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Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly. Sir W. Scott. -- Un*can"ni*ness, n. G. Eliot.

To take out of a case or covering; to remove a case or covering from; to uncover. L'Estrange.

r shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange.

Unknown; strange, or foreign; unusual, or surprising; distant in manner; reserved. [Scot.]

Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage.

Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners. "Uncouth in guise and gesture." I. Taylor. I am surprised with an uncouth fear. Shak. Thus sang the uncouth swain. Milton.

Unknown; strange. [Obs.] -- n.

To profane; to desecrate. The vanity unhallows the virtue. L'Estrange.

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

Unknown; strange. [Obs. or Scot.] W. Browne.

Not exemplified a second time. [Obs.] "Strange and unseconded shapes of worms." Sir T. Browne.

Not wonted; unaccustomed; unused; not made familiar by practice; as, a child unwonted to strangers. Milton.

y; to live up to engagements. As a boar was whetting his teeth, up comes a fox to him. L'Estrange.

f civil entertainment; and without some such tincture of urbanity, good humor falters. L'Estrange.

a court, hall, chamber, or the like; hence, an officer whose business it is to introduce strangers, or to walk before a person of rank. Also, one who escorts persons to seats in a church, theater, etc. "The ushers and the squires." Chaucer. These are the ushers of Marcius. Shak.

e; perfect; total; entire; absolute; as, utter ruin; utter darkness. They . . . are utter strangers to all those anxious thoughts which disquiet mankind. Atterbury.

rpose. "The vagaries of a child." Spectator. They changed their minds, Flew off, and into strange vagaries fell. Milton.

m no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report. Some legend strange and value. Longfellow. Vague year. See Sothiac year, under Sothiac.

, the visions of Isaiah. The baseless fabric of this vision. Shak. No dreams, but visions strange. Sir P. Sidney.

One who visits; a guest; a visitor. When the visitant comes again, he is no more a stranger. South.