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See Trist, a. [Obs.] Ashmole.

To render unchristian. [Obs. & R.] Milton.

Not christened; as, an unchristened child.

Not Christian; not converted to the Christian faith; infidel.

To turn from the Christian faith; to cause to abandon the belief and profession of Christianity.

Unchristian. Milton.

The quality or state of being unchristian. [R.] Eikon Basilike.

imp. of Uprise. Uprose. Chaucer. Nor dim nor red, like God's own head The glorious sun uprist. Coleridge.

One engaged in viticulture.

A votary. Like a sad votarist in palmer's weed. Milton.

One who paints in water colors.

An association of women formed in the United States in 1874, for the advancement of temperance by organizing preventive, educational, evangelistic, social, and legal work.

on of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus. He took me by the wrist, and held me hard. Shak.

The band of the sleeve of a shirt, or other garment, which covers the wrist.

A covering for the wrist.

An elastic band worn around the wrist, as for the purpose of securing the upper part of a glove.

An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and physical welfare of young men, founded, June 6, 1844, by George Williams (knighted therefor by Queen Victoria) in London. In 1851 it extended to the United States and Canada, and in 1855 representatives of similar organizations throughout Europe and…

An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and economic welfare of young women, originating in 1855 with Lady Kinnaird's home for young women, and Miss Emma Robert's prayer union for young women,in England, which were combined in the year 1884 as a national association. Now nearly all the civili…

- Abbot of Misrule (or Lord of Misrule), in mediæval times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland called the Abbot of Unreason. Encyc. Brit.

ent; a compendium or abstract. This is an excellent abbreviature of the whole duty of a Christian. Jer. Taylor.