a. Rough; shaggy. [ Obs. ] “Kempe hairs.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Bot.) The long flower stems of the ribwort plantain (Plantago Lanceolata). Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. un- not + kempt, p. p. of kemb. ]
My rhymes be rugged and unkempt. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]