unherse, to take down (arms) from the ‘hearse’, or temporary stand on which they were placed; part of the ceremony of baffling. Spenser, F. Q. v. 3. 37. See [hearse].
unhouseled, without having received the last sacrament. Hamlet, i. 5. 77. Deriv. of ME. housel (P. Plowman, B. xix. 390); OE. hūsl (hūsel), the consecrated bread in the Eucharist (Ælfric), Goth. hunsl, ‘sacrificium’ (Matt. ix. 13). See Dict. (s.v. Housel).
unicorn’s horn, a supposed antidote to poison. B. Jonson, Ev. Man out of Humour, v. 4 (Carlo). ‘This beast in countenance is cruell and wilde, and yet notwithstanding mixed with a certaine sweetnes or amiablenes. His horne is of a merveilous greate force and vertue against Venome and poyson,’ Blundevile, Exercises; see Bible Word-Book (s.v. Unicorn).
unimproved, not yet used for advantage. Hamlet, i. 1. 96. See [improve].
union, a fine pearl. Hamlet, v. 2. 283; Kyd, Soliman, ii. 1. 231. Anglo-F. union (Bestiary, 1482); see Rough List; L. unio, a single pearl of a large size.
unjust, dishonest. 1 Hen. IV, iv. 2. 30; Bible, Luke xvi. 8.
unkind, unnatural. Spenser, F. Q., iii. 2. 43; King Lear, iii. 4. 73.
unlast, pp. of unlace, to unfasten. Spenser, F. Q. vi. 1. 39.
unlefull, forbidden. Ascham, Toxophilus, p. 61. See [lefull].
unlived, deprived of life. Lucrece, 1754.