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n. [ Cf. Alehoof. ] (Bot.) Ground ivy; alehoof. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hair. ] To deprive of hair, or of hairs; as, to unhair hides for leather. [ 1913 Webster ]

I 'll unhair thy head. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hallow. ] To profane; to desecrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The vanity unhallows the virtue. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. un- not + hallowed. ] Not consecrated; hence, profane; unholy; impious; wicked. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the cause of truth, no unhallowed violence . . . is either necessary or admissible. E. D. Griffin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hand. ] To loose from the hand; to let go. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hold off! unhand me, gray beard loon!
Eftsoons his hand dropped he. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or pleasing; plain; homely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Were she other than she is, she were unhandsome. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I can not admit that there is anything unhandsome or irregular . . . in the globe. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wanting noble or amiable qualities; dishonorable; illiberal; low; disingenuous; mean; indecorous; as, unhandsome conduct, treatment, or imputations. “Unhandsome pleasures.” J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Unhandy; clumsy; awkward; inconvenient. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The ships were unwieldy and unhandsome. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

A narrow, straight path by the water's side, very unhandsome for an army to pass that way, though they found not a man to keep the passage. Sir T. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un*hand"some*ly, adv. -- Un*hand"some*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Clumsy; awkward; as, an Unhandy man. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hang. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To divest or strip of hangings; to remove the hangings, as a room. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To remove (something hanging or swinging) from that which supports it; as, to unhang a gate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Ill luck; misfortune. [ Obs. ] “The cause of her unhap.” Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made unhappy. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy day. “The unhappy morn.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Mischievous; wanton; wicked. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un*hap"pi*ly adv. -- Un*hap"pi*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + harbor. ] To drive from harbor or shelter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. un- not + harbored. ] 1. Having no harbor or shelter; unprotected. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Affording no harbor or shelter. “Unharbored heaths.” [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inharmonious; unsymmetrical; also, unmusical; discordant. Swift. -- Un`har*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + harness. ] 1. To strip of harness; to loose from harness or gear; as, to unharness horses or oxen. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To disarm; to divest of armor. Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hasp. ] To unloose the hasp of; to unclose. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ 1st pref. un- + hat. ] To take off the hat of; to remove one's hat, especially as a mark of respect. H. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + head. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To take out the head of; as, to unhead a cask. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To decapitate; to behead. [ Obs. ] T. Brown. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. un- not + heal health. ] Misfortune; calamity; sickness. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To uncover. See Unhele. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Unsoundness; disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not heard; not perceived by the ear; as, words unheard by those present. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not granted an audience or a hearing; not allowed to speak; not having made a defense, or stated one's side of a question; disregarded; unheeded; as, to condem&unr_; a man unheard. [ 1913 Webster ]

What pangs I feel, unpitied and unheard! Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not known to fame; not illustrious or celebrated; obscure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor was his name unheard or unadored. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unheard of. (a) Not heard of; of which there are no tidings. (b) Unknown to fame; obscure. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. New; unprecedented; unparalleled. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + heart. ] To cause to lose heart; to dishearten. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incautious; precipitate; heedless. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of an heir. [ 1913 Webster ]

To leave him utterly unheired. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ AS. unhelian. See 1st Un-, and Hele to cover. ] To uncover. [ Obs. ] Spenser. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Unheal, n. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + helm. ] To deprive of the helm or helmet. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. [ Properly p. p. of unhelm. ] Divested or deprived of the helm or helmet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Pref. un- not + helm. ] Not wearing a helmet; without a helmet. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + helmet. ] To deprive of the helmet. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

See drainable.
See dramatic.
See drinkable.
See durable.
See duteous.
See dutiful.
See earnest.
See eatable.
See ecclesiastical.
See edible.
See elaborate.
See elective.
See elusive.
See emotional.
See emphatic. See employable.
See employable.
See endurable.
See -English.
See entire.
See enviable.
See envious.
See episcopal.
See equable.
See errable.
See escapable.
See evangelical.
See eventful.
See evident.
See exact.
See examinable.
See exceptionable.
See exclusive.
See exemplary.
See exempt.
See exhaustible.
See existent.
See expectable.
See expectant.
See explainable.
See express.
See expressible.
See expugnable.
See extinct.
See factious.
See fadable.
See fain.
See familiar.
See famous.
See fashionable.
See fast.
See fatherly.
See fathomable.
See faulty.
See fearful.
See feasible.
See felicitous.
See felt.
See feminine.
See fermentable.
See festival.
See fine.
See fleshy.
See fluent.
See forcible.
See fordable.
See foreknowable.
See foreseeable.
See forgetful.
See forgivable.
See formal.
See framable.
See fraternal.
See friable.
See frightful.
See frustrable.
See full.
See gainable.
See gainful.
See gallant.
See genial.
See genteel.
See gentle.
See gentlemanlike.
See gentlemanly.
See geometrical.
See ghostly.
See glad.
See godlike.
See good.
See goodly.
See gorgeous.
See grammatical.
See grave.
See guidable.
See guilty.
See habile.
See habitable.
See hale.
See handy.
See hardy.
See harmful.
See hasty.
See hazardous.
See healable.
See healthful.
See healthy.
See heavenly.
See heedful.
See helpful.
See heritable.
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v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hide. ] To bring out from concealment; to discover. [ Obs. ] P. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hinge. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To displace; to unfix by violence. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To render unstable or wavering; to unsettle; as, to unhinge one's mind or opinions; to unhinge the nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why should I then unhinge my brains, ruin my mind? South. [ 1913 Webster ]

His sufferings, nay the revolutions of his fate, had not in the least unhinged his mind. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act unhinging, or the state of being unhinged. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hitch. ] To free from being hitched, or as if from being hitched; to unfasten; to loose; as, to unhitch a horse, or a trace. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hive. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To drive or remove from a hive. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deprive of habitation or shelter, as a crowd. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hoard. ] To take or steal from a hoard; to pilfer. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hold. ] To cease to hold; to unhand; to release. [ Obs. ] Otway. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked; impious. -- un*ho"li*ly adv. -- un*ho"li*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dishonest; dishonorable. Ascham. -- Un*hon"est*ly, adv. Udall. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hood. ] To remove a hood or disguise from. Quarterly Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hook. ] To loose from a hook; to undo or open by loosening or unfastening the hooks of; as, to unhook a fish; to unhook a dress. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hoop. ] To strip or deprive of hoops; to take away the hoops of. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not hoped or expected. “With unhoped success.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blessings of friends, which to my door
Unasked, unhoped, have come. J. N. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unhoped; unexpected. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + horse. ] To throw from a horse; to cause to dismount; also, to take a horse or horses from; as, to unhorse a rider; to unhorse a carriage. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without hose. [ 1913 Webster ]