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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-sēn'sed', a.p. 1450Wanting a distinct meaning; without a certain signification. [Rare.] Puller.
  2. Un-sēn'si-ble, a.p. 1450Insensible. [Obs.]
  3. Un-sĕp'a-ra-ble, a.p. 1450Inseparable. [Obs.]
  4. Un-sēp'ul-chered or Un-sēp'ul-chered (-kerd), a.p. 1450Having no grave; unburied.
  5. Un-sēp'ul-tūred, a.p. 1450Unburied.
  6. 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.
  7. Un-sĕt'tle, v. i.p. 1450To become unfixed. Shak.
  8. Un-sĕt'tle-ment, n.p. 1450Unsettled state; irresolution. [Rare.] Barrow.
  9. 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.
  10. 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…
  11. 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.
  12. Un-shāk'a-ble, a.p. 1450Not to be shaken. [Obs.] Shak.
  13. Un-shāked', a.p. 1450Unshaken. [Obs.] Shak.
  14. 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.
  15. Un-shāpe', v. t.p. 1450To deprive of shape; to throw out of form or into disorder; to confound; to derange. [Rare.] Shak.
  16. Un-shāp'en, a.p. 1450Misshapen; deformed; ugly.
  17. 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.
  18. Un-shēll′, v. t.p. 1450To strip the shell from; to take out of the shell; to shell.
  19. Un-shĕlve', v. t.p. 1450To remove from a shelf.
  20. 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…
  21. Un-ship'ment, n.p. 1450The act of unshipping, or the state of being unshipped.
  22. Un-shirt'ed, a.p. 1450Not covered with a shirt.
  23. Un-shōt', v. t.p. 1450To remove the shot from, as a piece of ordnance; to take out the shot of.
  24. Un-shout', v. t.p. 1450To retract, as a shout. [Obs. and rare.] Shak.
  25. Un-shroud', v. t.p. 1450To remove the shroud from; to uncover.
  26. Un-shūt', v. t.p. 1450To open, or throw open. [Obs.]
  27. Un-sight' (-sīt'), a.p. 1450Without sight; not seeing or examining. [Colloq. and vulgar.] Unsight unseen, a vulgar phrase, denoting unseeing unseen, or unseen repeated; as, to buy a thing unsight unseen, that is, without seeing…
  28. Un-sight'a-ble, a.p. 1450Invisible. [Obs.]
  29. Un-sight'ed, a.p. 1450Invisible. [Obs.]
  30. Un-sight'li-ness, n.p. 1450The quality of being unsightly; ugliness.
  31. Un-sight'ly, a.p. 1450Not sightly; disagreeable to the eye; ugly; deformed. “Among the rest a small unsightly root.” Milton.
  32. Un'sig-nif'i-cant, a.p. 1450Insignificant. [Obs.]
  33. Un-sĭl'ly, a.p. 1450See UNSELY. [Obs.]
  34. Un-sĭn’, v. t.p. 1450To deprive, as a sin, of sinful character or quality; to cause to be no sin. [Obs.] When a sin is past, grief may lessen it, but not unsin it. Feltham.
  35. Ŭn'sin-cēre', a.p. 1450Insincere. [Obs.]
  36. Ŭn'sin-çēre'ness or Ŭn'sin-çĕr'i-ty, n.p. 1450Insincerity; cheat. [Obs.]
  37. Un-sĭn'ew, v. t.p. 1450To deprive of strength or of sinews. [Rare.] Dryden.
  38. Un-sĭst'ing, a.p. 1450Not opposing or resisting; unable to resist. [Obs.] Shak.
  39. Un-sĭt'ting, a.p. 1450Not sitting well; not becoming or suiting. [Obs.] “Unsitting words.” Sir T. Elyot.
  40. Un-skĭll'ful, a.p. 1450Not skillful; wanting the knowledge and dexterity which are acquired by observation, use, and experience; awkward; bungling; clumsy; as, an unskillful surgeon; an unskillful mechanic; an unskillful…
  41. Un-skĭll'ful-ly, adv.p. 1450In an unskillful manner; awkwardly; clumsily. [Written also unskilfully.]
  42. Un-skĭll'ful-ness, n.p. 1450The quality of being unskillful; want of art or knowledge; want of that readiness in action or execution, which is acquired by use, experience, and observation; awkwardness; clumsiness. [Written also…
  43. Un-slĭng', v. t.p. 1450(Naut.) To take off the slings of, as a yard, a cask, or the like; to release from the slings. Totten.
  44. Un-slūiçe', v. t.p. 1450To open the sluice or sluices of; to free from any thing that prevents the flow of; to let flow; to open.
  45. Un-sō'cia-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 1450The state or quality of being unsociable; unsociableness.
  46. Un-sō'cia-ble, a.p. 1450Not sociable; not inclined to society; averse to companionship or conversation; solitary; reserved; as, an unsociable person or temper.
  47. Un-sō'cia-ble-ness, n.p. 1450The state or quality of being unsociable.
  48. Un-sō'cia-bly, adv.p. 1450In an unsociable manner; reservedly.
  49. Un-sŏck'et, v. t.p. 1450To loose or take from a socket.
  50. Un-sŏd'er, v. t.p. 1450To separate, as what is sodered.
  51. Un-sŏft', a.p. 1450Not soft; hard. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  52. Un-sŏft', adv.p. 1450Not softly. [Obs.] Great climbers fall unsoft. Spenser.
  53. Un-sŏl'der, v. t.p. 1450To separate or disunite, as what has been soldered; hence, to divide; to sunder; to unsoder. The sequel of to-day unsolders all The goodliest fellowship of famous nights Whereof this world holds…
  54. Un-sōl'diered, a.p. 1450Not having the qualities of a soldier. [Obs.] Beau.
  55. Un-sŏl'em-nīze, v. t.p. 1450To divest of solemnity.
  56. Un-sō'na-ble, a.p. 1450Incapable of being sounded. [Obs.]
  57. Un-sŏn'sy, a.p. 1450Unlucky; not fortunate. [Written also unsonsie.] [Scot.]
  58. Un-sōot’, a.p. 1450Unsweet. [Obs.] Spenser.
  59. Un-sōul’, v. t.p. 1450To deprive of soul, mind, or understanding. [Rare.] Shelton.
  60. Un-sound', a.p. 1450Not sound; wanting any thing essential; deficient; defective; as, unsound timber. 2. Infirm; sickly; as, unsound in health; an unsound constitution. 3. Not orthodox; defective; as, unsound in faith…