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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Un-wield'sōme, a. p. 1452Unwieldy. [Obs.]Un-wield'y, a. p. 1452Not wieldy; movable with difficulty; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous; as, an unwieldy bulk; an unwieldy rock.Un-will'ing, a. p. 1452Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant. At length I drop, but in unwilling ears, This saving counsel, Keep your piece nine years. Pope.Un-will'ing-ly, adv. p. 1452In an unwilling manner; not cheerfully; reluctantly.Un-will'ing-ness, n. p. 1452The state or quality of being unwilling; disinclination; reluctance.Un-wind', v. t. p. 1452To wind off; to loose or separate, as what is wound or convolved; as, to unwind thread or a ball. 2. To disentangle.Un-wind’, v. i. p. 1452To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound.Un-wis'dōm, n. p. 1452Want of wisdom; unwise conduct or action; foolishness; simplicity; ignorance. Sumptuary laws are among the exploded fallacies which we have outgrown, and we smile at the unwisdom which could expect…Un-wīse', a. p. 1452Not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet; foolish; as, an unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures.Un-wise'ly, adv. p. 1452In an unwise manner; not wisely; not prudently; as, unwisely rigid; unwisely studious.Un-wīsh', v. t. p. 1452To wish not to be. [Obs.] Now thou hast unwished five thousand men, Which likes me better than to wish us one. Shak.Un-wīst', a. p. 1452Not known. [Obs.] Spencer.Un-wit', v. t. p. 1452To deprive of understanding. [Obs.]Un-wit', n. p. 1452Want of wit or understanding; ignorance. [Obs.] Chaucer.Un-witch', v. t. p. 1452To free from a witch or witches, or from witchcraft. [Rare.] B. Jonson.Un-wit'ting-ly, adv. p. 1452Without knowledge or consciousness; ignorantly; as, he has unwittingly injured himself, or his neighbor.Un-wom'an, v. t. p. 1452To deprive of the qualities of a woman. [Obs. or rare.] Sandys.Un-wŏnt', a. p. 1452Unwonted. [Obs.]Un-wōnt'ed, a. p. 1452Not wonted; unaccustomed; unused; not made familiar by practice; as, a child unwonted to strangers. 2. Uncommon; unusual; infrequent; rare; as, an unwonted meteor; unwonted changes.Un-wŏnt'ed-ly (-wŭnt'ed-), adv. p. 1452In an unwonted or unaccustomed manner.Un-wônt'ed-ness, n. p. 1452The quality of being unwonted; uncommonness; rareness; rarity.Un-wor'ship, v. t. p. 1452Not to worship or honor; to dishonor. [Obs.]Un-worth', a. p. 1452Unworthy. [Obs.]Un-wor’thi-ly, adv. p. 1452In an unworthy manner; not according to desert; without due regard to merit; as, to treat a man unworthily.Un-wor'thi-ness, n. p. 1452The quality of being unworthy; want of worth or merit.Un-wor'thy, a. p. 1452Not worthy; undeserving; wanting merit; as, an unworthy son. 2. Having no worth or value; worthless; ill; base; as, unworthy coin. 3. Unbecoming; discreditable; not becoming or suiting; — with of…Un-wrăp', v. t. p. 1452To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.Un-wrēathe′, v. t. p. 1452To untwist or untwine; to untwist or undo, as any thing wreathed.Un-wrink'le, v. t. p. 1452To reduce from a wrinkled state; to smooth.Un-write', v. t. p. 1452To cancel, as what is written; to erase.Un-writ'ten, a. p. 1452Not written; not reduced to writing; verbal. 2. Containing no writing; blank. Unwritten doctrines (Theol.), such doctrines as have been handed down by word of mouth; oral or traditional…Un-yield'ing, a. p. 1452Not yielding; unbending; unpliant; stiff; firm; obstinate.Un-yield'ing-ly, adv. p. 1452In an unyielding manner; unbendingly; obstinately.Un-yield'ing-ness, n. p. 1452The state or quality of being unyielding; stiffness; firmness.Un-yōke', v. t. p. 1452<br>1. To loose or free from a yoke. “Unyoke the steers.” Shak.<br>2. To part; to disjoin; to disconnect. Shak.Un-yōked’, p. a. p. 1452Not having worn the yoke. 2. Licentious; unrestrained. [Rare.] Shak.Un-zōned', a. p. 1452Not bound with a girdle; as, an unzoned bosom.Ŭp, adv. p. 1452Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward a higher place; in a higher position; above; — the opposite of down. But up or down. By centric or eccentric hard to tell. Milton.…Ŭp, n. p. 1452The state of being up or above; a state of elevation, prosperity, and the like. Ups and downs, alternate states of elevation and depression, or of prosperity and the contrary. [Colloq.]Ŭp, prep. p. 1452From a lower to a higher place on 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 thighs. Bacon. Up sound (Naut.), from the…Ŭ'pas, n. p. 1452(Bot.) A tree of the genus Antiaris (A. toxicaria), common in the forests of Java and of the neighboring isles, the secretions of which are poisonous. It has been fabulously reported that the…Up-bār', v. t. p. 1452To fasten with a bar; to bar up. 2. To remove the bar of, as a gate; to unbar. [Obs.] Spenser.Up-bear', v. t. p. 1452To bear up; to raise aloft; to elevate; to support in an elevated situation; to sustain. One short sigh of human breath upborne Even to the seat of God. Milton A monstrous wave upborne The chief, and…Up-bīnd', v. t. p. 1452To bind up. [Rare.] Collins.Up-blōw′, v. t. p. 1452To blow up. [Obs.] Spenser.Up-brāid', v. t. p. 1452To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; — followed by with or for before the thing imputed; as, to upbraid a man for his folly or his…Up-brāid', v. t. & i. p. 1452The same as ABRAID, q. v.Up-brāid', n. p. 1452Reproach; contumely. [Obs.] “Foul upbraid.” Spenser.Up-brāid'er, n. p. 1452One who upbraids or reproves.Up-brāid'ing-ly, adv. p. 1452In an upbraiding manner.Up-brāy', v. t. p. 1452To cause shame, confusion, or distress to; to upbraid. [Obs.]Up-brāy', n. p. 1452Reproach; contumely. [Obs.] “Unmeet upbrays.” Spenser.Ŭp'brēak, n. p. 1452A breaking up or bursting forth. [Rare.] E. B. Browning.Up-brēathe', v. t. p. 1452To breathe up or out; to exhale. [Obs.] Marston.Up-brēed', v. t. p. 1452To rear or bring up; to nurse. “Born and upbred in a foreign country.” Holinshed.Up-brought', a. p. 1452Brought up; educated. [Obs.] Spenser.Up-buoy'ance, n. p. 1452The act of buoying up; uplifting. [Rare.] Coleridge.Ŭp'cast, a. p. 1452Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes. ☞ Often accented on the second syllable.Up'cāst, n. p. 1452(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;—called also upcast pit.Up'caught, a. p. 1452Seized or caught up. None ever boasted yet that he had passed Her cavern safely, for with every mouth She hears, upcaught, a mariner away. Couper.