Uncouple
(Un*cou"ple), v. i. To roam at liberty. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Uncourtliness
(Un*court"li*ness) n. Absence of courtliness; rudeness; rusticity. Addison.
Uncous
(Un"cous) a. [L. uncus hooked, as n., a hook.] Hooklike; hooked. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Uncouth
(Un*couth") a. [OE. uncouth, AS. unc unknown, strange: un- (see Un- not) + c known, p.
p. of cunnan to know. See Can to be able, and cf. Unco, Unked.]
1. Unknown. [Obs.] "This uncouth errand." Milton.
To leave the good that I had in hand,
In hope of better that was uncouth.
Spenser. 2. Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant. [Obs.]
Harness . . . so uncouth and so rish.
Chaucer. 3. Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners. "Uncouth
in guise and gesture." I. Taylor.
I am surprised with an uncouth fear.
Shak.
Thus sang the uncouth swain.
Milton. Syn. — See Awkward.
— Un*couth"ly, adv. — Un*couth"ness, n.
Uncovenable
(Un*cov"e*na*ble) a. Not covenable; inconvenient. [Obs.] Wyclif
Uncovenanted
(Un*cov"e*nant*ed) a.
1. Not covenanted; not granted or entered into under a covenant, agreement, or contract. Bp. Horsley.
2. Not having joined in a league, or assented to a covenant or agreement, as to the Solemn League
and Covenant of the Scottish people in the times of the Stuarts.
In Scotland a few fanatical nonjurors may have grudged their allegiance to an uncovenanted king.
Sir
T. E. May. 3. (Theol.) Not having entered into relationship with God through the appointed means of grace; also,
not promised or assured by the divine promises or conditions; as, uncovenanted mercies.
Uncover
(Un*cov"er) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Uncovered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Uncovering.] [1st pref. un- +
cover.]
1. To take the cover from; to divest of covering; as, to uncover a box, bed, house, or the like; to uncover
one's body.
2. To show openly; to disclose; to reveal. "To uncover his perjury to the oath of his coronation." Milton.
3. To divest of the hat or cap; to bare the head of; as, to uncover one's head; to uncover one's self.
Uncover
(Un*cov"er) v. i.
