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Unhandy; clumsy; awkward; inconvenient. [Obs.] The ships were unwieldy and unhandsome. Holland. A narrow, straight path by the water's side, very unhandsome for an army to pass that way, though they found not a man to keep the passage. Sir T. North. -- Un*hand"some*ly, adv. -- Un*hand"some*ness, n.

e at Rome . . . call them unions, as a man would say "singular," and by themselves alone. Holland. In the cup an union shall he throw, Richer than that which four successive kings In Denmark's crown have worn. Shak.

Imperfect. [Obs.] Holland. -- Un*per"fect*ly, adv. [Obs.] Hales. -- Un*per"fect*ness, n. [Obs.]

Insignificant. [Obs.] Holland.

e captives whom he had taken of our men to skirmish one against another to the utterance. Holland.

Further; outer; utter. [Obs. & R.] Holland.

To wander; to roam; to stray. [Obs.] "[The soul] doth vague and wander." Holland.

An avant-courier. See Van-courier. [Obs.] Holland.

Having the form or nature of vapor. Holland.

Vastness. [Obs.] The huge vastity of the world. Holland.

measure for liquids, and also a dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectoliter of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.

To cry up. as if for sale; to blazon. [Obs.] Holland.

A ventouse. [Obs.] Holland.

s crocodile is a mischievous fourfooted beast, a dangerous vermin, used to both elements. Holland.

and is often destructive. -- Vine dragon, an old and fruitless branch of a vine. [Obs.] Holland. -- Vine forester (Zoöl.), any one of several species of moths belonging to Alypia and allied genera, whose larvæ feed on the leaves of the grapevine. -- Vine fretter (Zoöl.), a plant louse, esp. the phylloxera that inju…

hood; manliness; specif., the power of procreation; as, exhaustion. "Virility of visage." Holland.

That which excites vomiting; an emetic. He gives your Hollander a vomit. Shak. Black vomit. (Med.) See in the Vocabulary. -- Vomit nut, nux vomica.

A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow. Holland.

f the gleed. Chaucer. The curious work in pastry, the fine cakes, wafers, and marchpanes. Holland. A woman's oaths are wafers -- break with making B. Jonson.

A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal. See Wheal. Holland.