Unguiculate (2)
{ Un‐guic″u‐late, Un‐guic″u‐la′ted (?), } a. 1. Furnished with nails, claws, or hooks; clawed. See the Note under Nail, n., 1.2. (Bot.) Furnished with a claw, or a narrow stalkl...
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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{ Un‐guic″u‐late, Un‐guic″u‐la′ted (?), } a. 1. Furnished with nails, claws, or hooks; clawed. See the Note under Nail, n., 1.2. (Bot.) Furnished with a claw, or a narrow stalkl...
Un‐guif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. unguis nail or claw + -ferous.] Producing, having, or supporting nails or claws.
Un″gui‐form (?), a. [L. unguis a nail or claw + -form.] Having the form of a claw or claws.
Un″gui‐nous (?), a. [L. unguinosus, fr. unguen, -inis, fat, ointment.] Consisting of, or resembling, fat or oil; oily; unctuous; oleaginous.
‖Un″guis (?), n.; pl.Ungues (#). 1. The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage.2. (Zoöl.) One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect.3. (Bot.) T...
‖Un″gu‐la (?), n.; pl.Ungulæ (#). [L., a claw, hoof, from unguis a nail, claw, hoof.] 1. A hoof, claw, or talon.2. (Geom.) A section or part of a cylinder, cone, or other solid ...
Un″gu‐lar (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to a hoof, claw, or talon; ungual.
‖Un′gu‐la″ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. ungula hoof.] (Zoöl.) An extensive group of mammals including all those that have hoofs. It comprises the Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla.
Un″gu‐late (?), a. [L. ungulatus. See Ungula.] 1. Shaped like a hoof.2. (Zoöl.) Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under Nail, n., 1.
Un″gu‐late, n.(Zoöl.) Any hoofed quadruped; one of the Ungulata.
Un″guled (?), a. [L. ungula a claw.] (Her.) Hoofed, or bearing hoofs; — used only when these are of a tincture different from the body.
Un″gu‐li‐grade (?), a. [L. ungula hoof + gradi to walk.] (Zoöl.) Having, or walking on, hoofs.
Un″gu‐lous (?), a. [See Ungula.] (Zoöl.) Same as Ungulate.
Un‐hair″ (?), v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hair.] To deprive of hair, or of hairs; as, to unhair hides for leather.I 'll unhair thy head. Shak.
Un‐hal″low (?), v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hallow.] To profane; to desecrate.The vanity unhallows the virtue. L'Estrange.
Un‐hal″lowed (?), a. [Pref. un- not + hallowed.] Not consecrated; hence, profane; unholy; impious; wicked.In the cause of truth, no unhallowed violence... is either necessary or...
Un‐hand″ (?), v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hand.] To loose from the hand; to let go.Hold off! unhand me, gray beard loon!Eftsoons his hand dropped he. Coleridge.
Un‐hand″some (?), a. 1. Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or pleasing; plain; homely.Were she other than she is, she were unhandsome. Shak.I can not admit that...
Un‐hand″y (?), a. Clumsy; awkward; as, an Unhandy man.
Un‐hang″ (?), v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hang.]1. To divest or strip of hangings; to remove the hangings, as a room.2. To remove (something hanging or swinging) from that which sup...
Un‐hap″ (?), n. Ill luck; misfortune. “The cause of her unhap.” Sir P. Sidney.
Un‐hap″pied (?), a. Made unhappy. Shak.
Un‐hap″py (?), a. 1. Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn.2. In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, ch...
Un‐har″bor (?), v. t. [1 st pref. un- + harbor.] To drive from harbor or shelter.
Un‐har″bored (?), a. [Pref. un- not + harbored.] 1. Having no harbor or shelter; unprotected.2. Affording no harbor or shelter. “Unharbored heaths.” Milton.
Un′har‐mo″ni‐ous (?), a. Inharmonious; unsymmetrical; also, unmusical; discordant. Swift. — Un′har‐mo″ni‐ous‐ly, adv.
Un‐har″ness (?), v. t. [1 st pref. un- + harness.] 1. To strip of harness; to loose from harness or gear; as, to unharness horses or oxen. Cowper.2. To disarm; to divest of armo...