Emily Dickinson Lexicon

UN-HURT'FUL-LY, adv.

Without harm; harmlessly. Pope.

UN-HUS'BAND-ED, a. [s as z.]

1. Deprived of support; neglected. Brown.
2. Not managed with frugality.

UN-HUSK'ED, a.

Not being stripped of husks.

U-NI-CAP'SU-LAR, a. [L. unus, one, and capsula, chest.]

Having one capsule to each flower. Martyn.

U'NI-CORN, n. [L. unicornis; unus, one, and cornu, horn.]

1. An animal with one horn; the monoceros. This name often applied to the rhinoceros.
2. The sea unicorn, called narwal, is of the whale kind, and is remarkable for a horn growing out at his nose. Cyc.
3. A fowl. Grew. Fossil unicorn, or fossil unicorn's horn, a substance used in medicine, a terrene crustaceous spar. Cyc.

U-NI-CORN'OUS, a.

Having only one horn. Brown.

U'NI-CORN-ROOT, n.

A popular name of two plants, viz. Chamælirium Carolinianum, to which this name was first applied, and Aletris farinosa, to which it has been subsequently applied; both used in medicine.

UN-I-DE'AL, a.

Not ideal; real. Johnson.

U-NIF'LO-ROUS, a. [L. unus, one, and flos, flower.]

Bearing one flower only; as, a uniflorous peduncle. Martyn.

U'NI-FORM, a. [L. uniformis; unus, one, and forma, form.]

1. Having always the same form or manner; not variable. Thus we say, the dress of the Asiatics is uniform, or has been uniform from early ages. So we say, it is the duty of a Christian to observe a uniform course of piety and religion.
2. Consistent with itself; not different; as, one's opinions on a particular subject have been uniform.
3. Of the same form with others; consonant; agreeing with each other; conforming to one rule or mode. How far churches are bound to be uniform in their ceremonies is doubted. Hooker.
4. Having the same degree or state; as, uniform temperature. Uniform motion. The motion of a body is uniform, when it passes over equal spaces in equal times. D. Olmsted. Uniform matter, is that which is all of the same kind and texture. Cyc.

U'NI-FORM, n.

The particular dress of soldiers, by which one regiment or company is distinguished from another, or a soldier from another person. We say, the uniform of a company of militia, the uniform of the artillery or matross companies, the uniform of a regiment, &c. This dress is called a uniform, because it is alike among all the soldiers.

U-NI-FORM'I-TY, n.

1. Resemblance to itself at all times; even tenor; as, the uniformity of design in a poem.
2. Consistency; sameness; as, the uniformity of a man's opinions.
3. Conformity to a pattern or rule; resemblance, consonance or agreement; as, the uniformity of different churches in ceremonies or rites.
4. Similitude between the parts of a whole; as, the uniformity of sides in a regular figure. Beauty is said to consist in uniformity with variety. Cyc.
5. Continued or unvaried sameness or likeness. Uniformity must tire at last, though it is a uniformity of excellence. Johnson. Act of uniformity, in England, the act of parliament by which the form of public prayers, administration of sacraments and other rites, is prescribed to be observed in all the churches. 1 Eliz. and 13 and 14 Car. II.

U'NI-FORM-LY, adv.

1. With even tenor; without variation; as, a temper uniformly mild.
2. Without diversity of one from another.

U-NI-GEN'I-TURE, n. [L. unigenitus; unus and genitus.]

The state of being the only begotten.

U-NIG'EN-OUS, a. [L. unigena.]

Of one kind; of the same genus. Kirwan.

U-NI-LA'BI-ATE, a.

In botany, having one lip only, as a corol. Martyn. Asiat. Res.

U-NI-LAT'ER-AL, a. [L. unus, one, and latus, side.]

1. Being on one side or party only. [Unusual.]
2. Having one side. A unilateral raceme, is when the flowers grow only on one side of the common peduncle. Martyn.

U-NI-LIT'ER-AL, a. [L. unus, one, and litera, letter.]

Consisting of one letter only.

UN-IL-LU'MIN-A-TED, a.

1. Not illuminated; not enlightened; dark.
2. Ignorant.

UN-IL-LUM'IN-ED, a.

Not illumined.

UN-IL-LUS'TRA-TED, a.

Not illustrated; not made plain. Good.

UN-IL-LUS'TRA-TIVE, a.

Not illustrative.

U-NI-LOC'U-LAR, a. [L. unus, one, and loculus, cell.]

Having one cell only; as, a unilocular pericarp.

UN-IM-AG'IN-A-BLE, a.

Not to be imagined; not to be conceived. Tillotson.

UN-IM-AG'IN-A-BLY, adv.

To a degree not to be imagined. Boyle.