unru

v. i. [ 1st pref. un- + ruffle. ] To cease from being ruffled or agitated. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. un- not + ruffled. ] Not ruffled or agitated; smooth; calm; tranquil; quiet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Calm and unruffled as a summer's sea. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Not ruined or destroyed. [ Obs. ] “Unruinated towers.” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not governed or controlled. “Unruled and undirected.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not ruled or marked with lines; as, unruled paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Unruliness. [ Obs. ] “Breaking forth with rude unruliment.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality or state unruly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Unrulier superl. Unruliest. ] [ Pref. un- not + rule. Cf. Ruly. ] Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct. [ 1913 Webster ]

But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. James iii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]