UNCIAL Un"cial, a. Etym: [L. uncialis amounting to the twelfth part of a pound or a foot, from uncia the twelfth part of a pound or of a foot, an ounce, an inch: cf. F. oncial. See Inch a measure.]
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style.
UNCIAL
Un"cial, n.
Defn: An uncial letter.
UNCIATIM
Un`ci*a"tim, adv. Etym: [L.]
Defn: Ounce by ounce.
UNCIFORM
Un"ci*form, a. Etym: [L. uncus a hook + -form.]
Defn: Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked from; hooklike. Unciform bone (Anat.), a bone of the carpus at the bases of the fourth and fifth metacarpals; the hamatum.
UNCIFORM
Un"ci*form, n. (Anat.)
Defn: The unciform bone. See Illust. of Perissodactyla.