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Unstill
(Un*still") a. [AS. unstille. See Un- not, and Still, a.] Not still; restless. [R.]

Unsting
(Un*sting") v. t. [1st pref. un- + sting.] To disarm of a sting; to remove the sting of. [R.] "Elegant dissertations on virtue and vice . . . will not unsting calamity." J. M. Mason.

Unstitch
(Un*stitch") v. t. [1st pref. un- + stitch.] To open by picking out stitches; to take out, or undo, the stitches of; as, to unstitch a seam. Collier.

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

1. To deprive of a stock; to remove the stock from; to loose from that which fixes, or holds fast.

2. To remove from the stocks, as a ship.

Unstockinged
(Un*stock"inged) a.

1. [Pref. un- not + stocking.] Destitute of stockings. Sir W. Scott.

2. [1st pref. un- + stocking.] Deprived of stockings.

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

1. To take the stopple or stopper from; as, to unstop a bottle or a cask.

2. To free from any obstruction; to open.

Unstrain
(Un*strain") v. t. [1st pref. un- + strain.] To relieve from a strain; to relax. B. Jonson.

Unstrained
(Un*strained") a. [Pref. un- not + strain.]

1. Not strained; not cleared or purified by straining; as, unstrained oil or milk.

2. Not forced; easy; natural; as, a unstrained deduction or inference. Hakewill.

Unstratified
(Un*strat"i*fied) a. (Geol.) Not stratified; — applied to massive rocks, as granite, porphyry, etc., and also to deposits of loose material, as the glacial till, which occur in masses without layers or strata.

Unstrength
(Un*strength") n. Want of strength; weakness; feebleness. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Unstriated
(Un*stri"a*ted) a. (Nat. Hist.) Nonstriated; unstriped.

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

1. To deprive of a string or strings; also, to take from a string; as, to unstring beads.

2. To loosen the string or strings of; as, to unstring a harp or a bow.

3. To relax the tension of; to loosen. "His garland they unstring." Dryden. Used also figuratively; as, his nerves were unstrung by fear.