Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Un-shāked', a. p. 1450Unshaken. [Obs.] Shak.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.Un-shāpe', v. t. p. 1450To deprive of shape; to throw out of form or into disorder; to confound; to derange. [Rare.] Shak.Un-shāp'en, a. p. 1450Misshapen; deformed; ugly.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.Un-shēll′, v. t. p. 1450To strip the shell from; to take out of the shell; to shell.Un-shĕlve', v. t. p. 1450To remove from a shelf.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…Un-ship'ment, n. p. 1450The act of unshipping, or the state of being unshipped.Un-shirt'ed, a. p. 1450Not covered with a shirt.Un-shōt', v. t. p. 1450To remove the shot from, as a piece of ordnance; to take out the shot of.Un-shout', v. t. p. 1450To retract, as a shout. [Obs. and rare.] Shak.Un-shroud', v. t. p. 1450To remove the shroud from; to uncover.Un-shūt', v. t. p. 1450To open, or throw open. [Obs.]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…Un-sight'a-ble, a. p. 1450Invisible. [Obs.]Un-sight'ed, a. p. 1450Invisible. [Obs.]Un-sight'li-ness, n. p. 1450The quality of being unsightly; ugliness.Un-sight'ly, a. p. 1450Not sightly; disagreeable to the eye; ugly; deformed. “Among the rest a small unsightly root.” Milton.Un'sig-nif'i-cant, a. p. 1450Insignificant. [Obs.]Un-sĭl'ly, a. p. 1450See UNSELY. [Obs.]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.Ŭn'sin-cēre', a. p. 1450Insincere. [Obs.]Ŭn'sin-çēre'ness or Ŭn'sin-çĕr'i-ty, n. p. 1450Insincerity; cheat. [Obs.]Un-sĭn'ew, v. t. p. 1450To deprive of strength or of sinews. [Rare.] Dryden.Un-sĭst'ing, a. p. 1450Not opposing or resisting; unable to resist. [Obs.] Shak.Un-sĭt'ting, a. p. 1450Not sitting well; not becoming or suiting. [Obs.] “Unsitting words.” Sir T. Elyot.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…Un-skĭll'ful-ly, adv. p. 1450In an unskillful manner; awkwardly; clumsily. [Written also unskilfully.]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…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.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.Un-sō'cia-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 1450The state or quality of being unsociable; unsociableness.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.Un-sō'cia-ble-ness, n. p. 1450The state or quality of being unsociable.Un-sō'cia-bly, adv. p. 1450In an unsociable manner; reservedly.Un-sŏck'et, v. t. p. 1450To loose or take from a socket.Un-sŏd'er, v. t. p. 1450To separate, as what is sodered.Un-sŏft', a. p. 1450Not soft; hard. [Obs.] Chaucer.Un-sŏft', adv. p. 1450Not softly. [Obs.] Great climbers fall unsoft. Spenser.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…Un-sōl'diered, a. p. 1450Not having the qualities of a soldier. [Obs.] Beau.Un-sŏl'em-nīze, v. t. p. 1450To divest of solemnity.Un-sō'na-ble, a. p. 1450Incapable of being sounded. [Obs.]Un-sŏn'sy, a. p. 1450Unlucky; not fortunate. [Written also unsonsie.] [Scot.]Un-sōot’, a. p. 1450Unsweet. [Obs.] Spenser.Un-sōul’, v. t. p. 1450To deprive of soul, mind, or understanding. [Rare.] Shelton.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…Un-sound'ly, adv. p. 1450In an unsound manner; as, he reasons unsoundly; he sleeps unsoundly.Un-sound'ness, n. p. 1450The quality or state of being unsound; defectiveness; as, the unsoundness of timber; the unsoundness of principles; the unsoundness of the body or the constitution.Un-spär', v. t. p. 1450To deprive of spars; to take the spars, stakes, or bars from. [Rare.] Forty yeomen tall . . . The lofty palisade unsparred, And let the drawbridge fall. W. Scott.Un-spā'ring, a. p. 1450Not sparing; not parsimonious; liberal; profuse. 2. Not merciful or forgiving. [Rare.] Milton.Un-spār'ing-ly, adv. p. 1450In an unsparing manner; in abundance; lavishly.Un-spăr'ing-ness, n. p. 1450The quality of being unsparing, liberal, or profuse. Mitford.Un-spēak', v. t. p. 1450To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay. [Rare.] Shak.Un-spēak'a-ble, a. p. 1450Not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequately described; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as, unspeakable grief or rage. In whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice…Un-spēak'a-bly, adv. p. 1450In an unspeakable manner or degree; inexpressibly; unutterably.Un-spĕd', a. p. 1450Not performed; not dispatched. [Obs.]Un-sphêre', v. t. p. 1450To remove, as a planet or other body, from its sphere or orb.Un-spike', v. t. p. 1450To remove a spike from, as from the vent of a cannon.