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Unbreech Un·breech" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Unbreeched ; present participle & verbal noun Unbreching .] [ 1st prefix 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" adjective Not made by brewing; unmixed; pure; genuine. [ R.] Young.

Unbridle Un·bri"dle transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + bridle .] To free from the bridle; to set loose.

Unbridled Un·bri"dled adjective [ Prefix 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 , noun Abp. Leighton.

Unbroken Un·bro"ken adjective Not broken; continuous; unsubdued; as, an unbroken colt.

Unbuckle Un·buc"kle transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + buckle .] To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe. " Unbuckle anon thy purse." Chaucer.

Unbuild Un·build transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + build .] To demolish; to raze. "To unbuild the city." Shak.

Unbundle Un·bun"dle transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + bundle .] To release, as from a bundle; to disclose.

Unbung Un·bung" transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + bung .] To remove the bung from; as, to unbung a cask.

Unburden Un·bur"den transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + burden .] 1. To relieve from a burden.

2. To throw off, as a burden; to unload.

Unburiable Un·bur"i·a·ble adjective Not ready or not proper to be buried. Tennyson.

Unburrow Un·bur"row transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + burrow .] To force from a burrow; to unearth.

Unburthen Un·bur"then transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + burthen .] To unburden; to unload.

Unbury Un·bur"y transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + bury .] To disinter; to exhume; fig., to disclose.

Unbusied Un·bus"ied adjective 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 transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + button .] To loose the buttons of; to unfasten.

Unbuxom Un·bux"om adjective Disobedient. [ Obsolete] Piers Plowman. -- Un*bux"om*ly , adverb [ Obsolete] -- Un*bux"om*ness , noun [ Obsolete]

Uncage Un·cage" transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + cage .] To loose, or release, from, or as from, a cage.

Uncalled-for Un·called"-for` adjective Not called for; not required or needed; improper; gratuitous; wanton.

Uncalm Un·calm" transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + calm .] To disturb; to disquiet. Dryden.

Uncamp Un·camp" transitive verb [ 1st prefix 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 adjective Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly. Sir W. Scott. -- Un*can"ni*ness , noun G. Eliot.

Uncanonize Un·can"on·ize transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + canonize .] 1. To deprive of canonical authority.

2. To reduce from the rank of a canonized saint.

Uncap Un·cap" transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + cap .] To remove a cap or cover from.

Uncapable Un·ca"pa·ble adjective Incapable. [ Obsolete] " Uncapable of conviction." Locke.

Uncape Un·cape" transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + cape .] To remove a cap or cape from. [ Obsolete]

Uncapper Un·cap"per noun An instrument for removing an explode cap from a cartridge shell.

Uncardinal Un·car"di·nal transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + cardinal .] To degrade from the cardinalship.

Uncared Un·cared" adjective Not cared for; not heeded; -- with for .

Uncarnate Un·car"nate adjective Not fleshy; specifically, not made flesh; not incarnate. [ R.] Sir T. Browne.

Uncarnate Un·car"nate transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + carnate .] To divest of flesh.

Uncart Un·cart" transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + cart .] To take from, or set free from, a cart; to unload.

Uncase Un·case" transitive verb [ 1st prefix 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. [ Obsolete]

3. (Mil.) To display, or spread to view, as a flag, or the colors of a military body.

Uncastle Un·cas"tle transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + castle .] To take a castle from; to turn out of a castle.

Uncaused Un·caused" adjective Having no antecedent cause; uncreated; self-existent; eternal. A. Baxter.

Uncautelous Un·cau"te·lous adjective Incautious. [ Obsolete]

Uncautious Un·cau"tious adjective Incautious.

Uncautiously Un·cau"tious·ly adverb Incautiously.

Unce Unce noun [ Latin uncus hook.] A claw. [ Obsolete]

Unce Unce noun [ Latin uncia ounce. See Ounce a weight.] An ounce; a small portion. [ Obsolete] "By unces hung his locks." Chaucer.

Unceasable Un·ceas"a·ble adjective Not capable of being ended; unceasing. [ R.]

Uncenter, Uncentre Un·cen"ter, Un·cen"tre transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + center .] To throw from its center.

Uncentury Un·cen"tu·ry transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + century .] To remove from its actual century. [ R.]

It has first to uncentury itself.

H. Drummond.

Uncertain Un·cer"tain adjective [ Prefix un- + certain . Confer 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 transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + certain ; or from uncertain , adjective ] To make uncertain. [ Obsolete] Sir W. Raleigh.

Uncertainly Un·cer"tain·ly adverb In an uncertain manner.

Uncertainty Un·cer"tain·ty noun ; plural 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 adjective Incessant. [ Obsolete] Dr. H. More. -- Un*ces"sant*ly , adverb [ Obsolete]

Unchain Un·chain" transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + chain .] To free from chains or slavery; to let loose. Prior.

Unchancy Un·chan"cy adjective [ 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.]

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