n. [ Named from its color. ] (Zool.)
n.
n. [ AS. sunnebeam. ] A beam or ray of the sun. “Evening sunbeams.” Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thither came Uriel, gliding through the even
On a sunbeam. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.)
n. A glimpse or flash of the sun. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A bonnet, generally made of some thin or light fabric, projecting beyond the face, and commonly having a cape, -- worn by women as a protection against the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A rainbow; an iris. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The burning or discoloration produced on the skin by the heat of the sun; tan. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Sunburnt and swarthy though she be. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Sunburn; tan. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A burst of sunlight. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bag. ] To pour, or take, or let go, out of a bag or bags. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ In senses 1 and 2, pref. un- not + balanced; in sense 3, 1st pref. un- + balance. ]
Let Earth unbalanced from her orbit fly. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + ballast. ] To free from ballast; to discharge ballast from. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not ballasted. [ Obs. & R. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Unballasted by any sufficient weight of plan. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ 1st un- + band + -ed. ] Wanting a band or string; unfastened. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bank. ] To remove a bank from; to open by, or as if by, the removal of a bank. H. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bar. ] To remove a bar or bars from; to unbolt; to open;
a.
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bark rind. ] To deprive of the bark; to decorticate; to strip;
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bark the vessel. ] To cause to disembark; to land. [ Obs. ] Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + barrel. ] To remove or release from a barrel or barrels. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + barricade. ] To unbolt; to unbar; to open. [ 1913 Webster ]
You shall not unbarricade the door. J. Webster (1623). [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not obstructed by barricades; open;
a. Not bashful or modest; bold; impudent; shameless. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bay to dam. ] To free from the restraint of anything that surrounds or incloses; to let loose; to open. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
I ought . . . to unbay the current of my passion. Norris. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + be. ] To cause not to be; to cause to be another. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
How oft, with danger of the field beset,
Or with home mutinies, would he unbe
Himself! Old Play. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bear to support. ] To remove or loose the bearing rein of (a horse). [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + beast. ] To deliver from the form or nature of a beast. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + become. ] To misbecome. [ Obs. ] Bp. Sherlock. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. un- not + becoming. ] Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper. [ 1913 Webster ]
My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
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v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bed. ] To raise or rouse from bed. [ 1913 Webster ]
Eels unbed themselves and stir at the noise of thunder. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not filled with din. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + befool. ] To deliver from the state of a fool; to awaken the mind of; to undeceive. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + beget. ] To deprive of existence. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not gilded; hence, not rewarded with gold. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
a. Not yet begun; also, existing without a beginning. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not behooving or becoming; unseemly. [ Obs. & R. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not existing. [ Obs. ] “Beings yet unbeing.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not known; unknown. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pref. un- not + belief: cf. AS. ungeleáfa. ]
Blind unbelief is sure to err,
And scan his work in vain. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not believed; disbelieved. [ 1913 Webster ]
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v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + belt. ] To remove or loose the belt of; to ungird. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
You do unbend your noble strength. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]