1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.
2. Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing.
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
Num. xix. 11. 3. Morally impure. "Adultery of the heart, consisting of inordinate and unclean affections." Perkins.
— Un*clean"ly, adv. — Un*clean"ness, n.
Unclean animals (Script.),
those which the Israelites were forbidden to use for food. — Unclean
spirit (Script.), a wicked spirit; a demon. Mark i. 27.
Uncleansable
(Un*cleans"a*ble) a. Incapable of being cleansed or cleaned.
Unclench
(Un*clench") v. t. Same as Unclinch.
Uncleship
(Un"cle*ship) n. The office or position of an uncle. Lamb.
Unclew
(Un*clew") v. t. [1st pref. un- + clew.] To unwind, unfold, or untie; hence, to undo; to ruin.
Shak.
Unclinch
(Un*clinch") v. t. [1st pref. un- + clinch.] To cause to be no longer clinched; to open; as, to
unclinch the fist. [Written also unclench.]
Uncling
(Un*cling") v. i. [1st pref. un- + cling.] To cease from clinging or adhering. [Obs.] Milton.
Uncloak
(Un*cloak") v. t. [1st pref. un- + cloak.] To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a
cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal.
Uncloak
(Un*cloak"), v. i. To remove, or take off, one's cloak.
Unclog
(Un*clog"), v. t. [1st pref. un- + clog.] To disencumber of a clog, or of difficulties and obstructions; to
free from encumbrances; to set at liberty. Shak.
Uncloister
(Un*clois"ter) v. t. [1st pref. un- + cloister.] To release from a cloister, or from confinement
or seclusion; to set free; to liberate.
Unclose
(Un*close") v. t. & i. [1st pref. un- + close.]
1. To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes.
2. To disclose; to lay open; to reveal.
Unclosed
(Un*closed") a. [Pref. un- not + closed.]
1. Not separated by inclosures; open. Clarendon.
2. Not finished; not concluded. [R.] Madison.
3. Not closed; not sealed; open. Byron.
Unclothe
(Un*clothe") v. t. [1st pref. un- + clothe.] To strip of clothes or covering; to make naked. I.
Watts.
[We] do groan being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon.
2 Cor. v. 4.