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_To_ UNCT, _v. a._ To anoint.

Lat. _unct-us_.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

~Uncting~, _s._ Anointing.

_Hamilton._

UNCUNNANDLY, _adv._ Unknowingly.

V. ~Cunnand~.

_Dunbar._

UNCUNNANDNES, _s._ Ignorance.

_Douglas._

UNDEGEST, _adj._

1. Rash, imprudent.

_Douglas._

2. Untimely, premature.

_Douglas._

UNDEIP, _s._ A shallow place.

_Douglas._

Teut. _on-deipte_, vadum, brevia.

UNDEMIT, UNDEMMYT, _adj._ Uncensured.

_Gl. Sibb._

UNDEMUS, _adj._ Incalculable, inconceivable; _undeemis_, _undeemint_, S. B.

_Bellenden._

A. S. _un_ negat. and _dem-an_, to judge, to reckon.

_To_ UNDERLY, _v. a._ To undergo, S.

Belg. _onderlegg-en_, to lie under.

_To_ UNDERLOUT, WNDYRLOWTE, _v. n._ To stoop, to be subject.

A. S. _underlut-an_, id.

_Wyntown._

~Underlout, Wndyrlowte~, _adj._ In a state of subjection.

_Wyntown._

_To_ UNDO, _v. a._

1. To cut off.

_Douglas._

2. To unravel.

_Douglas._

3. To disclose, to uncover.

_Douglas._

A. S. _un-do-en_, aperire, solvere.

UNDOCH, UNDOCHT, UNDOUGHT, WANDOUGHT, _s._

1. A weak or puny creature; applied both to body and mind, S., _wandocht_, S. B.

_Calderwood._

2. Expl. as signifying a coward.

_Rudd._

Teut. _on-deughd_, vitium; _on_ negative, and _deughd_, virtus.

UNDON, WNDON, _part. pa._ Explained.

_Wyntown._

UNE, _s._ Oven, S.

V. ~Oon~.

_Bellenden._

UNEGALL, _adj._ Unequal.

Fr. _inegal_.

_G. Buchanan._

UNEITH, ONEITH, UNETH, S. UNETHIS, UNEIS, UNESE, WNESS, UNEIST, _adv._ Hardly, with difficulty.

_Wallace._

A. S. _un-eathe_, vix, scarcely.

UNERDIT, _part. adj._ Not buried.

_Doug._

UNESCHEWABIL, _adj._ Unavoidable.

_Douglas._

UNESS, _adv._

V. ~Uneith~.

UNFANDRUM, _adj._ Bulky, unmanageable, Ang.

UNFERY, ONFEIRIE, _adj._ Infirm, unweildy, S.

V. ~Fery~.

_Pop. Ball._

Su. G. _wanfoer_, imbecillis.

UNFLEGGIT, _part. pa._ Not affrighted.

_Ferguson._

UNFORLATIT, _part. adj._

1. Not forsaken.

_Ruddiman._

2. Fresh, new.

_Douglas._

Belg. _wyn verlaat-en_, to rack wine.

UNFORSAIN'D, _adj._ Undeserved.

_Ross._

Perhaps originally, irremediable; Teut. _on_, negat., and
_versoen-en_, Sw. _foerson-a_, to expiate.

UNFRE, _adj._ Discourteous.

_Sir Tristrem._

UNFRELIE, UNFREELY, _adj._ Not handsome.

V. ~Frely~.

_Houlate._

UNFRELIE, UNFREELIE, _adj._

1. Frail, feeble, S. B.

2. Heavy, unweildy, S. B.

Isl. _un_, negat., and _fralig-r_, fleet; also powerful.

UNFREND, UNFRIEND, _s._ An enemy, O. E.

_Lyndsay._

Teut. _on-vriend_, inimicus, parum amicus.

UNFUTE-SAIR, _adj._

_Priests Peblis._

A. S. _fota-sare_, dolor pedum, with the negat. prefixed.

UNGAND, _part. pr._ Unfit, not becoming,

_Douglas._

UNGEIR'D, UNGEARIT, _adj._ Not clad, unharnessed.

V. ~Geir~.

_Gl. Shirr._

UNGLAID, _adj._ Sorrowful.

_Douglas._

A. S. _un-gladu_, tristis.

UNHALSIT, _part. pa._ Not saluted.

V. ~Halles~.

_Douglas._

UNHEARTSOME, _adj._ Melancholy.

_Rutherford._

_To_ UNHEILD, _v. a._ To uncover.

V. ~Heild~.

_Pal. Hon._

A. S. _unhel-an_, revelare.

UNHELE, _s._ Pain, suffering.

_Houlate._

A. S. _un-hele_, crux, tormentum.

UNHIT, _part. pa._ Not named.

V. ~Hat~.

_Douglas._

UNHONEST, _adj._ Dishonourable.

_Bellenden._

Lat. _inhonest-us_; Fr. _inhoneste_.

~Unhonestie~, _s._ Injustice.

_Acts Ja. VI._

UNIRKIT, _adj._ Unwearied.

_Douglas._

UNKENSOME, _adj._ Unknowable.

_Minstr. Bord._

UNKNAW, _part. pa._ Unknown.

_Douglas._

UNLATIT, _part. pa._ Undisciplined, destitute of proper breeding.

V. ~Lait~.

_Fordun._

UNLAUCHFUL, _adj._ Unlawful.

_Acts Ja. VI._

UNLAW, UNLACH, _s._

1. Any transgression of the law, O. E.

_Quon. Att._

A. S. _unlaga_, _unlage_, quod contra legem est.

2. A fine exacted from one who has transgressed the law.

_Wallace._

3. Used improperly, to denote a law which has no real authority.

_Baillie._

_To_ ~Unlaw~, _v. a._ To fine.

_Burr. Lawes._

UNLEIF, _adj._ Unpleasant, ungrateful.

V. ~Leif~.

_Douglas._

UNLEILL, _adj._ Dishonest.

V. ~Leil~.

_Lyndsay._

UNLESUM, _adj._ What cannot be permitted.

V. ~Lesum~.

_Douglas._

UNLUSSUM, _adj._ Unlovely.

V. ~Lufsom~.

_Douglas._

UNMODERLY, _adj._ Unkindly.

_Wyntown._

_Un_ negat. and A. S. _mothwaere_, meek.

UNPAUNDED, _part. adj._ Unpledged.

_Baillie._

UNQUART, _s._ Sadness.

_Gawan and Gol._

The reverse of _Quert_, q. v.

UNRABOYTYT, _part. pa._ Not repulsed.

V. ~Rebut~, _v._

_Wallace._

UNREASON, UNRESSOUN, _s._

1. Injustice, iniquity.

_Priests Peblis._

2. Disorder.

_Acts Marie._

UNREDE, UNRIDE, _adj._ Cruel, severe.

_Sir Tristrem._

A. S. _un-ge-reod_, _un-ge-ridu_, barbarous, cruel.

UNREST, _s._

1. Trouble.

_Wallace._

2. A person or thing that causes disquietude.

_Baillie._

Teut. _on-raste_, _on-ruste_, inquies.

UNRYCHT, _s._ Injustice, iniquity.

_Lyndsay._

A. S. _un-richt_, Teut. _on-recht_, injustitia.

UNRUDE, _adj._ Vile, impure.

_Douglas._

Teut. _on-raed_, sordes, immundities.

UNSALL, _adj._

V. ~Unsel~.

UNSAUCHT, UNSAUGHT, _adj._ Disturbed, troubled.

_Gawan and Gol._

Teut. _on-saecht_, durus, asper, rudis.

~Unsaucht~, _s._ Dispeace, trouble, S. B.

A. S. _un-saeht_, _un-seht_, discordia, inimicitia.

_To_ UNSCHET, _v. a._ To open.

V. ~Schete~.

_Douglas._

UNSEY'D, _part. adj._ Not tried, S.

V. ~Sey~, _v._

_Ferguson._

UNSEL, UNSALL, UNSILLY, _adj._

1. Unhappy, wretched.

_Dunbar._

A. S. _un-saelig_, Su. G. _usel_, infelix.

2. Naughty, worthless.

_Montgomerie._

Moes. G. _unsel_, malus.

~Unsele~, ~Unsell~, _s._

1. Mischance, misfortune.

_Barbour._

A. S. _un-saelth_, infelicitas, infortunium.

2. A wicked or worthless person.

_Bannatyne P._

Moes. G. _unsel_, evil, wickedness.

UNSELYEABLE, _adj._ Unassailable.

_Houlate._

UNSETT, _s._ An attack, for _onset_.

_Doug._

UNSIKKIR, UNSICKER, _adj._

1. Not secure, not safe.

_Douglas._

2. Unsteady, S.

V. ~Sikkir~.

_Burns._

UNSILLY, _adj._

V. ~Unsel~.

UNSNARRE, _adj._ Blunt, not sharp, S. B.

V. ~Snarre~.

UNSNED, _part. pa._ Not pruned or cut, S.

UNSONSIE, _adj._

1. Unlucky, S.

_Ramsay._

2. Mischievous, S.

V. ~Sonsy~.

_Ramsay._

_To_ UNSNECK, _v. a._ To lift a latch, S.

_Pop. Ball._

UNSOUND, _s._ A pang.

_Gawan and Gol._

Teut. _on-ghe-sonde_, morbus.

UNTELLABYLL, UNTELLIBYLL, _adj._ What cannot be told.

_Bellenden._

~Untellably~, _adv._ Ineffably.

_Douglas._

UNTHINKABILL, _adj._ Inconceivable.

_Lyndsay._

UNTHOCHT, _To haud_ one _unthocht lang_, to keep one from wearying.

_Pop. Ball._

Teut. _ondeuchtigh_, curae et timoris expers.

UNTHRIFTY, _adj._ Unfriendly.

V. ~Thryft~.

_Douglas._

UNTILL, _prep._ Unto.

V. ~Skair~.

UNTYNT, _part. pa._ Not lost.

V. ~Tyne~.

_Douglas._

UNTRAIST, _adj._ Unexpected.

V. ~Traist~, _adj._

_Lyndsay._

UNTRETABYLL, _adj._ Unmanageable, untractable.

_Douglas._

Lat. _intractabil-is_.

UNTROWABILL, _adj._ Incredible.

V. ~Trow~, _v._

_Lyndsay_.

UNWAR, UNWER, _adj._ or _adv._ Unwary; or unawares.

_Douglas._

A. S. _unwar_, _unwaer_, incautus; Isl. _war-a_, videre.

UNWARYIT, _part. pa._ Not accursed.

V. ~Wary~.

_Douglas._

UNWARNYST, _part. pa._ Not warned, S.

V. ~Warnis~.

_Unwarnistly_, _adv._ Without previous warning.

_Douglas._

UNWEMMYT, _part. adj._ Unspotted, unstained.

_Douglas._

A. S. _un-waemme_, _un-waemmed_, immaculatus.

UNWERD, _s._ Sad fate, misfortune, S.

V. ~Weird~.

_Ruddiman._

A. S. _un-wyrd_, infortunium.

UNWYNNABILL, _adj._ Impregnable.

_Bellenden._

A. S. _un-winna_, invincibilis.

UNWINNE, _adj._ Extreme.

_Sir Tristrem._

V. ~Win~.

A. S. _un-winna_, invincibilis, injucundus, inamoenus, asper.

UNWROKIN, _part. pa._ Unrevenged.

A. S. _un-wrecen_, inultus.

_Douglas._

UNYEMENT, _s._ Ointment.

_Bellenden._

O. Fr. _oignement_, id.

VOCE, _s._ Voice, S. B.

_Douglas._

VODE, _adj._

1. Empty, void.

_Douglas._

2. Light, indecent.

_Douglas._

_To_ ~Vode~, _v. a._ To void, to empty.

_Douglas._

VOE, _s._ A long narrow bay, Orkn. Shetl.

_Barry._

Isl. _vog-r_, sinus maris angustus.

VOGIE, VOKIE, _adj._

1. Vain, S.

_Ross._

Fr. _vogue_, Ital. _voga_, fame.

2. Merry, cheerful, S. B.

VOICER, _s._ A voter.

_Baillie._

VOLE MOUSE, the short-tailed field mouse, Orkn.

_Barry._

A. S. _wold_, planities; Su. G. _wall_, solum herbidum; Isl.
_voell-r_, campus, pratum.

VOLLAGE, _adj._ Fickle; Fr. _volage_.

_Complaynt S._

VOLOUNTÉ, _s._ The will; Fr. _volonté_.

_Douglas._

VOLT, _s._ Perh. cupola or dome.

Fr. _voulte_, a vaulted or embowed roof.

_Maitland P._

VOR, _s._ The spring, Orkn.

V. ~Veir~.

VOSTING, _s._ Boasting.

_Hamilton._

VOTE, _s._ A vow.

_Bellend. Cron._

O. Fr. _vot_, _vote_; Lat. _vot-um_.

_To_ VOTE, _v. a._ To devote.

_Votit_, part. pa.

_Bellenden._

VOTH, _s._ Outlawry.

V. ~Vouth~.

_Skene._

_To_ VOUST, _v. n._ To boast, S.

_P. Buch. Dial._

~Voust~, ~Voist~, ~Vosting~, _s._ Boasting; a boast, S.

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