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Not kindly; unkind; ungracious.

Not kindred; not of the same kin. [Obs.] Rowe. -- Un*kin"dred*ly, a.

To cause to cease to be a king. [R.] Shall his condescension, therefore, unking him South.

The quality or condition of being unkinged; abolition of monarchy. [Obs.] Unkingship was proclaimed, and his majesty's statues thrown down. Evelyn.

Quality or state of being unlucky.

Destitute of stockings. Sir W. Scott.

Not thinking; not heedful; thoughtless; inconsiderate; as, unthinking youth.

, who plundered the coasts of Europe in the eighth, ninth, and tenth centuries. Of grim Vikings, and the rapture Of the sea fight, and the capture, And the life of slavery. Longfellow.

A little villa. [R.] Gay.

The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake.

a. & n. from Walk, v. Walking beam. See Beam, 10. -- Walking crane, a kind of traveling crane. See under Crane. -- Walking fern. (Bot.) See Walking leaf, below. -- Walking fish (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus, some of which, as O. marulius, become over four feet long…

the vault of heaven; the sky. On the welkne shoon the sterres lyght. Chaucer. The fair welkin foully overcast. Spenser. When storms the welkin rend. Wordsworth.

Archaic] They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fat and well-liking. Bk. of Com. Prayer (Ps. xcii.).

Very large; whapping. [Colloq.]

A shallow drinking bowl. [Prov. Eng.] Ray.

Sweeping along lightly.

the material of which wicks are made; esp., a loosely braided or twisted cord or tape of cotton.

A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air; -- usually associated with crib-biting, or cribbing. See Cribbing, 4.

In a winking manner; with the eye almost closed. Peacham.

A little or young wolf. Tennyson.