Emily Dickinson Lexicon

UN-CIR-CUM-CI'SION, n.

1. Absence or want of circumcision. Hammond.
2. In Scripture, the Gentiles who did not practice circumcision. Rom. iv. 9.

UN-CIR-CUM-SCRIB-ED, a.

Not circumscribed; not bounded; not limited. Where the prince is uncircumscribed, obedience ought to be unlimited. Addison.

UN-CIR'CUM-SPECT, a.

Not circumspect; not cautious. Hayward.

UN-CIR'CUM-SPECT-LY, adv.

Without circumspection.

UN-CIR-CUM-STAN'TIAL, a.

Not important. [Not in use.] Brown.

UN-CIV'IL, a.

1. Not civil; not complaisant; not courteous in manners; applied to persons.
2. Not polite; rude; applied to manners; as, uncivil behavior.

UN-CIV-IL-I-ZA'TION, n.

A state of savageness; rude state. Dict.

UN-CIV'IL-IZ-ED, a.

1. Not reclaimed from savage life; as, the uncivilized inhabitants of Canada or New Zealand.
2. Coarse; indecent; as, the most uncivilized words in our language. [Not in use.] Addison.

UN-CIV'IL-LY, adv.

Not complaisantly; not courteously; rudely. Brown.

UN-CLAD', a.

Not clad; not clothed.

UN-CLAIM-ED, a.

Not claimed; not demanded; not called for; as, unclaimed dividends of a bank.

UN-CLAR'I-FI-ED, a.

Not purified; not fined; not depurated by a separation of feculent or foreign matter.

UN-CLASP, v.t.

To loose a clasp; to open what is fastened with a clasp; as, to unclasp a book. Shak.

UN-CLASP-ING, ppr.

Loosing a clasp.

UN-CLASS'IC, or UN-CLASS'IC-AL, a.

1. Not classic; not according to the best models of writing.
2. Not pertaining to the classic writers; as, unclassic ground.

UN-CLASS'IC-AL-LY, adv.

Not according to the classics.

UNCLE, n. [Fr. oncle; contracted from L. avunculus.]

The brother of one's father or mother.

UN-CLEAN, a.

1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.
2. In the Jewish law, ceremonially impure; not cleansed by ritual practices. Num. xix. Lev. xi. Rom. xiv.
3. Foul with sin. Matth. x. That holy place where no unclean thing shall enter. Rogers.
4. Not in covenant with God. I Cor. vii.
5. Lewd; unchaste. Adultery of the heart, consisting of inordinate and unclean affections. Perkins. No unclean person—hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Eph. v.

UN-CLEAN-A-BLE, a.

That can not be cleansed. Swift.

UN-CLEAN-LI-NESS, n. [unclen'liness.]

Want of cleanliness; filthiness. Clarendon.

UN-CLEAN-LY, a. [unclen'ly.]

1. Foul; filthy; dirty. Shak.
2. Indecent; unchaste; obscene. It is a pity that these harmonious writers have indulged any thing uncleanly or impure to defile their paper. Watts.

UN-CLEAN-NESS, n.

1. Foulness; dirtiness; filthiness. Be not troublesome to thyself or to others by uncleanness. Taylor.
2. Want of ritual or ceremonial purity. Lev. xv.
3. Moral impurity; defilement by sin; sinfulness. I will save you from all your uncleanness. Ezek. xxxvi.
4. Lewdness; incontinence. Col. iii. 2 Pet. ii.

UN-CLEANS-ED, a. [unclenz'ed.]

Not cleansed; not purified. Bacon.

UN-CLEAV-A-BLE, a.

That can not be cleaved, split or divided.

UN-CLEW', v.t.

To undo; to unwind, unfold or untie.