Chapter Unburiable to Unclothe of U by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Uncipher
(Un*ci"pher) v. t. [1st pref. un- + cipher.] To decipher; as, to uncipher a letter. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.

Uncircumcised
(Un*cir"cum*cised) n. Not circumcised; hence, not of the Israelites. "This uncircumcised Philistine." 1 Sam. xvii. 26.

Uncircumcision
(Un*cir`cum*ci"sion) n.

1. The absence or want of circumcision.

2. (Script.) People not circumcised; the Gentiles.

Uncircumstandtial
(Un*cir`cum*stand"tial) a.

1. Not circumstantial; not entering into minute particulars.

2. Not important; not pertinent; trivial. [Obs.]

Uncity
(Un*cit"y) v. t. [1st pref. un- + city.] To deprive of the rank or rights of a city. [Obs.]

Uncivil
(Un*civ"il) a.

1. Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized.

Men can not enjoy the rights of an uncivil and of a civil state together.

Burke.

2. Not civil; not complaisant; discourteous; impolite; rude; unpolished; as, uncivil behavior.

Uncivility
(Un`ci*vil"i*ty) n. Incivility. [Obs.]

Uncivilization
(Un*civ`i*li*za"tion) n. The state of being uncivilized; savagery or barbarism. [R.]

Uncivilized
(Un*civ"i*lized) a.

1. Not civilized; not reclaimed from savage life; rude; barbarous; savage; as, the uncivilized inhabitants of Central Africa.

2. Not civil; coarse; clownish. [R.] Addison.

Uncivilty
(Un*civ"il*ty), adv. In an uncivil manner.

Unclasp
(Un*clasp") v. t. [1st pref. un- + clasp.] To loose the clasp of; to open, as something that is fastened, or as with, a clasp; as, to unclasp a book; to unclasp one's heart.

Uncle
(Un"cle) n. [OE. uncle, OF. oncle, uncle, F. oncle, fr. L. avunculus a maternal uncle, dim. of avus a grandfather; akin to Lith. avynas uncle, Goth. aw grandmother, Icel. ai great grandfather.]

1. The brother of one's father or mother; also applied to an aunt's husband; — the correlative of aunt in sex, and of nephew and niece in relationship.

2. A pawnbroker. [Slang] Thackeray.

My uncle, a pawnbroker. [Slang] — Uncle Sam, a humorous appellation given to the United States Government. See Uncle Sam, in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

Unclean
(Un*clean") a. [AS. unclne. See Unnot, and Clean.]