, to leave nothing untried for accomplishing one's purpose.

[He] left unturned no stone
To make my guilt appear, and hide his own.
Dryden.

Untwain
(Un*twain") v. t. [1st pref. un- + twain.] To rend in twain; to tear in two. [Obs.] Skelton.

Untwine
(Un*twine") v. t. [1st pref. un- + twine.] To untwist; to separate, as that which is twined or twisted; to disentangle; to untie.

It requires a long and powerful counter sympathy in a nation to untwine the ties of custom which bind a people to the established and the old.
Sir W. Hamilton.

Untwine
(Un*twine"), v. i. To become untwined. Milton.

Untwirl
(Un*twirl") v. t. [1st pref. un- + twirl.] To untwist; to undo. Ash.

Untwist
(Un*twist") v. t. [1st pref. un- + twist.]

1. To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine.

If one of the twines of the twist do untwist,
The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist.
Wallis.

2. To untie; to open; to disentangle. Milton.

Unty
(Un*ty") v. t. To untie. [Archaic] Young.

Unusage
(Un*us"age) n. Want or lack of usage. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Unused
(Un*used") a.

1. Not used; as, an unused book; an unused apartment.

2. Not habituated; unaccustomed.

Unused to bend, impatient of control.
Thomson.

Unusual
(Un*u"su*al) a. Not usual; uncommon; rare; as, an unusual season; a person of unusual grace or erudition.Un*u"su*al*ly, adv.Un*u"su*al*ness, n.

Unusuality
(Un*u`su*al"i*ty) n. Unusualness. Poe.

Unutterable
(Un*ut"ter*a*ble) a. Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish.

Sighed and looked unutterable things.
Thomson.

Un*ut"ter*a*ble*ness, n.Un*ut"ter*a*bly, adv.

Unvail
(Un*vail") v. t. & i. See Unveil.

Unvaluable
(Un*val"u*a*ble) a.

1. Invaluable; being beyond price. [Obs.] South.

2. Not valuable; having little value. [R.] T. Adams.

Unvalued
(Un*val"ued) a.

To leave no stone unturned


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