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To drive or draw from the earth; hence, to uncover; to bring out from concealment; to bring to light; to disclose; as, to unearth a secret. To unearth the roof of an old tree. Wordsworth.

Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking. His ungainly figure and eccentric manners. Macaulay.

To uncover. See Unhele. [Obs.]

To uncover. [Obs.] Spenser. Marston.

Disjointed; unconnected; hence, incoherent. Shak.

Odd; strange; ugly; old; uncouth. [Prov. Eng.]

Uncouth. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Unconfined; not restrained; unrestricted. Ascribe not unto God such an unlimited exercise of mercy as may destroy his justice. Rogers. Unlimited problem (Math.), a problem which is capable of an infinite number of solutions. -- Unlimited pump, a kind of deep-well pump placed at the level of the water, and operated fro…

To separate or undo, as links; to uncoil; to unfasten. Shak.

To divest of a mantle; to uncover. Nay, she said, but I will unmantle you. Sir W. Scott.

To take a covering from, as the face; to uncover.

To strip the shale, or husk, from; to uncover. [Obs.] I will not unshale the jest before it be ripe. Marston.

To remove the shroud from; to uncover. P. Fletcher.

To take the tiles from; to uncover by removing the tiles.

Not usual; uncommon; rare; as, an unusual season; a person of unusual grace or erudition. -- Un*u"su*al*ly, adv. -- Un*u"su*al*ness, n.

To remove a veil from; to divest of a veil; to uncover; to disclose to view; to reveal; as, she unveiled her face.

Not knowing; unconscious; ignorant. -- Un*wit"ting*ly, adv.

Uncommon; unusual; infrequent; rare; as, unwonted changes. "Unwonted lights." Byron. -- Un*wont"ed*ly, adv. -- Un*wont"ed*ness, n.

To untwist, uncoil, or untwine, as anything wreathed.

To uncover. [Obs.] Chaucer.