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To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory; also, to learn the contrary of. I had learned nothing right; I had to unlearn everything. Milner.

Not learned; untaught; uneducated; ignorant; illiterate.

To free from a leash, or as from a leash; to let go; to release; as, to unleash dogs.

Not leavened; containing no leaven; as, unleavened bread.

Not used as a plea; not urged; as, an unpleaded excuse.

Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive. -- Un*pleas"ant*ly, adv. -- Un*pleas"ant*ness, n.

Want of pleasantry. [R.]

Unpleasant. [Obs.] "An unpleasive passion." Bp. Hall.

To remove the plaits of; to smooth. W. Browne.

To lead upward. [Obs.]

To lean or incline upon anything. [Obs.] Spenser.

A machine for cleaning carpets, tapestry, upholstered work, etc., by suction.

A name given to several plants which have soft, velvety leaves, as the Abutilon Avicennæ, the Cissampelos Pareira, and the Lavatera arborea, and even the common mullein.

belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia, etc; -- so called because they swim with sudden leaps, or starts.

Any plant of the American genus Hydrophyllum, herbs having white or pale blue bell-shaped flowers. Gray.

Leather dressed or tawed with alum, salt, etc., remarkable for its pliability and toughness; white leather.

Having pinnate or pinnately divided leaves.

Having the characteristic of Zoilus, a bitter, envious, unjust critic, who lived about 270 years before Christ.

In each; to or for each; as, "twenty leagues a day", "a hundred pounds a year", "a dollar a yard", etc.

In the morning; every morning. [Obs.] And have such pleasant walks into the woods A-mornings. J. Fletcher.