—Ross's Helenore.
Under water dearth, under snaw bread.
If a field has been inundated with water the crop will be spoiled; but if covered with snow it will be improved, as the soil is warmed and nourished thereby.
Unseen, unrued.
"Unsicker, unstable," quo' the wave to the cable.
"'Unsicker,' not secure, not safe, unsteady."—Jamieson.
Upon my ain expense, as the man built the dyke.
"Taken from an inscription upon a churchyard in Scotland—
"'I, John Moody, cives Abredonensis,
Builded this kerk-yerd of fitty (Foot-dee?) upon my own expenses.'"
—Kelly.