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n. see bunko. [ Written also bunko. ] [ PJC ]

{ } n. [ Buncombe a county of North Carolina. ] Speech-making for the gratification of constituents, or to gain public applause; flattering talk for a selfish purpose; anything said for mere show. [ Cant or Slang, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All that flourish about right of search was bunkum -- all that brag about hanging your Canada sheriff was bunkum . . . slavery speeches are all bunkum. Haliburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

To speak for Buncombe, to speak for mere show, or popularly. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ “The phrase originated near the close of the debate on the famous ‘Missouri Question, ' in the 16th Congress. It was then used by Felix Walker -- a naïve old mountaineer, who resided at Waynesville, in Haywood, the most western country of North Carolina, near the border of the adjacent county of Buncombe, which formed part of his district. The old man rose to speak, while the house was impatiently calling for the ‘Question, ' and several members gathered round him, begging him to desist. He persevered, however, for a while, declaring that the people of his district expected it, and that he was bound to ‘make a speech for Buncombe.'” W. Darlington. [ 1913 Webster ]

See under Gun. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American finches; -- called also snowbird, or blue snowbird. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. juncosus, fr. juncus a rush. ] Full of rushes: resembling rushes; juncaceous. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. obuncus; ob (see Ob-) + uncus hooked. ] Hooked or crooked in an extreme degree. Maunder. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Scot. The same word as E. uncouth. ] Unknown; strange, or foreign; unusual, or surprising; distant in manner; reserved. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a high degree; to a great extent; greatly; very. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A strange thing or person. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + coach. ] To detach or loose from a coach. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + cock. ] 1. To let down the cock of, as a firearm. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deprive of its cocked shape, as a hat, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To open or spread from a cock or heap, as hay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + coffle. ] To release from a coffle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + coif. ] To deprive of the coif or cap. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + coil. ] To unwind or open, as a coil of rope. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not coined, or minted; as, uncoined silver. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not fabricated; not artificial or counterfeit; natural. “Plain and uncoined constancy.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + colt. ] To unhorse. [ Obs. & R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + combine. ] To separate, as substances in combination; to release from combination or union. [ R. ] Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not to be come at, or reached; inaccessible. [ Colloq. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

My honor is infallible and uncomeatable. Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not comely. -- adv. In an uncomely manner. 1 Cor. vii. 36. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Feeling discomfort; uneasy; as, to be uncomfortable on account of one's position. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Causing discomfort; disagreeable; unpleasant; as, an uncomfortable seat or situation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The most dead, uncomfortable time of the year. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un*com"fort*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*com"fort*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un*com"mon*ly, adv. -- Un*com"mon*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incomplete. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st un- + comprehend. ] To fail to comprehend. [ R. ] Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Unable to comprehend. [ 1913 Webster ]

Narrow-spirited, uncomprehensive zealots. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Incomprehensible. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not admitting of compromise; making no truce or concessions; obstinate; unyielding; inflexible. -- Un*com"pro*mi`sing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Inconceivable. [ Obs. ] Locke. -- Un`con*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.] -- Un`con*ceiv"a*bly, adv. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want of concern; absence of anxiety; freedom from solicitude; indifference. [ 1913 Webster ]

A listless unconcern,
Cold, and averting from our neighbor's good. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not concerned; not anxious or solicitous; easy in mind; carelessly secure; indifferent; as, to be unconcerned at what has happened; to be unconcerned about the future. -- Un`con*cern"ed*ly adv. -- Un`con*cern"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Happy mortals, unconcerned for more. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not interesting or affecting; insignificant; not belonging to one. [ Obs. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being unconcerned, or of having no share or concern; unconcernedness. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Inconclusive. [ Obs. ] Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un`con*clud"ing*ness, n. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

a. Inconclusive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not conditional, limited, or conditioned; made without condition; absolute; unreserved; as, an unconditional surrender. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, pass not, Lord, an absolute decree,
Or bind thy sentence unconditional. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un`con*di"tion*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. 1. Not conditioned or subject to conditions; unconditional. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Metaph.) Not subject to conditions or limitations; infinite; absolute; hence, inconceivable; incogitable. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The unconditioned (Metaph.), all that which is inconceivable and beyond the realm of reason; whatever is inconceivable under logical forms or relations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Absence of confidence; uncertainty; doubt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unlike. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Not unconform to other shining globes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality or state of being unconformable; unconformableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) Lack of parallelism between one series of strata and another, especially when due to a disturbance of the position of the earlier strata before the latter were deposited. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not conformable; not agreeable; not conforming. [ 1913 Webster ]

Moral evil is an action unconformable to it [ the rule of our duty ]. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) Not conformable; not lying in a parallel position; as, unconformable strata. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un`con*form"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`con*form"a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A nonconformist. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Want of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) Want of parallelism between strata in contact. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ With some authors unconformity is equivalent to unconformability; but it is often used more broadly, for example, to include the case when the parallelism of strata once conformable has been disturbed by faulting and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + confound. ] To free from a state of confusion, or of being confounded. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. un- not + confounded. ] Not confounded. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ 1st pref. un- + congeal. ] To thaw; to become liquid again. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not knowing; ignorant. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. -- n. Ignorance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not conquerable; indomitable. -- Un*con"quer*a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. 1. Not conscionable; exceeding the limits of any reasonable claim or expectation; not conforming to reason; unreasonable; inordinate; extravagant; as, an unconscionable person or demand; unconscionable size. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which use of reason, most reasonless and unconscionable, is the utmost that any tyrant ever pretended. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

His giantship is gone somewhat crestfallen,
Stalking with less unconscionable strides. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not guided by, or conformed to, conscience; that cannot be done in good conscience; as, unconscionable profits. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Ungenerous as well as unconscionable practices. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un*con"scion*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*con"scion*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not knowing or regarding; ignorant; as, an unconscious man. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not known or apprehended by consciousness; resulting from neural activity of which a person is not aware; as, an unconscious movement; unconscious cerebration. “Unconscious causes.” Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Having no knowledge by experience; -- followed by of; as, a mule unconscious of the yoke. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Unintentional; as, an unconscious insult. [ PJC ]

-- Un*con"scious*ly, adv. -- Un*con"scious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Psychoanalysis) Usually
the unconscious; that part of the mind in which mental processes occur that are not accesible to the awareness, but may significantly influence behavior. [ PJC ]

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