Uranian \U*ra"ni*an\, a. (Astron.)
Of or pertaining to the planet Uranus; as, the Uranian year.
Uranic \U*ran"ic\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the heavens; celestial; astronomical.
On I know not what telluric or uranic principles.
--Carlyle.
2. (Chem.) Pertaining to, resembling, or containing uranium;
specifically, designating those compounds in which uranium
has a valence relatively higher than in uranous compounds.
Uranin \U"ra*nin\, n. (Chem.)
An alkaline salt of fluorescein, obtained as a brownish red
substance, which is used as a dye; -- so called from the
peculiar yellowish green fluorescence (resembling that of
uranium glass) of its solutions. See {Fluorescein}.
Uraninite \U*ran"i*nite\, n. (Min.)
A mineral consisting chiefly of uranium oxide with some lead,
thorium, etc., occurring in black octahedrons, also in masses
with a pitchlike luster; pitchblende.
Uraniscoplasty \U`ra*nis"co*plas`ty\, n. [Gr. ? top of a tent,
plate (fr. ? sky) + -plasty.] (Surg.)
The process of forming an artificial palate.
Uraniscoraphy \U`ra*nis*cor"a*phy\, Uraniscorrhaphy
\U`ra*nis*cor"rha*phy\, n. [Gr. ? the top of a tent, the palate
(fr. ? sky) + ? a seam.] (Surg.)
Suture of the palate. See {Staphyloraphy}.
Uranite \U"ra*nite\, n. [Cf. G. uranit, F. uranite.] (Min.)
A general term for the uranium phosphates, autunite, or lime
uranite, and torbernite, or copper uranite.
Uranitic \U`ra*nit"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to uranium; containing uranium.
Uranium \U*ra"ni*um\, n. [NL., from Uranus the planet. See
{Uranus}.] (Chem.)
An element of the chromium group, found in certain rare
minerals, as pitchblende, uranite, etc., and reduced as a
heavy, hard, nickel-white metal which is quite permanent. Its
yellow oxide is used to impart to glass a delicate
greenish-yellow tint which is accompanied by a strong
fluorescence, and its black oxide is used as a pigment in
porcelain painting. Symbol U. Atomic weight 239.
Note: Uranium was discovered in the state of an oxide by
Klaproth in 1789, and so named in honor of Herschel's
discovery of the planet Uranus in 1781.
Uran-ocher \U"ran-o`cher\, Uran-ochre \U"ran-o`chre\, n. [Cf. F.
uranochre.] (Min.)
(a) A yellow, earthy incrustation, consisting essentially of
the oxide of uranium, but more or less impure.
Uranographic \U`ra*no*graph"ic\, Uranographical
\U`ra*no*graph"ic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to uranography; as, an uranographic
treatise.
Uranographist \U`ra*nog"ra*phist\, n.
One practiced in uranography.
Uranography \U`ra*nog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? heaven + ? to
write.]
A description or plan of the heavens and the heavenly bodies;
the construction of celestial maps, globes, etc.; uranology.
Uranolite \U*ran"o*lite\, n. [Gr. ? heaven + -lite.]
A meteorite or a["e]rolite. [Obs.] --Hutton.
Uranology \U`ra*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? heaven + -logy.]
A discourse or treatise on the heavens and the heavenly
bodies; the study of the heavens; uranography.
Uranometria \U`ra*nom`e*tri"a\, n. [NL.]
A uranometry.
Uranometry \U`ra*nom"e*try\, n. [Gr. ? heaven + -metry.]
(Astron.)
A chart or catalogue of fixed stars, especially of stars
visible to the naked eye.
Uranoplasty \U"ra*no*plas`ty\, n. [See {Uraniscoplasty}.]
(Surg.)
The plastic operation for closing a fissure in the hard
palate.
Uranoscopy \U`ra*nos"co*py\, n. [Gr. ? + -scopy.]
Observation of the heavens or heavenly bodies.
Uranoso- \U`ra*no"so-\, a. (Chem.)
A combining form (also used adjectively) from uranium; --
used in naming certain complex compounds; as in
uranoso-uranic oxide, uranoso-uranic sulphate.
Uranous \U"ra*nous\ ([=u]"r[.a]*n[u^]s), a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or containing, uranium; designating those
compounds in which uranium has a lower valence as contrasted
with the {uranic} compounds.
Uranus \U"ra*nus\ (-n[u^]s), n. [L. Uranus, Gr. O'yrano`s
Uranus, o'yrano`s heaven, sky. Cf. {Uranium}.]
1. (Gr. Myth.) The son or husband of Gaia (Earth), and father
of Chronos (Time) and the Titans.
2. (Astron.) One of the primary planets. It is about
1,800,000,000 miles from the sun, about 36,000 miles in
diameter, and its period of revolution round the sun is
nearly 84 of our years.
Note: This planet has also been called {Herschel}, from Sir
William Herschel, who discovered it in 1781, and who
named it {Georgium Sidus}, in honor of George III.,
then King of England.
Uran-utan \U*ran"-u*tan`\, (Zo["o]l.)
The orang-utang
Uranyl \U"ra*nyl\, n. [Uranium + -yl.] (Chem.)
The radical {UO2}, conveniently regarded as a residue of many
uranium compounds.
Urao \U*ra"o\, n. [Sp.] (Min.)
See {Trona}.
Urare \U*ra"re\, Urari \U*ra"ri\, n.
See {Curare}.
Urate \U"rate\, n. [Cf. F. urate.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A salt of uric acid; as, sodium urate; ammonium urate.
Uratic \U*rat"ic\, (Physiol. Chem.)
Of or containing urates; as, uratic calculi.
Urban \Ur"ban\, a. [L. urbanus belonging to the ?ity or town,
refined, polished, fr. urbs, urbis, a city: cf. F. urbain.
Cf. {Urbane}.]
1. Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban
population.
2. Belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city;
cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners.
{Urban servitude}. See {Predial servitude}, under
{Servitude}.
Urbane \Ur*bane"\, a. [See {Urban}.]
Courteous in manners; polite; refined; elegant.
Urbaniste \Ur"ban*iste\, n. (Bot.)
A large and delicious pear or Flemish origin.
Urbanity \Ur*ban"i*ty\, n. [L. urbanitas; cf. F. urbanit['e].]
1. The quality or state of being urbane; civility or courtesy
of manners; politeness; refinement.
The marquis did the honors of his house with the
urbanity of his country. --W. Irving.
2. Polite wit; facetiousness. [Obs.] --Dryden.
Raillery in the sauce of civil entertainment; and
without some such tincture of urbanity, good humor
falters. --L'Estrange.
Syn: Politeness; suavity; affability; courtesy.
Urbanize \Ur"ban*ize\, v. t.
To render urban, or urbane; to refine; to polish. --Howell.
Urbicolae \Ur*bic"o*l[ae]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. urbs, urbis, a
city + colere to inhabit.] (Zo["o]l.)
An extensive family of butterflies, including those known as
skippers ({Hesperiad[ae]}).
Urbicolous \Ur*bic"o*lous\, a.
Of or pertaining to a city; urban. [R.]
Urceolar \Ur"ce*o*lar\, a.
Urceolate.
Urcelate \Ur"ce*late\, a. [L. urceolus, dim. of urceus a pitcher
or waterpot.] (Nat. Hist.)
Shaped like a pitcher or urn; swelling below, and contrasted
at the orifice, as a calyx or corolla.
Urceole \Ur"ce*ole\, n. [See {Urceolate}.] (R. C. Ch.)
A vessel for water for washing the hands; also, one to hold
wine or water.
Urceolus \Ur*ce"o*lus\, n.; pl. {Urceoli}. [L., a little
pitcher.] (Bot.)
Any urn-shaped organ of a plant.
Urchin \Ur"chin\, n. [OE. urchon, irchon, a hedgehog, OF.
ire[,c]on, eri[,c]on, heri?on, herichon, F. h['e]risson, a
derivative fr. L. ericius, from er a hedgehog, for her; akin
to Gr. ?. Cf. {Herisson}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A hedgehog.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A sea urchin. See {Sea urchin}.
3. A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a
hedgehog. ``We 'll dress [them] like urchins, ouphes, and
fairies.'' --Shak.
4. A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a
boy.
And the urchins that stand with their thievish eyes
Forever on watch ran off each with a prize. --W.
Howitt.
You did indeed dissemble, you urchin you; but
where's the girl that won't dissemble for an
husband? --Goldsmith.
5. One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders,
arranged around a carding drum; -- so called from its
fancied resemblance to the hedgehog. --Knight.
{Urchin fish} (Zo["o]l.), a diodon.
Urchin \Ur"chin\, a.
Rough; pricking; piercing. [R.] ``Helping all urchin
blasts.'' --Milton.
Urchon \Ur"chon\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The urchin, or hedgehog.
Urdu \Ur"du\, n. [Hind. urd[=u].]
The language more generally called {Hindustanee}.
Ure \Ure\, n. [OE. ure, OF. oevre, ovre, ouvre, work, F.
[oe]uvre, L. opera. See {Opera}, {Operate}, and cf. {Inure},
{Manure}.]
Use; practice; exercise. [Obs.] --Fuller.
Let us be sure of this, to put the best in ure That
lies in us. --Chapman.
Ure \Ure\, v. t.
To use; to exercise; to inure; to accustom by practice.
[Obs.]
The French soldiers . . . from their youth have been
practiced and ured in feats of arms. --Sir T. More.
Urea \U"re*a\, a. [NL. See {Urine}.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A very soluble crystalline body which is the chief
constituent of the urine in mammals and some other animals.
It is also present in small quantity in blood, serous fluids,
lymph, the liver, etc.
Note: It is the main product of the regressive metamorphosis
(katabolism) of proteid matter in the body, and is
excreted daily to the amount of about 500 grains by a
man of average weight. Chemically it is carbamide,
{CO(NH2)2}, and when heated with strong acids or
alkalies is decomposed into carbonic acid and ammonia.
It unites with acids to form salts, as nitrate of urea,
and it can be made synthetically from ammonium cyanate,
with which it is isomeric.
{Urea ferment}, a soluble ferment formed by certain bacteria,
which, however, yield the ferment from the body of their
cells only after they have been killed by alcohol. It
causes urea to take up water and decompose into carbonic
acid and ammonia. Many different bacteria possess this
property, especially {Bacterium ure[ae]} and {Micrococcus
ure[ae]}, which are found abundantly in urines undergoing
alkaline fermentation.
Ureal \U"re*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to urea; containing, or consisting of, urea;
as, ureal deposits.
Ureameter \U`re*am"e*ter\, n. [Urea + -meter.] (Physiol. Chem.)
An apparatus for the determination of the amount of urea in
urine, in which the nitrogen evolved by the action of certain
reagents, on a given volume of urine, is collected and
measured, and the urea calculated accordingly.
Urechitin \U`re*chi"tin\, n. (Chem.)
A glucoside extracted from the leaves of a certain plant
({Urechitis suberecta}) as a bitter white crystalline
substance.
Urechitoxin \U`re*chi*tox"in\, n. [Urechitin + toxic + -in.]
(Chem.)
A poisonous glucoside found accompanying urechitin, and
extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.
Uredo \U*re"do\, n. [L., a blast, blight, a burning itch, fr.
urere to burn, to scorch.]
1. (Bot.) One of the stages in the life history of certain
rusts ({Uredinales}), regarded at one time as a distinct
genus. It is a summer stage preceding the teleutospore, or
winter stage. See {Uredinales}, in the Supplement.
2. (Med.) Nettle rash. See {Urticaria}.
Uredospore \U*re"do*spore\, n. (Bot.)
The thin-walled summer spore which is produced during the
so-called Uredo stage of certain rusts. See (in the
Supplement) {Uredinales}, {Heter[oe]cious}, etc.
Ureide \U"re*ide\, n. (Chem.)
Any one of the many complex derivatives of urea; thus,
hydantoin, and, in an extended dense, guanidine, caffeine,
et., are ureides. [Written also {ureid}.]
-uret \-u*ret\
A suffix with the same meaning as -ide. See {-ide}. [Obs.]
Ureter \U*re"ter\ (?; 277), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See {Urine}.]
(Anat.)
The duct which conveys the urine from the kidney to the
bladder or cloaca. There are two ureters, one for each
kidney.
Ureteritis \U*re`ter*i"tis\, n. [NL. See {Ureter}, and {-itis}.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the ureter. --Dunglison.
Urethane \U*reth"ane\, n. (Chem.)
A white crystalline substance, {NH2.CO.OC2H5}, produced by
the action of ammonia on ethyl carbonate. It is used somewhat
in medicine as a hypnotic. By extension, any one of the
series of related substances of which urethane proper is the
type.
Urethra \U*re"thra\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?. See {Urine}.] (Anat.)
The canal by which the urine is conducted from the bladder
and discharged.
Urethral \U*re"thral\, a.
Of or pertaining to the urethra.
{Urethral fever} (Med.), fever occurring as a consequence of
operations upon the urethra.
Urethritis \U`re*thri"tis\, n. [NL. See {Urethra}, and {-itis}.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the urethra.
Urethroplasty \U*re"thro*plas`ty\, n. [Urethra + -plasty.]
(Surg.)
An operation for the repair of an injury or a defect in the
walls of the urethra. -- {U*re`thro*plas"tic}, a.
Urethroscope \U*re"thro*scope\, n. [Urethra + -scope.] (Med.)
An instrument for viewing the interior of the urethra.
Urethroscopy \U`re*thros"co*py\, n. (Med.)
Examination of the urethra by means of the urethroscope.
Urethrotome \U*re"thro*tome\, n. [Urethra + Gr. ? to cut.]
An instrument for cutting a urethral stricture.
Urethrotomy \U`re*throt"o*my\, n. [Urethra + Gr. ? to cut.]
(Surg.)
An incision of the urethra, esp. incision for relief of
urethral stricture.
Uretic \U*ret"ic\, a. [L. ureticus, Gr. ?. See {Urine}.] (Med.)
Of or pertaining to the urine; diuretic; urinary; as, uretic
medicine.
Urge \Urge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Urged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Urging}.] [L. urgere; akin to E. wreak. See {Wreak}, v. t.]
1. To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight.
--Pope.
2. To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives,
arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
My brother never Did urge me in his act; I did
inquire it. --Shak.
3. To provoke; to exasperate. [R.]
Urge not my father's anger. --Shak.
4. To press hard upon; to follow closely
Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave. --Pope.
5. To present in an urgent manner; to press upon attention;
to insist upon; as, to urge an argument; to urge the
necessity of a case.
6. To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent
measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.
Syn: To animate; incite; impel; instigate; stimulate;
encourage.
Urge \Urge\, v. i.
1. To press onward or forward. [R.]
2. To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
Urgence \Ur"gence\, n.
Urgency. [Obs.]
Urgency \Ur"gen*cy\, n. [Cf. F. urgence.]
The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence;
pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.
Urgent \Ur"gent\, a. [L. urgens, p. pr. of urgere: cf. F.
urgent. See {Urge}.]
Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity;
calling for immediate attention; instantly important. ``The
urgent hour.'' --Shak.
Some urgent cause to ordain the contrary. --Hooker.
The Egyptians were urgent upon the people that they
might send them out of the land in haste. --Ex. xii.
33.
Urgently \Ur"gent*ly\, adv.
In an urgent manner.
Urger \Ur"ger\, n.
One who urges. --Beau. & Fl.
Uric \U"ric\, a. [Gr. ? urine: cf. F. urique. See {Urine}.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
Of or pertaining to urine; obtained from urine; as, uric
acid.
{Uric acid}, a crystalline body, present in small quantity in
the urine of man and most mammals. Combined in the form of
urate of ammonia, it is the chief constituent of the urine
of birds and reptiles, forming the white part. Traces of
it are also found in the various organs of the body. It is
likewise a common constituent, either as the free acid or
as a urate, of urinary or renal calculi and of the
so-called gouty concretions. From acid urines, uric acid
is frequently deposited, on standing in a cool place, in
the form of a reddish yellow sediment, nearly always
crystalline. Chemically, it is composed of carbon,
hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen, {C5H4N4O3}, and by
decomposition yields urea, among other products. It can be
made synthetically by heating together urea and glycocoll.
It was formerly called also {lithic acid}, in allusion to
its occurrence in stone, or calculus.
Urim \U"rim\, n. [Heb. ?r[=i]m, pl. of ?r, fire ?r light.]
A part or decoration of the breastplate of the high priest
among the ancient Jews, by which Jehovah revealed his will on
certain occasions. Its nature has been the subject of
conflicting conjectures.
Thou shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim
and the Thummim. --Ex. xxviii.
30.
And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord answered
him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by
prophets. --1 Sam.
xxviii. 6.
Note: Professor Plumptre supposes the Urim to have been a
clear and colorless stone set in the breastplate of the
high priest as a symbol of light, answering to the
mystic scarab in the pectoral plate of the ancient
Egyptian priests, and that the Thummim was an image
corresponding to that worn by the priestly judges of
Egypt as a symbol of truth and purity of motive. By
gazing steadfastly on these, he may have been thrown
into a mysterious, half ecstatic state, akin to
hypnotism, in which he lost all personal consciousness,
and received a spiritual illumination and insight.
Urinal \U"ri*nal\, n. [L. urinal, fr. urina urine: cf. F.
urinal.]
1. A vessel for holding urine; especially, a bottle or tube
for holding urine for inspection.
2. A place or convenience for urinating purposes.
Urinarium \U`ri*na"ri*um\, n. [LL. urinarium.] (Agric.)
A reservoir for urine, etc., for manure.
Urinary \U"ri*na*ry\, a. [L. urina urine: cf. F. urinaire.]
1. Of or pertaining to the urine; as, the urinary bladder;
urinary excretions.
2. Resembling, or being of the nature of, urine.
{Urinary calculus} (Med.), a concretion composed of some one
or more crystalline constituents of the urine, liable to
be found in any portion of the urinary passages or in the
pelvis of the kidney.
{Urinary pigments}, (Physiol. Chem.), certain colored
substances, urochrome, or urobilin, uroerythrin, etc.,
present in the urine together with indican, a colorless
substance which by oxidation is convertible into colored
bodies.
Urinary \U"ri*na*ry\, n.
A urinarium; also, a urinal.
Urinate \U"ri*nate\, v. i. [LL. urinare.]
To discharge urine; to make water.
Urination \U`ri*na"tion\, n.
The act or process of voiding urine; micturition.
Urinative \U"ri*na*tive\, a.
Provoking the flow of urine; uretic; diuretic. [R.] --Bacon.
Urinator \U"ri*na`tor\, n. [L., from urinari to plunge under
water, to dive.]
One who dives under water in search of something, as for
pearls; a diver. [R.] --Ray.
Urine \U"rine\, n. [F. urine, L. urina; akin to urinari to
plunge under water, to dive, Gr. ? urine; cf. Skr. v[=a]r
water, Icel. ?r drizzling rain, AS. w[ae]r the sea.]
(Physiol.)
In mammals, a fluid excretion from the kidneys; in birds and
reptiles, a solid or semisolid excretion.
Note: In man, the urine is a clear, transparent fluid of an
amber color and peculiar odor, with an average density
of 1.02. The average amount excreted in 24 hours is
from 40 to 60 ounces (about 1,200 cubic centimeters).
Chemically, the urine is mainly an aqueous solution of
urea, salt (sodium chloride), and uric acid, together
with some hippuric acid and peculiar pigments. It
usually has an acid reaction, owing to the presence of
acid phosphates of soda or free uric acid. Normally, it
contains about 960 parts of water to 40 parts of solid
matter, and the daily average excretion is 35 grams
(540 grains) of urea, 0.75 gram (11 grains) of uric
acid, and 16.5 grams (260 grains) of salt. Abnormally,
it may contain sugar as in diabetes, albumen as in
Bright's disease, bile pigments as in jaundice, or
abnormal quantities of some one or more of the normal
constituents.
Urine \U"rine\, v. i.
To urinate. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Uriniferous \U`ri*nif"er*ous\, a. [Urine + -ferous.]
Bearing or conveying urine; as, uriniferous tubules.
Uriniparous \U`ri*nip"a*rous\, a. [Urine + L. parere to produce:
cf. F. urinipare.] (Physiol.)
Producing or preparing urine; as, the uriniparous tubes in
the cortical portion of the kidney.
Urinogenital \U`ri*no*gen"i*tal\, a. (Anat.)
Pertaining to the urinary and genital organs; genitourinary;
urogenital; as, the urinogenital canal.
Urinometer \U`ri*nom"e*ter\, n. [Urine + -meter.]
A small hydrometer for determining the specific gravity of
urine.
Urinometry \U`ri*nom"e*try\, n.
The estimation of the specific gravity of urine by the
urinometer.
Urinose \U"ri*nose\, Urinous \U"ri*nous\, a. [Cf. F. urineux.
See {Urine}.]
Of or pertaining to urine, or partaking of its qualities;
having the character or odor of urine; similar to urine.
--Arbuthnot.
Urite \U"rite\, n. [Gr. ? tail.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the segments of the abdomen or post-abdomen of
arthropods.
Urith \U"rith\, n.
The bindings of a hedge. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Urn \Urn\, n. [OE. urne, L. urna; perhaps fr. urere to burn, and
sop called as being made of burnt clay (cf. {East}): cf. F.
urne.]
1. A vessel of various forms, usually a vase furnished with a
foot or pedestal, employed for different purposes, as for
holding liquids, for ornamental uses, for preserving the
ashes of the dead after cremation, and anciently for
holding lots to be drawn.
A rustic, digging in the ground by Padua, found an
urn, or earthen pot, in which there was another urn.
--Bp. Wilkins.
His scattered limbs with my dead body burn, And once
more join us in the pious urn. --Dryden.
2. Fig.: Any place of burial; the grave.
Or lay these bones in an unworthy urn, Tombless,
with no remembrance over them. --Shak.
3. (Rom. Antiq.) A measure of capacity for liquids,
containing about three gallons and a haft, wine measure.
It was haft the amphora, and four times the congius.
4. (Bot.) A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the
spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca.
5. A tea urn. See under {Tea}.
{Urn mosses} (Bot.), the order of true mosses; -- so called
because the capsules of many kinds are urn-shaped.
Urn \Urn\, v. t.
To inclose in, or as in, an urn; to inurn.
When horror universal shall descend, And heaven's dark
concave urn all human race. --Young.
Urnal \Urn"al\, a.
Of or pertaining to an urn; effected by an urn or urns.
``Urnal interments.'' --Sir T. Browne.
Urnful \Urn"ful\, n.; pl. {Urnfuls}.
As much as an urn will hold; enough to fill an urn.
Urn-shaped \Urn"-shaped`\, a.
Having the shape of an urn; as, the urn-shaped capsules of
some mosses.
Uro- \U"ro-\
A combining form fr. Gr. o'y^ron, urine.
Uro- \U"ro-\
A combining form from Gr. o'yra`, the tail, the caudal
extremity.
Urobilin \U`ro*bi"lin\, n. [1st uro- + bile + -in.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
A yellow pigment identical with hydrobilirubin, abundant in
the highly colored urine of fever, and also present in normal
urine. See {Urochrome}.
Urocele \U"ro*cele\, n. [1st uro + Gr. ? tumor.] (Med.)
A morbid swelling of the scrotum due to extravasation of
urine into it.
Urocerata \U`ro*cer"a*ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? tail + ?, ?,
horn.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of boring Hymenoptera, including Tremex and allied
genera. See Illust. of {Horntail}.
Urochord \U"ro*chord\, n. [2d uro- + chord.] (Zo["o]l.)
The central axis or cord in the tail of larval ascidians and
of certain adult tunicates. [Written also {urocord}.]
Urochorda \U`ro*chor"da\, n. pl. [NL. See {Urochord}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Tunicata}.
Urochordal \U`ro*chor"dal\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Urochorda.
Urochrome \U"ro*chrome\, n. [1st uro- + Gr. ? color.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
A yellow urinary pigment, considered by Thudichum as the only
pigment present in normal urine. It is regarded by Maly as
identical with urobilin.
Urochs \U"rochs\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Aurochs}.
Urocord \U"ro*cord\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Urochord}.
Urocyst \U"ro*cyst\, n. [1st uro- + cyst.] (Anat.)
The urinary bladder.
Urodela \U`ro*de"la\, n. pl. [NL.; Gr. ? tail + ? visible.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An order of amphibians having the tail well developed and
often long. It comprises the salamanders, tritons, and allied
animals.
Urodele \U"ro*dele\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Urodela.
Urodelian \U`ro*de"li*an\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Urodela. -- n. One of the Urodela.
Uroerythrin \U`ro*e*ryth"rin\, n. [See 1st {Uro-}, and
{Erythrin}.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A reddish urinary pigment, considered as the substance which
gives to the urine of rheumatism its characteristic color. It
also causes the red color often seen in deposits of urates.
Urogastric \U`ro*gas"tric\, a. [2d uro- + gastric.] (Zo["o]l.)
Behind the stomach; -- said of two lobes of the carapace of
certain crustaceans.
Urogenital \U`ro*gen"i*tal\, a. [1st uro- + genital.] (Anat.)
Same as {Urinogenital}.
Uroglaucin \U`ro*glau"cin\, n. [1st uro- + L. glaucus bright.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A body identical with indigo blue, occasionally found in the
urine in degeneration of the kidneys. It is readily formed by
oxidation or decomposition of indican.
Urohaematin \U`ro*h[ae]m"a*tin\, n. [1st uro- + h[ae]matin.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
Urinary h[ae]matin; -- applied to the normal coloring matter
of the urine, on the supposition that it is formed either
directly or indirectly (through bilirubin) from the
h[ae]matin of the blood. See {Urochrome}, and {Urobilin}.
Urohyal \U`ro*hy"al\, a. [2d uro- + the Gr. letter [Upsilon].]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to one or more median and posterior elements
in the hyoidean arch of fishes. -- n. A urohyal bone or
cartilage.
Urology \U*rol"o*gy\, n. [1st uro- + -logy.] (Med.)
See {Uronology}.
Uromere \U"ro*mere\, n. [2d uro- + -mere.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of the abdominal segments of an arthropod.
Uronology \U`ro*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? urine + -logy.] (Med.)
That part of medicine which treats of urine. --Dunglison.
Uropod \U"ro*pod\, n. [2d uro- + -pod.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of the abdominal appendages of a crustacean,
especially one of the posterior ones, which are often larger
than the rest, and different in structure, and are used
chiefly in locomotion. See Illust. of {Crustacea}, and
{Stomapoda}.
Uropodal \U*rop"o*dal\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to a uropod.
Uropoetic \U`ro*po*et"ic\, a. [1st uro- + Gr. ? to make.]
1. (Med.) Producing, or favoring the production of, urine.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a system of
organs which eliminate nitrogenous waste matter from the
blood of certain invertebrates.
Uropygial \U`ro*pyg"i*al\, a. [See {Uropygium}.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the uropygium, or prominence at the base
of the tail feathers, in birds.
{Uropygial gland}, a peculiar sebaceous gland at the base of
the tail feathers in most birds. It secretes an oily fluid
which is spread over the feathers by preening.
Uropygium \U`ro*pyg"i*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, (corrupted form)
?; ? the end of the os sacrum + ? rump.] (Anat.)
The prominence at the posterior extremity of a bird's body,
which supports the feathers of the tail; the rump; --
sometimes called pope's nose.
Urosacral \U`ro*sa"cral\, a. [2d uro- + sacral.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to both the caudal and sacral parts of the
vertebral column; as, the urosacral vertebr[ae] of birds.
Uroscopy \U*ros"co*py\, n. [1st uro- + -scopy: cf. F.
uroscopie.]
The diagnosis of diseases by inspection of urine. --Sir T.
Browne.
Urosome \U"ro*some\, n. [2d uro- + -some body.] (Zo["o]l.)
The abdomen, or post-abdomen, of arthropods.
Urostege \U"ro*stege\, n. [2d uro- + Gr. ? roof.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the plates on the under side of the tail of a serpent.
Urosteon \U*ros"te*on\, n.; pl. L. {Urostea}, E. {Urosteons}.
[NL., fr. Gr. ? the tail + ? a bone.] (Anat.)
A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum
of some birds.
Urosternite \U`ro*ster"nite\, n. [2d uro- + sternum.] (Zo["o]l.)
The sternal, or under piece, of any one of the uromeres of
insects and other arthropods.
Urostyle \U"ro*style\, n. [2d uro- + Gr. ? a pillar.] (Anat.)
A styliform process forming the posterior extremity of the
vertebral column in some fishes and amphibians.
Urox \U"rox\, n. [See {Aurochs}, and cf. {Urus}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The aurochs.
Uroxanate \U*rox"a*nate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of uroxanic acid.
Uroxanic \U`rox*an"ic\, a. [Uric + alloxan.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, {C5H8N4O6}, which is
obtained, as a white crystalline substance, by the slow
oxidation of uric acid in alkaline solution.
Uroxanthin \U`ro*xan"thin\, n. [1st uro- + xanthin.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
Same as {Indican}.
Urrhodin \Ur*rho"din\, n. [1st uro- + Gr. ? a rose.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
Indigo red, a product of the decomposition, or oxidation, of
indican. It is sometimes found in the sediment of
pathological urines. It is soluble in ether or alcohol,
giving the solution a beautiful red color. Also called
{indigrubin}.
Urry \Ur"ry\, n. [Cf. Gael. uir, uireach, mold, clay.]
A sort of blue or black clay lying near a vein of coal.
Ursa \Ur"sa\, n. [L. ursa a she-bear, also, a constellation,
fem. of ursus a bear. Cf. {Arctic}.] (Astron.)
Either one of the Bears. See the Phrases below.
{Ursa Major} [L.], the Great Bear, one of the most
conspicuous of the northern constellations. It is situated
near the pole, and contains the stars which form the
Dipper, or Charles's Wain, two of which are the Pointers,
or stars which point towards the North Star.
{Ursa Minor} [L.], the Little Bear, the constellation nearest
the north pole. It contains the north star, or polestar,
which is situated in the extremity of the tail.
Ursal \Ur"sal\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The ursine seal. See the Note under 1st {Seal}.
Ursiform \Ur"si*form\, a. [L. ursus, ursa, a bear + -form.]
Having the shape of a bear.
Ursine \Ur"sine\, a. [L. ursinus, from ursus a bear. See
{Ursa}.]
Of or pertaining to a bear; resembling a bear.
{Ursine baboon}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Chacma}.
{Ursine dasyure} (Zo["o]l.), the Tasmanian devil.
{Ursine howler} (Zo["o]l.), the araguato. See Illust. under
{Howler}.
{Ursine seal}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Sea bear}, and the Note under
1st {Seal}.
Urson \Ur"son\, n. [Cf. {Urchin}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The Canada porcupine. See {Porcupine}.
Ursuk \Ur"suk\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The bearded seal.
Ursula \Ur"su*la\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A beautiful North American butterfly ({Basilarchia, or
Limenitis, astyanax}). Its wings are nearly black with red
and blue spots and blotches. Called also {red-spotted
purple}.
Ursuline \Ur"su*line\, n. [Cf. F. ursuline.] (R. C. Ch.)
One of an order of nuns founded by St. Angela Merici, at
Brescia, in Italy, about the year 1537, and so called from
St. Ursula, under whose protection it was placed. The order
was introduced into Canada as early as 1639, and into the
United States in 1727. The members are devoted entirely to
education.
Ursuline \Ur"su*line\, a.
Of or pertaining to St. Ursula, or the order of Ursulines;
as, the Ursuline nuns.
Ursus \Ur"sus\, n. [L., a bear.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of Carnivora including the common bears.
Urtica \Ur*ti"ca\, n. [L., a nettle.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants including the common nettles. See {Nettle},
n.
Urticaceous \Ur`ti*ca"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to a natural order ({Urticace[ae]}) of
plants, of which the nettle is the type. The order includes
also the hop, the elm, the mulberry, the fig, and many other
plants.
Urtical \Ur"tic*al\, a.
Resembling nettles; -- said of several natural orders allied
to urticaceous plants.
Urticaria \Ur`ti*ca"ri*a\, n. [NL. See {Urtica}.] (Med.)
The nettle rash, a disease characterized by a transient
eruption of red pimples and of wheals, accompanied with a
burning or stinging sensation and with itching; uredo.
Urticate \Ur"ti*cate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Urticated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Urticating}.]
To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy.
--G. A. Sala.
Urtication \Ur`ti*ca"tion\, n. (Med.)
The act or process of whipping or stinging with nettles; --
sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis.
Urubu \U*ru*bu"\, n. [Cf. Pg. urub['u] a certain Brazilian
bird.] (Zo["o]l.)
The black vulture ({Catharista atrata}). It ranges from the
Southern United States to South America. See {Vulture}.
Urus \U"rus\, n. [L.; of Teutonic origin. See {Aurochs}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal
({Bos urus or primigenius}) anciently abundant in Europe. It
appears to have still existed in the time of Julius C[ae]sar.
It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of
domestication. Called also, {ur}, {ure}, and {tur}.
Urva \Ur"va\, n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
The crab-eating ichneumon ({Herpestes urva}), native of
India. The fur is black, annulated with white at the tip of
each hair, and a white streak extends from the mouth to the
shoulder.
Us \Us\, pron. [OE. us, AS. ?s; akin to OFries. & OS. ?s, D.
ons, G. uns, Icel. & Sw. oss, Dan. os, Goth. uns, L. nos we,
us, Gr. ? we, Skr. nas us. ????. Cf. {Nostrum}, {Our}.]
The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; --
the objective case of we. See {We}. ``Tell us a tale.''
--Chaucer.
Give us this day our daily bread. --Matt. vi.
11.
Usable \Us"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being used.
Usage \Us"age\, n. [F. usage, LL. usaticum. See {Use}.]
1. The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment;
conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good
usage; ill usage; hard usage.
My brother Is prisoner to the bishop here, at whose
hands He hath good usage and great liberty. --Shak.
2. Manners; conduct; behavior. [Obs.]
A gentle nymph was found, Hight Astery, excelling
all the crew In courteous usage. --Spenser.
3. Long-continued practice; customary mode of procedure;
custom; habitual use; method. --Chaucer.
It has now been, during many years, the grave and
decorous usage of Parliaments to hear, in respectful
silence, all expressions, acceptable or
unacceptable, which are uttered from the throne.
--Macaulay.
4. Customary use or employment, as of a word or phrase in a
particular sense or signification.
5. Experience. [Obs.]
In eld [old age] is both wisdom and usage.
--Chaucer.
Syn: Custom; use; habit.
Usage: {Usage}, {Custom}. These words, as here compared,
agree in expressing the idea of habitual practice; but
a custom is not necessarily a usage. A custom may
belong to many, or to a single individual. A usage
properly belongs to the great body of a people. Hence,
we speak of usage, not of custom, as the law of
language. Again, a custom is merely that which has
been often repeated, so as to have become, in a good
degree, established. A usage must be both often
repeated and of long standing. Hence, we speak of a
``hew custom,'' but not of a ``new usage.'' Thus,
also, the ``customs of society'' is not so strong an
expression as the ``usages of society.'' ``Custom, a
greater power than nature, seldom fails to make them
worship.'' --Locke. ``Of things once received and
confirmed by use, long usage is a law sufficient.''
--Hooker. In law, the words usage and custom are often
used interchangeably, but the word custom also has a
technical and restricted sense. See {Custom}, n., 3.
Usager \Us"a*ger\, n. [F. usager.]
One who has the use of anything in trust for another. [Obs.]
--Daniel.
Usance \Us"ance\, n. [F. See {Use}, v. t.]
1. Use; usage; employment. [Obs.] --Spenser.
2. Custom; practice; usage. [Obs.] --Gower. Chaucer.
3. Interest paid for money; usury. [Obs.] --Shak.
4. (Com.) The time, fixed variously by the usage between
different countries, when a bill of exchange is payable;
as, a bill drawn on London at one usance, or at double
usance.
Usant \Us"ant\, a. [OF.]
Using; accustomed. [Obs.] ``Usant for to steal.'' --Chaucer.
Usbegs \Us"begs\, Usbeks \Us"beks\, n. pl. (Ethnol.)
A Turkish tribe which about the close of the 15th century
conquered, and settled in, that part of Asia now called
Turkestan. [Written also {Uzbecks}, and {Uzbeks}.]
Use \Use\, n. [OE. us use, usage, L. usus, from uti, p. p. usus,
to use. See {Use}, v. t.]
1. The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's
service; the state of being so employed or applied;
application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as,
the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general
use.
Books can never teach the use of books. --Bacon.
This Davy serves you for good uses. --Shak.
When he framed All things to man's delightful use.
--Milton.
2. Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no
further use for a book. --Shak.
3. Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of
being used; usefulness; utility.
God made two great lights, great for their use To
man. --Milton.
'T is use alone that sanctifies expense. --Pope.
4. Continued or repeated practice; customary employment;
usage; custom; manner; habit.
Let later age that noble use envy. --Spenser.
How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, Seem to me
all the uses of this world! --Shak.
5. Common occurrence; ordinary experience. [R.]
O C[ae]sar! these things are beyond all use. --Shak.
6. (Eccl.) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any
diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford
use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
From henceforth all the whole realm shall have but
one use. --Pref. to
Book of Common
Prayer.
7. The premium paid for the possession and employment of
borrowed money; interest; usury. [Obs.]
Thou art more obliged to pay duty and tribute, use
and principal, to him. --Jer. Taylor.
8. [In this sense probably a corruption of OF. oes, fr. L.
opus need, business, employment, work. Cf. {Operate}.]
(Law) The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use
imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the
holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is
intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and
limited to A for the use of B.
9. (Forging) A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging,
as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by
hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
{Contingent}, or {Springing}, {use} (Law), a use to come into
operation on a future uncertain event.
{In use}.
(a) In employment; in customary practice observance.
(b) In heat; -- said especially of mares. --J. H. Walsh.
{Of no use}, useless; of no advantage.
{Of use}, useful; of advantage; profitable.
{Out of use}, not in employment.
{Resulting use} (Law), a use, which, being limited by the
deed, expires or can not vest, and results or returns to
him who raised it, after such expiration.
{Secondary}, or {Shifting}, {use}, a use which, though
executed, may change from one to another by circumstances.
--Blackstone.
{Statute of uses} (Eng. Law), the stat. 27 Henry VIII., cap.
10, which transfers uses into possession, or which unites
the use and possession.
{To make use of}, {To put to use}, to employ; to derive
service from; to use.
Use \Use\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Used}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Using}.]
[OE. usen, F. user to use, use up, wear out, LL. usare to
use, from L. uti, p. p. usus, to use, OL. oeti, oesus; of
uncertain origin. Cf. {Utility}.]
1. To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail
one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a
plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food;
to use water for irrigation.
Launcelot Gobbo, use your legs. --Shak.
Some other means I have which may be used. --Milton.
2. To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to
use a beast cruelly. ``I will use him well.'' --Shak.
How wouldst thou use me now? --Milton.
Cato has used me ill. --Addison.
3. To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use
diligence in business.
Use hospitality one to another. --1 Pet. iv.
9.
4. To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice;
to inure; -- employed chiefly in the passive participle;
as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to
hardships and danger.
I am so used in the fire to blow. --Chaucer.
Thou with thy compeers, Used to the yoke, draw'st
his triumphant wheels. --Milton.
{To use one's self}, to behave. [Obs.] ``Pray, forgive me, if
I have used myself unmannerly.'' --Shak.
{To use up}.
(a) To consume or exhaust by using; to leave nothing of;
as, to use up the supplies.
(b) To exhaust; to tire out; to leave no capacity of force
or use in; to overthrow; as, he was used up by
fatigue. [Colloq.]
Syn: Employ.
Usage: {Use}, {Employ}. We use a thing, or make use of it,
when we derive from it some enjoyment or service. We
employ it when we turn that service into a particular
channel. We use words to express our general meaning;
we employ certain technical terms in reference to a
given subject. To make use of, implies passivity in
the thing; as, to make use of a pen; and hence there
is often a material difference between the two words
when applied to persons. To speak of ``making use of
another'' generally implies a degrading idea, as if we
had used him as a tool; while employ has no such
sense. A confidential friend is employed to negotiate;
an inferior agent is made use of on an intrigue.
I would, my son, that thou wouldst use the power
Which thy discretion gives thee, to control And
manage all. --Cowper.
To study nature will thy time employ: Knowledge
and innocence are perfect joy. --Dryden.
Use \Use\, v. i.
1. To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice;
as, he used to ride daily; -- now disused in the present
tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between
``use to,'' and ``used to.''
They use to place him that shall be their captain on
a stone. --Spenser.
Fears use to be represented in an imaginary.
--Bacon.
Thus we use to say, it is the room that smokes, when
indeed it is the fire in the room. --South.
Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it
without the camp. --Ex. xxxiii.
7 (Rev. Ver.)
2. To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell;
-- sometimes followed by of. [Obs.] ``Where never foot did
use.'' --Spenser.
He useth every day to a merchant's house. --B.
Jonson.
Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of
shades, and wanton winds, and gushing brooks.
--Milton.
Useful \Use"ful\, a.
Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power
to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful
toward advancing any purpose; beneficial; profitable;
advantageous; as, vessels and instruments useful in a family;
books useful for improvement; useful knowledge; useful arts.
To what can I useful! --Milton.
Usefully \Use"ful*ly\, adv.
In a useful manner.
Usefulness \Use"ful*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being useful; utility;
serviceableness; advantage. --Addison.
Syn: Utility; value; profit. See {Utility}.
Useless \Use"less\, a.
Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good
end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end
proposed; unprofitable; ineffectual; as, a useless garment;
useless pity.
Not to sit idle with so great a gift Useless, and
thence ridiculous. --Milton.
Syn: Fruitless; ineffectual.
Usage: {Useless}, {Fruitless}, {Ineffectual}. We speak of an
attempt, effort, etc., as being useless when there are
in it inherent difficulties which forbid the hope of
success, as fruitless when it fails, not from any such
difficulties, but from some unexpected hindrance
arising to frustrate it; as, the design was rendered
fruitless by the death of its projector. Ineffectual
nearly resembles fruitless, but implies a failure of a
less hopeless character; as, after several ineffectual
efforts, I at last succeeded.
Useless are all words Till you have writ
``performance'' with your swords. The other is
for waiving. --Beau. & Fl.
Waiving all searches into antiquity, in relation
to this controversy, as being either needless or
fruitless. --Waterland.
Even our blessed Savior's preaching, who spake
as never man spake, was ineffectual to many.
--Bp.
Stillingfleet.
-- {Use"less*ly}, adv. -- {Use"less*ness}, n.
User \Us"er\, n.
1. One who uses. --Shak.
2. (Law) Enjoyment of property; use. --Mozley & W.
Usher \Ush"er\, n. [OE. ussher, uschere, OF. ussier, uisser,
oissier, hussier, huissier, fr. L. ostiarius a doorkeeper,
fr. ostium a door, entrance, fr. os mouth. See {Oral}, and
cf. {Ostiary}.]
1. An officer or servant who has the care of the door of a
court, hall, chamber, or the like; hence, an officer whose
business it is to introduce strangers, or to walk before a
person of rank. Also, one who escorts persons to seats in
a church, theater, etc. ``The ushers and the squires.''
--Chaucer.
These are the ushers of Marcius. --Shak.
Note: There are various officers of this kind attached to the
royal household in England, including the gentleman
usher of the black rod, who attends in the House of
Peers during the sessions of Parliament, and twelve or
more gentlemen ushers. See {Black rod}.
2. An under teacher, or assistant master, in a school.
Usher \Ush"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ushered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ushering}.]
To introduce or escort, as an usher, forerunner, or
harbinger; to forerun; -- sometimes followed by in or forth;
as, to usher in a stranger; to usher forth the guests; to
usher a visitor into the room.
The stars that usher evening rose. --Milton.
The Examiner was ushered into the world by a letter,
setting forth the great genius of the author.
--Addison.
Usherance \Ush"er*ance\, n.
The act of ushering, or the state of being ushered in. [Obs.]
--Shaftesbury.
Usherdom \Ush"er*dom\, n.
The office or position of an usher; ushership; also, ushers,
collectively. [R.]
Usherless \Ush"er*less\, a.
Destitute of an usher. --Marston.
Ushership \Ush"er*ship\, n.
The office of an usher; usherdom.
Usitative \Us"i*ta*tive\, a. [L. usitari to use often.]
Denoting usual or customary action. ``The usitative aorist.''
--Alford.
Usnea \Us"ne*a\, n. [NL., from Ar. usnah moss.] (Bot.)
A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long,
gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is
the common bearded lichen which grows on branches of trees in
northern forests.
Usnic \Us"nic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid obtained, as a
yellow crystalline substance, from certain genera of lichens
({Usnea}, {Parmelia}, etc.).
Usquebaugh \Us"que*baugh\, n. [Ir. or Gael. uisge beatha,
literally, water of life; uisge water + beatha life; akin to
Gr. bi`os life. See {Quick}, a., and cf. {Whisky}.]
1. A compound distilled spirit made in Ireland and Scotland;
whisky.
The Scottish returns being vested in grouse, white
hares, pickled salmon, and usquebaugh. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. A liquor compounded of brandy, or other strong spirit,
raisins, cinnamon and other spices. --Brande & C.
Usself \Us`self"\, n. pl.
Ourselves. [Obs.] --Wyclif. Piers Plowman. Chaucer.
Ustion \Us"tion\, n. [L. ustio, fr. urere, ustum, to burn: cf.
F. ustion.]
The act of burning, or the state of being burned. [R.]
--Johnson.
Ustorious \Us*to"ri*ous\, a. [L. urere, ustum, to burn.]
Having the quality of burning. [R.] --I. Watts.
Ustulate \Us"tu*late\, a. [L. ustulatus, p. p. of ustulare to
scorch, urere to burn.]
Blackened as if burned.
Ustulation \Us`tu*la"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ustulation.]
1. The act of burning or searing. [R.] --Sir W. Petty.
2. (Old Chem.) The operation of expelling one substance from
another by heat, as sulphur or arsenic from ores, in a
muffle.
3. (Pharm.)
(a) The roasting or drying of moist substances so as
prepare them for pulverizing.
(b) The burning of wine.
4. Lascivious passion; concupiscence. [Obs.]
It is not certain that they took the better part
when they chose ustulation before marriage,
expressly against the apostle. --Jer. Taylor.
Usual \U"su*al\, a. [L. usualis, from usus use: cf. F. usuel.
See {Use}, n.]
Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary
practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary;
ordinary; habitual; common.
Consultation with oracles was a thing very usual and
frequent in their times. --Hooker.
We can make friends of these usual enemies. --Baxter.
-- {U"su*al*ly}, adv. -- {U"su*al*ness}, n.
Usucaption \U`su*cap"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. usucapere,
usucaptum, to acquire by long use; usu (ablative of usus use)
+ capere to take: cf. usucapio usucaption.] (Roman Law)
The acquisition of the title or right to property by the
uninterrupted possession of it for a certain term prescribed
by law; -- the same as {prescription} in common law.
Usufruct \U"su*fruct\ (?; 277), n. [L. usufructus, ususfructus,
usus et fructus; usus use + fructus fruit.] (Law)
The right of using and enjoying the profits of an estate or
other thing belonging to another, without impairing the
substance. --Burrill.
Usufructuary \U`su*fruc"tu*a*ry\, n. [L. usufructuarius.] (Law)
A person who has the use of property and reaps the profits of
it. --Wharton.
Usufructuary \U`su*fruc"tu*a*ry\, a. (Law)
Of or pertaining to a usufruct; having the nature of a
usufruct.
The ordinary graces bequeathed by Christ to his church,
as the usufructuary property of all its members.
--Coleridge.
Usurarious \U`su*ra"ri*ous\, Usurary \U"su*ra*ry\, a. [L.
usurarius that serves for use, that pays interest. See
{Usurer}.]
Usurious. [Obs.] ``Usurarious contracts.'' --Jer. Taylor. Bp.
Hall.
Usure \U"sure\ (?; 115), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Usured}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Usuring}.] [Cf. OF. usurer, LL. usurare.]
To practice usury; to charge unlawful interest. [Obs.] ``The
usuringb senate.'' --Shak.
I usured not ne to me usured any man. --Wyclif (Jer.
xv. 10).
Usure \U"sure\, n. [F.]
Usury. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
Foul usure and lucre of villainy. --Chaucer.
Usurer \U"su*rer\, n. [F. usurier, LL. usurarius. See {Usury},
and cf. {Usurarious}.]
1. One who lends money and takes interest for it; a money
lender. [Obs.]
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor
by thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer,
neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. --Ex. xxii.
25.
2. One who lends money at a rate of interest beyond that
established by law; one who exacts an exorbitant rate of
interest for the use of money.
He was wont to call me usurer. --Shak.
Usurious \U*su"ri*ous\ (?; 277), a. [From {Usury}.]
1. Practicing usury; taking illegal or exorbitant interest
for the use of money; as, a usurious person.
2. Partaking of usury; containing or involving usury; as, a
usurious contract. -- {U*su"ri*ous*ly}, adv. --
{U*su"ri*ous*ness}, n.
Usurp \U*surp"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Usurped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Usurping}.] [L. usurpare, usurpatum, to make use of, enjoy,
get possession of, usurp; the first part of usurpare is akin
to usus use (see {Use}, n.): cf. F. usurper.]
To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right;
as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the
crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to
oust or dispossess him.
Alack, thou dost usurp authority. --Shak.
Another revolution, to get rid of this illegitimate and
usurped government, would of course be perfectly
justifiable. --Burke.
Note: Usurp is applied to seizure and use of office,
functions, powers, rights, etc.; it is not applied to
common dispossession of private property.
Syn: To arrogate; assume; appropriate.
Usurp \U*surp"\, v. i.
To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the
like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be,
or act as, a usurper.
The parish churches on which the Presbyterians and
fanatics had usurped. --Evelyn.
And now the Spirits of the Mind Are busy with poor
Peter Bell; Upon the rights of visual sense Usurping,
with a prevalence More terrible than magic spell.
--Wordsworth.
Usurpant \U*surp"ant\, a. [L. usurpans, p. pr.]
Usurping; encroaching. [Obs.] --Gauden.
Usurpation \U`sur*pa"tion\, n. [L. usurpatio ? making use,
usurpation: cf. F. usurpation.]
1. The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an
authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power,
especially an infringing on the rights of others;
specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; --
commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the
usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme
power.
He contrived their destruction, with the usurpation of the
regal dignity upon him. --Sir T. More.
A law [of a State] which is a usurpation upon the general
government. --O.
Ellsworth.
Manifest usurpation on the rights of other States. --D.
Webster.
Note: Usurpation, in a peculiar sense, formerly denoted the
absolute ouster and dispossession of the patron of a
church, by a stranger presenting a clerk to a vacant
benefice, who us thereupon admitted and instituted.
2. Use; usage; custom. [Obs.] --Bp. Pearson.
Usurpatory \U*surp"a*to*ry\, a. [L. usurpatorius.]
Marked by usurpation; usurping. [R.]
Usurpature \U*surp"a*ture\, n.
Usurpation. [R.] ``Beneath man's usurpature.'' --R. Browning.
Usurper \U*surp"er\, n.
One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on
sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of
the rights of a patron.
A crown will not want pretenders to claim it, not
usurpers, if their power serves them, to possess it.
--South.
Usurpingly \U*surp"ing*ly\, adv.
In a usurping manner.
Usury \U"su*ry\, n. [OE. usurie, usure, F. usure, L. usura use,
usury, interest, fr. uti, p. p. usus, to use. See {Use}, v.
t.]
1. A premium or increase paid, or stipulated to be paid, for
a loan, as of money; interest. [Obs. or Archaic]
Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury
of money, usury of victuals, usury of anything that
is lent upon usury. --Deut. xxiii.
19.
Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the
exchanges, and then at my coming I should have
received mine own with usury. --Matt. xxv.
27.
What he borrows from the ancients, he repays with
usury of ??is own. --Dryden.
2. The practice of taking interest. [Obs.]
Usury . . . bringeth the treasure of a realm or
state into a few ??nds. --Bacon.
3. (Law) Interest in excess of a legal rate charged to a
borrower for the use of money.
Note: The practice of requiring in repayment of money lent
anything more than the amount lent, was formerly
thought to be a great moral wrong, and the greater, the
more was taken. Now it is not deemed more wrong to take
pay for the use of money than for the use of a house,
or a horse, or any other property. But the lingering
influence of the former opinion, together with the fact
that the nature of money makes it easier for the lender
to oppress the borrower, has caused nearly all
Christian nations to fix by law the rate of
compensation for the use of money. Of late years,
however, the opinion that money should be borrowed and
repaid, or bought and sold, upon whatever terms the
parties should agree to, like any other property, has
gained ground everywhere. --Am. Cyc.
Ut \Ut\, n. (Min.)
The first note in Guido's musical scale, now usually
superseded by do. See {Solmization}.
Utas \U"tas\, n. [OF. huitieves, witieves, witaves, oitieves,
pl. of huitieve, witieve, etc., eighth, L. octavus. See
{Octave}, n.] [Written also {utis}.]
1. (O. Eng. Law) The eighth day after any term or feast; the
octave; as, the utas of St. Michael. --Cowell.
The marriage was celebrated and Canterbury, and in
the utas of St. Hilary next ensuing she was crowned.
--Holinshed.
2. Hence, festivity; merriment. [Obs.] --Shak.
Utensil \U*ten"sil\ (?; 277), n. [F. utensile, ustensile, L.
utensile, fr. utensilis that may be used, fit for use, fr.
uti, p. p. usus, to use. See {Use}, v. t.]
That which is used; an instrument; an implement; especially,
an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and
farming business.
Wagons fraught with utensils of war. --Milton.
Uterine \U"ter*ine\ (?; 277), a. [L. uterinus born of the same
mother, from uterus womb: cf. F. ut['e]rin.]
1. Of or instrument to the uterus, or womb.
2. Born of the same mother, but by a different father.
Walter Pope, uterine brother to Dr. Joh. Wilki??.
--Wood.
Uterogestation \U`te*ro*ges*ta"tion\, n. [Uterus + gestation.]
Gestation in the womb from conception to birth; pregnancy.
--Pritchard.
Uterovaginal \U`te*ro*vag"i*nal\, n. [Uterus + vaginal.]
Pertaining to both the uterus and the vagina.
Uterus \U"te*rus\, n. [L.]
1. (Anat.) The organ of a female mammal in which the young
are developed previous to birth; the womb.
Note: The uterus is simply an enlargement of the oviduct, and
in the lower mammals there is one on each side, but in
the higher forms the two become more or less completely
united into one. In many male mammals there is a small
vesicle, opening into the urinogenital canal, which
corresponds to the uterus of the female and is called
the male uterus, or [NL.] uterus masculinus.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A receptacle, or pouch, connected with the
oviducts of many invertebrates in which the eggs are
retained until they hatch or until the embryos develop
more or less. See Illust. of {Hermaphrodite} in Append.
Utes \Utes\, n. pl.; sing. {Ute}. (Ethnol.)
An extensive tribe of North American Indians of the Shoshone
stock, inhabiting Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and
adjacent regions. They are subdivided into several
subordinate tribes, some of which are among the most degraded
of North American Indians.
Utia \U"ti*a\, n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any species of large West Indian rodents of the genus
{Capromys}, or {Utia}. In general appearance and habits they
resemble rats, but they are as large as rabbits.
Utica \U"ti*ca\, a. [So called from Utica, in New York.] (Geol.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a subdivision of the
Trenton Period of the Lower Silurian, characterized in the
State of New York by beds of shale.
Utile \U"tile\, a. [L. utilis, fr. uti to use: cf. F. utile. See
{Use}, v. t.]
Profitable; useful. [Obs.]
Utilitarian \U*til`i*ta"ri*an\, a. [See {Utility}.]
1. Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; ?iming
at utility as distinguished from beauty, ornament, etc.;
sometimes, reproachfully, evincing, or characterized by, a
regard for utility of a lower kind, or marked by a sordid
spirit; as, utilitarian narrowness; a utilitarian
indifference to art.
2. Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting
utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the
Utilitarian Society. --J. S. Mill.
Utilitarian \U*til`i*ta"ri*an\, n.
One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism.
The utilitarians are for merging all the particular
virtues into one, and would substitute in their place
the greatest usefulness, as the alone principle to
which every question respecting the morality of actions
should be referred. --Chalmers.
But what is a utilitarian? Simply one who prefers the
useful to the useless; and who does not? --Sir W.
Hamilton.
Utilitarianism \U*til`i*ta"ri*an*ism\, n.
1. The doctrine that the greatest happiness of the greatest
number should be the end and aim of all social and
political institutions. --Bentham.
2. The doctrine that virtue is founded in utility, or that
virtue is defined and enforced by its tendency to promote
the highest happiness of the universe. --J. S. Mill.
3. The doctrine that utility is the sole standard of
morality, so that the rectitude of an action is determined
by its usefulness.
Utility \U*til"i*ty\, n. [OE. utilite, F. utilit['e], L.
utilitas, fr. utilis useful. See {Utile}.]
1. The quality or state of being useful; usefulness;
production of good; profitableness to some valuable end;
as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the
sciences; the utility of medicines.
The utility of the enterprises was, however, so
great and obvious that all opposition proved
useless. --Macaulay.
2. (Polit. Econ.) Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants;
intrinsic value. See Note under {Value}, 2.
Value in use is utility, and nothing else, and in
political economy should be called by that name and
no other. --F. A.
Walker.
3. Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the
greatest number, -- the foundation of utilitarianism. --J.
S. Mill.
Syn: Usefulness; advantageous; benefit; profit; avail;
service.
Usage: {Utility}, {Usefulness}. Usefulness has an Anglo-Saxon
prefix, utility is Latin; and hence the former is used
chiefly of things in the concrete, while the latter is
employed more in a general and abstract sense. Thus,
we speak of the utility of an invention, and the
usefulness of the thing invented; of the utility of an
institution, and the usefulness of an individual. So
beauty and utility (not usefulness) are brought into
comparison. Still, the words are often used
interchangeably.
Utilizable \U"til*i`za*ble\, a.
Capable of being utilized; as, the utilizable products of the
gas works.
Utilization \U`til*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. utilization.]
The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized.
Utilize \U"til*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Utilized}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Utilizing}.] [Cf. F. utiliser.]
To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make
use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to
utilize one's opportunities.
In former ages, the mile-long corridors, with their
numerous alcoves, might have been utilized as . . .
dungeons. --Hawthorne.
Uti possidetis \U`ti pos`si*de"tis\ [L., as you possess.]
1. (Internat. Law) The basis or principle of a treaty which
leaves belligerents mutually in possession of what they
have acquired by their arms during the war. --Brande & C.
2. (Roman Law) A species of interdict granted to one who was
in possession of an immovable thing, in order that he
might be declared the legal possessor. --Burrill.
Utis \U"tis\, n.
See {Utas}. [Obs.]
Utlary \Ut"la*ry\, n.
Outlawry. [Obs.] --Camden.
Utmost \Ut"most`\, a. [OE. utmeste, utemest, AS. ?temest, a
superlative fr. ?te out. ????. See {Out}, and cf.
{Aftermost}, {Outmost}, {Uttermost}.]
1. Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out;
most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land;
the utmost extent of human knowledge. --Spenser.
We coasted within two leagues of Antibes, which is
the utmost town in France. --Evelyn.
Betwixt two thieves I spend my utmost breath.
--Herbert.
2. Being in the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number,
or the like; greatest; as, the utmost assiduity; the
utmost harmony; the utmost misery or happiness.
He shall answer . . . to his utmost peril. --Shak.
Six or seven thousand is their utmost power. --Shak.
Utmost \Ut"most`\, n.
The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power,
degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your
utmost.
We have tried the utmost of our friends. --Shak.
Utopia \U*to"pi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. not + ? a place.]
1. An imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a
work called Utopia, as enjoying the greatest perfection in
politics, laws, and the like. See {Utopia}, in the
Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
2. Hence, any place or state of ideal perfection.
Utopian \U*to"pi*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal;
chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary
perfections; as, Utopian projects; Utopian happiness.
Utopian \U*to"pi*an\, n.
An inhabitant of Utopia; hence, one who believes in the
perfectibility of human society; a visionary; an idealist; an
optimist. --Hooker.
Utopianism \U*to"pi*an*ism\, n.
The ideas, views, aims, etc., of a Utopian; impracticable
schemes of human perfection; optimism.
Utopianist \U*to"pi*an*ist\, n.
An Utopian; an optimist.
Utopical \U*to"pic*al\, a.
Utopian; ideal. [Obs.] ``Utopical perfection.'' --Bp. Hall.
Utopist \U*to"pist\, n.
A Utopian.
Utraquist \U"tra*quist\, n. [L. uterque, fem. utraque, both.]
One who receives the eucharist in both kinds; esp., one of a
body of Hussites who in the 15th century fought for the right
to do this. Called also {Calixtines}.
Utricle \U"tri*cle\, n. [L. utriculus a little womb, a calycle,
dim. of uter, utris, a bag or bottle made of an animal's
hide: cf. F. utricule.]
1. A little sac or vesicle, as the air cell of fucus, or
seaweed.
2. (Physiol.) A microscopic cell in the structure of an egg,
animal, or plant.
3. (Bot.) A small, thin-walled, one-seeded fruit, as of
goosefoot. --Gray.
4. (Anat.) A utriculus.
Utricular \U*tric"u*lar\, a. [Cf. F. utriculaire.]
1. Of or pertaining to a utricle, or utriculus; containing,
or furnished with, a utricle or utricles; utriculate; as,
a utricular plant.
2. Resembling a utricle or bag, whether large or minute; --
said especially with reference to the condition of certain
substances, as sulphur, selenium, etc., when condensed
from the vaporous state and deposited upon cold bodies, in
which case they assume the form of small globules filled
with liquid.
Utricularia \U*tric`u*la"ri*a\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersed
leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See {Ascidium},
Utriculate \U*tric"u*late\, a.
Resembling a bladder; swollen like a bladder; inflated;
utricular. --Dana.
Utriculoid \U*tric"u*loid\, a. [L. utriculus a little womb, a
calycle + -oid.]
Resembling a bladder; utricular; utriculate. --Dana.
Utriculus \U*tric"u*lus\, n. [L., a little womb or matrix, a
calycle.] (Anat.)
A little sac, or bag; a utricle; especially, a part of the
membranous labyrinth of the ear. See the Note under {Ear}.
Utro \U"tro\
- (?). A combining form used in anatomy to indicate
connection with, or relation to, the uterus; as in
utro-ovarian.
Utter \Ut"ter\, a. [OE. utter, originally the same word as
outer. See {Out}, and cf. {Outer}, {Utmost}.]
1. Outer. ``Thine utter eyen.'' --Chaucer. [Obs.] ``By him a
shirt and utter mantle laid.'' --Chapman.
As doth an hidden moth The inner garment fret, not
th' utter touch. --Spenser.
2. Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the
center; outer. [Obs.]
Through utter and through middle darkness borne.
--Milton.
The very utter part pf Saint Adelmes point is five
miles from Sandwich. --Holinshed.
3. Complete; perfect; total; entire; absolute; as, utter
ruin; utter darkness.
They . . . are utter strangers to all those anxious
thoughts which disquiet mankind. --Atterbury.
4. Peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; final; as, an
utter refusal or denial. --Clarendon.
{Utter bar} (Law), the whole body of junior barristers. See
{Outer bar}, under 1st {Outer}. [Eng.]
{Utter barrister} (Law), one recently admitted as barrister,
who is accustomed to plead without, or outside, the bar,
as distinguished from the benchers, who are sometimes
permitted to plead within the bar. [Eng.] --Cowell.
Utter \Ut"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Uttered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Uttering}.] [OE. outren, freq. of outen to utter, put out,
AS. [=u]tian to put out, eject, fr. [=u]t out. [root]198. See
{Out}, and cf. {Utter}, a.]
1. To put forth or out; to reach out. [Obs.]
How bragly [proudly] it begins to bud, And utter his
tender head. --Spenser.
2. To dispose of in trade; to sell or vend. [Obs.]
Such mortal drugs I have, but Mantua's law Is death
to any he that utters them. --Shak.
They bring it home, and utter it commonly by the
name of Newfoundland fish. --Abp. Abbot.
3. hence, to put in circulation, as money; to put off, as
currency; to cause to pass in trade; -- often used,
specifically, of the issue of counterfeit notes or coins,
forged or fraudulent documents, and the like; as, to utter
coin or bank notes.
The whole kingdom should continue in a firm
resolution never to receive or utter this fatal
coin. --Swift.
4. To give public expression to; to disclose; to publish; to
speak; to pronounce. ``Sweet as from blest, uttering
joy.'' --Milton.
The words I utter Let none think flattery, for they
'll find 'em truth. --Shak.
And the last words he uttered called me cruel.
--Addison.
Syn: To deliver; give forth; issue; liberate; discharge;
pronounce. See {Deliver}.
Utterable \Ut"ter*a*ble\, a.
Capable of being uttered.
Utterance \Ut"ter*ance\, n.
1. The act of uttering. Specifically:
(a) Sale by offering to the public. [Obs.] --Bacon.
(b) Putting in circulation; as, the utterance of false
coin, or of forged notes.
(c) Vocal expression; articulation; speech.
At length gave utterance to these words.
--Milton.
2. Power or style of speaking; as, a good utterance.
They . . . began to speak with other tongues, as the
Spirit gave them utterance. --Acts ii. 4.
O, how unlike To that large utterance of the early
gods! --Keats.
Utterance \Ut"ter*ance\, n. [F. outrance. See {Outrance}.]
The last extremity; the end; death; outrance. [Obs.]
Annibal forced those captives whom he had taken of our
men to skirmish one against another to the utterance.
--Holland.
Utterer \Ut"ter*er\, n.
One who utters. --Spenser.
Utterest \Ut"ter*est\, obs. superl. of {Utter}.
Uttermost.
To the utterest proof of her courage. --Chaucer.
Utterless \Ut"ter*less\, a.
Incapable of being uttered. [Obs.]
A clamoring debate of utterless things. --Milton.
Utterly \Ut"ter*ly\, adv.
In an utter manner; to the full extent; fully; totally; as,
utterly ruined; it is utterly vain.
Uttermore \Ut"ter*more`\, a. [Cf. {Uttermost}.]
Further; outer; utter. [Obs. & R.] --Holland.
Uttermost \Ut"ter*most\, a. [From {Utter}, a.; cf. {Utmost}, and
{Outermost}.]
Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest
degree; as, the uttermost extent or end. ``In this uttermost
distress.'' --Milton.
Uttermost \Ut"ter*most`\, n.
The utmost; the highest or greatest degree; the farthest
extent. --Tennyson.
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost
that come unto God by him. --Heb. vii.
25.
He cannot have sufficient honor done unto him; but the
uttermost we can do, we must. --Hooker.
Utterness \Ut"ter*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being utter, or extreme; extremity;
utmost; uttermost. [R.]
Uva \U"va\, n. [L., a grape.] (Bot.)
A small pulpy or juicy fruit containing several seeds and
having a thin skin, as a grape.
Uvate \U"vate\, n. [L. uva grape.]
A conserve made of grapes.
Uva-ursi \U`va-ur"si\, n. [NL., fr. L. uva grape + ursus bear.]
(Bot.)
The bearberry.
Uvea \U"ve*a\, n. [NL., fr. L. uva grape.] (Anat.)
The posterior pigmented layer of the iris; -- sometimes
applied to the whole iris together with the choroid coat.
Uveous \U"ve*ous\, a. [See {Uvea}.]
Resembling a grape.
Uvic \U"vic\, a. [L. uva grape.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, grapes; specifically,
designating an organic acid, {C7H8O3} (also called
pyrotritartaric acid), obtained as a white crystalline
substance by the decomposition of tartaric and pyrotartaric
acids.
Uvitic \U*vit"ic\, a. [From L. uva a grape. So called because it
may be produced indirectly from tartaric acid, which is found
in the grape.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, {CH3C6H3(CO2H)2},
obtained as a white crystalline substance by the partial
oxidation of mesitylene; -- called also mesitic acid.
Uvitonic \U`vi*ton"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained as a
white crystalline substance by the action of ammonia on
pyrotartaric acid.
Uvrou \U"vrou\, n.
See {Euphroe}.
Uvula \U"vu*la\, n. [NL., dim of L. uva a grape, the uvula.]
(Anat.)
The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border
of the soft palate.
Note: The term is also applied to a somewhat similar lobe on
the under side of the cerebellum and to another on the
inner surface of the neck of the bladder.
Uvular \U"vu*lar\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to a uvula.
Uvulatome \U"vu*la*tome\, n. [Uvula + Gr. ? to cut.] (Surg.)
An instrument for removing the uvula.
Uvulatomy \U`vu*lat"o*my\, n. (Surg.)
The operation of removing the uvula.
Uwarowite \U*wa"ro*wite\, n. (Min.)
Ouvarovite.
Uxorial \Ux*o"ri*al\, a. [See {Uxorious}.]
Dotingly fond of, or servilely submissive to, a wife;
uxorious; also, becoming a wife; pertaining to a wife. [R.]
The speech [of Zipporah, Ex. iv. 25] is not a speech of
reproach or indignation, but of uxorial endearment.
--Geddes.
Uxoricidal \Ux*or"i*ci`dal\, a.
Of or pertaining to uxoricide; tending to uxoricide.
Uxoricide \Ux*or"i*cide\, n. [L. uxor wife + caedere to kill.]
1. The murder of a wife by her husband.
2. One who murders his wife.
Uxorious \Ux*o"ri*ous\, a. [L. uxorius, fr. uxor a wife.]
Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife; being a
dependent husband. ``Uxorious magistrates.'' --Milton.
How wouldst thou insult, When I must live uxorious to
thy will In perfect thraldom! --Milton.
-- {Uxo*o"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ux*o"ri*ous*ness}, {n}.
Uzema \U"ze*ma\, n.
A Burman measure of twelve miles.