Ungulate
(Un"gu*late) a. [L. ungulatus. See Ungula.]

1. Shaped like a hoof.

2. (Zoöl.) Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under Nail, n., 1.

Ungulate
(Un"gu*late), n. (Zoöl.) Any hoofed quadruped; one of the Ungulata.

Unguled
(Un"guled) a. [L. ungula a claw.] (Her.) Hoofed, or bearing hoofs; — used only when these are of a tincture different from the body.

Unguligrade
(Un"gu*li*grade) a. [L. ungula hoof + gradi to walk.] (Zoöl.) Having, or walking on, hoofs.

Ungulous
(Un"gu*lous) a. [See Ungula.] (Zoöl.) Same as Ungulate.

Unhair
(Un*hair") v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hair.] To deprive of hair, or of hairs; as, to unhair hides for leather.

I 'll unhair thy head.
Shak.

Unhallow
(Un*hal"low) v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hallow.] To profane; to desecrate.

The vanity unhallows the virtue.
L'Estrange.

Unhallowed
(Un*hal"lowed) a. [Pref. un- not + hallowed.] Not consecrated; hence, profane; unholy; impious; wicked.

In the cause of truth, no unhallowed violence . . . is either necessary or admissible.
E. D. Griffin.

Unhand
(Un*hand") v. t. [1 st pref. un- + hand.] To loose from the hand; to let go.

Hold off! unhand me, gray beard loon!
Eftsoons his hand dropped he.
Coleridge.

Unhandsome
(Un*hand"some) a.

1. Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or pleasing; plain; homely.

Were she other than she is, she were unhandsome.
Shak.

I can not admit that there is anything unhandsome or irregular . . . in the globe.
Woodward.

2. Wanting noble or amiable qualities; dishonorable; illiberal; low; disingenuous; mean; indecorous; as, unhandsome conduct, treatment, or imputations. "Unhandsome pleasures." J. Fletcher.

3. Unhandy; clumsy; awkward; inconvenient. [Obs.]

The ships were unwieldy and unhandsome.
Holland.

A narrow, straight path by the water's side, very unhandsome for an army to pass that way, though they found not a man to keep the passage.
Sir T. North.

Un*hand"some*ly, adv.Un*hand"some*ness, n.

Unhandy
(Un*hand"y) a. Clumsy; awkward; as, an Unhandy man.

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

1. To divest or strip of hangings; to remove the hangings, as a room.


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