2. Fig.; Not smoothed; unpolished; rough.
My rhymes be rugged and unkempt.
Spenser. Unkennel
(Un*ken"nel) v. t. [1st un- + kennel.]
1. To drive from a kennel or hole; as, to unkennel a fox.
2. Fig.: To discover; to disclose. Shak.
Unkent
(Un*kent") a. [Un- knot + ken to know.] Unknown; strange. [Obs. or Scot.] W. Browne.
Unketh
(Un*keth") a. Uncouth. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Unkind
(Un*kind") a. [See Kin kindred.] Having no race or kindred; childless. [Obs. & R.] Shak.
Unkind
(Un*kind"), a.
1. Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or kindred; unnatural. [Obs.] "Such unkind abominations."
Chaucer.
2. Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful.
He is unkind that recompenseth not; but he is most unkind that forgetteth.
Sir T. Elyot. — Un*kind"ly, adv. — Un*kind"ness, n.
Unkindliness
(Un*kind"li*ness) n. Unkindness. Tennyson.
Unkindly
(Un*kind"ly), a.
1. Not kindly; unkind; ungracious.
2. Unnatural; contrary to nature. [Obs.] "Unkindly crime." Spenser.
3. Unfavorable; annoying; malignant. Milton.
Unkindred
(Un*kin"dred) a. Not kindred; not of the same kin. [Obs.] Rowe. — Un*kin"dred*ly, a.
Unking
(Un*king") v. t. [1st un- + king.] To cause to cease to be a king. [R.]
Shall his condescension, therefore, unking him?
South. Unkingship
(Un*king"ship), n. The quality or condition of being unkinged; abolition of monarchy. [Obs.]
Unkingship was proclaimed, and his majesty's statues thrown down.
Evelyn. Unkiss
(Un*kiss") v. t. [1st un- + king.] To cancel or annul what was done or sealed by a kiss; to
cancel by a kiss. [Obs.]
Let me unkiss the oath 'twixt thee and me.
Shak. Unkle
(Un"kle) n. See Uncle. [Obs.]
Unknight
(Un*knight") v. t. [1st un- + knight.] To deprive of knighthood. Fuller.
