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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Un-săt'is-făc'tion, n.p. 1449Dissatisfaction. [Obs.]
  2. Un-sā'vor-i-ly, adv.p. 1449In an unsavory manner.
  3. Un-sā'vor-i-ness, n.p. 1449The state or quality of being unsavory.
  4. Un-sā'vor-y, a.p. 1449Not savory; having no savor; tasteless; insipid. 2. Disagreeable to the taste or smell; offensive; disgusting.
  5. Un-sāy', v. t.p. 1449To recant or recall, as what has been said; to retract; to take back again; to make as if not said. It means that you can say and unsay things at pleasure. Goldsmith.
  6. Un-sēale', v. t.p. 1449To divest of scales. “Purging and unscaling her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance.” Milton.
  7. Un-sci'ence, n.p. 1449Want of science or knowledge; ignorance. [Obs.] If any wight ween a thing to be otherwise than it is, it is not only unscience, but it is deceivable opinion. Chaucer.
  8. Un-screw', v. t.p. 1449To draw the screws from; to loose from screws; to unfasten; to loosen or withdraw, as a screw, by turning it.
  9. Un-scrip'tūr-al, a.p. 1449Not agreeable to the Scriptures; not warranted by the authority of the word of God; as, an unscriptural doctrine.
  10. Un-seript'ūr-al-ly, adv.p. 1449In an unscriptural manner; in a manner not according with the Scriptures.
  11. Un-scru'pu-lōŭs, a.p. 1449Not scrupulous; having no scruples; unprincipled; unrestrained; ruthless.
  12. Un-scru'pu-lōŭs-ly, adv.p. 1449In an unscrupulous manner.
  13. Un-scru'pu-lōus-ness, n.p. 1449The state or quality of being unscrupulous; want of scrupulousness.
  14. Un-serū'ta-ble, a.p. 1449Inscrutable. [Rare.]
  15. Un-seŭtch'eoned, a.p. 1449Deprived or destitute of an escutcheon; not honored with a coat of arms. Pollok.
  16. Un-sēal', v. t.p. 1449To 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.” W. Scott.
  17. Un-sēam′, v. t.p. 1449To open the seam or seams of; to rip; to cut open.
  18. Un-sēarch'a-ble, a.p. 1449Not searchable; impenetrable by searching or exploring; inscrutable; hidden; mysterious. The counsels of God are to us unsearchable. Rogers.
  19. Un-sēarch'a-ble-ness, n.p. 1449The quality or state of being unsearchable, or beyond the power of man to explore.
  20. Un-sēarch'a-bly, adv.p. 1449In an unsearchable manner; in a manner so as not to be explored.
  21. Un-sēa'son, v. t.p. 1449To make unseasonable. 2. To strike unseasonably; to effect, or cause to effect, unfavorably; to make disagreeable. Why do I send this rustic madrigal, That may thy tuneful ear unseason quite? Spencer.
  22. Un-sea'son-a-ble, a.p. 1449Not seasonable; not in the proper season or time; ill-timed; untimely; as, he called at an unseasonable hour. 2. Beyond the usual time; late; as, he came home at an unseasonable time of night. 3. Not…
  23. Un-sēa'son-a-ble-ness, n.p. 1449Quality or state of being unseasonable, ill-timed, or out of the usual time
  24. Un-sēa'son-a-bly, adv.p. 1450In an unseasonable manner; not seasonably; not in due time, or not in the usual time.
  25. Un-sēat', v. t.p. 1450To throw from the seat; to deprive of a seat.
  26. Un-sēa'wor-thi-ness, n.p. 1450The state of being unseaworthy, or unable to sustain the ordinary violence of the sea in a tempest.
  27. Un-sēa'wor-thy, a.p. 1450Not fit for a voyage; not in a fit state, as to repairs, equipments, crew, and all respects, to encounter the ordinary perils of a sea-voyage; as, the ship is unseaworthy.
  28. Un-sĕc'ond-ed, a.p. 1450Not seconded; not supported; as, the motion was unseconded; the attempt was unseconded. 2. Not exemplified a second time. [Obs.]
  29. Un-sē'eret, v. t.p. 1450To disclose; to divulge. [Obs.]
  30. Un-sē'cret, a.p. 1450Not secret; not close; not trusty. [Obs.]
  31. Un-sēe'ū-lar-ize, v. t.p. 1450To cause to become not secular; to detach from secular things; to alienate from the world; to hallow.
  32. Īn'se-cūre', a.p. 1450Insecure. [Obs.]
  33. Un-seen', v. i.p. 1450Not to seem. [Obs.] Shak.
  34. Un-seem'li-ness, n.p. 1450The quality of being unseemly; uncomeliness; indecency; indecorum; impropriety.
  35. Un-seem'ly, a.p. 1450Not seemly; not fit or becoming; uncomely; unbecoming; indecent. My sons, let your unseemly discord cease. Dryden.
  36. Un-seem'ly, adv.p. 1450In an unseemly or unbecoming manner; indecently.
  37. Un-seen', a.p. 1450Not seen; not discovered; invisible; not discoverable; as, the unseen God. 2. Unskilled; inexperienced. [Obs.] Clarendon.
  38. Un-sĕl'dŏm, adv.p. 1450Not seldom; sometimes; frequently. [Rare.]
  39. Un-sē'ly, a.p. 1450Not blessed or happy; wretched. [Written also unsilly.] [Obs.]
  40. Un-sēm'i-nāred, a.p. 1450Deprived of virility, or seminal energy: made a eunuch. [Obs.] Shak.
  41. Un-sēn'sed', a.p. 1450Wanting a distinct meaning; without a certain signification. [Rare.] Puller.
  42. Un-sēn'si-ble, a.p. 1450Insensible. [Obs.]
  43. Un-sĕp'a-ra-ble, a.p. 1450Inseparable. [Obs.]
  44. Un-sēp'ul-chered or Un-sēp'ul-chered (-kerd), a.p. 1450Having no grave; unburied.
  45. Un-sēp'ul-tūred, a.p. 1450Unburied.
  46. Un-sĕt'tle, v. t.p. 1450To move or loosen from a fixed state; to unhinge; to make uncertain or fluctuating; to unfix; as, to unsettle doctrines and opinions.
  47. Un-sĕt'tle, v. i.p. 1450To become unfixed. Shak.
  48. Un-sĕt'tle-ment, n.p. 1450Unsettled state; irresolution. [Rare.] Barrow.
  49. Un-sēv'en, v. t.p. 1450To render other than seven; to make to be no longer seven. [Obs. and rare.] “To unseven the sacraments of the church of Rome.” Fuller.
  50. Un-sĕx', v. t.p. 1450To deprive of the sex; to make of the other sex. Is it for this the Spanish maid, aroused, Hangs on the willow her unstrung guitar, And, all unsexed, the anlace hath espoused, Sung the loud song, and…
  51. Un-shăck'le, v. t.p. 1450To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter; as, to unshackle the hands; to unshackle the mind.
  52. Un-shāk'a-ble, a.p. 1450Not to be shaken. [Obs.] Shak.
  53. Un-shāked', a.p. 1450Unshaken. [Obs.] Shak.
  54. Un-shāle', v. t.p. 1450To strip off husks from; to uncover; to expose. [Obs.] Shak. I will not unshale the jest before it be ripe. Marston.
  55. Un-shāpe', v. t.p. 1450To deprive of shape; to throw out of form or into disorder; to confound; to derange. [Rare.] Shak.
  56. Un-shāp'en, a.p. 1450Misshapen; deformed; ugly.
  57. Un-sheàthe', v. t.p. 1450To draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword; hence, to unsheathe the sword sometimes signifies to commence or make war.
  58. Un-shēll′, v. t.p. 1450To strip the shell from; to take out of the shell; to shell.
  59. Un-shĕlve', v. t.p. 1450To remove from a shelf.
  60. Un-ship’, v. t.p. 1450To take out of a ship or other water-craft; as, to unship goods. 2. To remove, as any part or implement, from the place in a ship or post where it is fixed or fitted; as, to unship an oar; to unship…