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n. 1. The channel of a stream. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The beaten path made by deer or other animals in passing to and from their feeding grounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Toward the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the direction of the sun's apparent motion, or from the east southward and westward, and so around the circle; also, in the same direction as the movement of the hands of a watch lying face upward. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. unwær unwary. See Un- not, and Wary. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Unaware; not foreseeing; being off one's guard. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Happening unexpectedly; unforeseen. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The unware woe of harm that cometh behind. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un*ware"ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Un*ware"ness, n. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Unawares; unexpectedly; -- sometimes preceded by at. [ Obs. ] Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an unwary manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being unwary; carelessness; heedlessness. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + warm. ] To lose warmth; to grow cold. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + warp. ] To restore from a warped state; to cause to be linger warped. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. un- not + warped. ] Not warped; hence, not biased; impartial. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable; illegal; unjust; improper. -- Un*war"rant*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*war"rant*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty; unwarrantable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Unware. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not vigilant against danger; not wary or cautious; unguarded; precipitate; heedless; careless. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unexpected; unforeseen; unware. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not washed or cleansed; filthy; unclean. [ 1913 Webster ]

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a. Not washed. [ Archaic ] “To eat with unwashen hands.” Matt. xv. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not used to travel; as, colts that are unwayed. [ Obs. ] Suckling. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having no ways or roads; pathless. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not wearied; not fatigued or tired; hence, persistent; not tiring or wearying; indefatigable. -- Un*wea"ried*ly, adv. -- Un*wea"ried*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + weary. ] To cause to cease being weary; to refresh. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + weave. ] To unfold; to undo; to ravel, as what has been woven. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not to be split with wedges. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Un- not, and Weet, Wit. ] Unwitting. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un*weet"ing*ly, adv. [Obs.] Milton. [1913 Webster]

a. Not weighed; not pondered or considered; as, an unweighed statement. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not weighing or pondering; inconsiderate. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. Unwieldy; unmanageable; clumsy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Our old limbs move [ may ] well be unweld. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not well; indisposed; not in good health; somewhat ill; ailing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Specifically, ill from menstruation; affected with, or having, catamenial; menstruant. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word was formerly regarded as an Americanism, but is now in common use among all who speak the English language. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality or state of being unwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not blemished; undefiled; pure. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

With body clean and with unwemmed thought. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. unhāl. See Un- not, and Whole. ] Not whole; unsound. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous. “A fat, unwieldy body of fifty-eight years old.” Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un*wield"i*ly adv. -- Un*wield"i*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + wild. ] To tame; to subdue. [ Obs. & R. ] Sylvester. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + will. ] To annul or reverse by an act of the will. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ 1st pref. un- + will. ] Deprived of the faculty of will or volition. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant. [ 1913 Webster ]

And drop at last, but in unwilling ears,
This saving counsel, “Keep your piece nine years.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un*will"ing*ly, adv. -- Un*will"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ AS. unwindan. See 1st Un-, and Wind to coil. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To disentangle. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want of wisdom; unwise conduct or action; folly; simplicity; ignorance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sumptuary laws are among the exploded fallacies which we have outgrown, and we smile at the unwisdom which could except to regulate private habits and manners by statute. J. A. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. unwīs. See Un- not, and Wise, a. ] Not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet; foolish; as, an unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ AS. unwīslice. ] In an unwise manner; foolishly. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + wish. ] To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Now thou hast unwished five thousand men. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not known; unknown. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not knowing; unwitting. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + wit. ] To deprive of wit. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. un- not + wit. ] Want of wit or understanding; ignorance. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + witch. ] To free from a witch or witches; to fee from witchcraft. [ R. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not knowing; unconscious; ignorant. -- Un*wit"ting*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + woman. ] To deprive of the qualities of a woman; to unsex. [ R. ] R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + wonder. ] To divest of the quality of wonder or mystery; to interpret; to explain. [ R. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unwonted; unused; unaccustomed. [ Archaic ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not wonted; unaccustomed; unused; not made familiar by practice; as, a child unwonted to strangers. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Uncommon; unusual; infrequent; rare; as, unwonted changes. “Unwonted lights.” Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un*wont"ed*ly, adv. -- Un*wont"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]