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The office or position of an uncle. Lamb.

The position or condition of an undergraduate.

The state or quality of being unfriendly; unfriendliness; enmity. An act of unfriendship to my sovereign person. Sir W. Scott.

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

To take out of a ship or vessel; as, to unship goods.

The act of unshipping, or the state of being unshipped; displacement.

To deprive of worship or due honor; to dishonor. [Obs.] Wyclif.

The office of an usher; usherdom.

The office or dignity of a vicar.

Viceroyalty.

The condition, pursuits, or occupation of a virtuoso. Bp. Hurd.

The quality, rank, or office of a viscount.

The office or jurisdiction of a warden.

The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship. Wardship is incident to tenure in socage. Blackstone.

Art of, or skill in, rowing; oarsmanship; specif., skill in managing the blade in the water, as distinguished from managing arms, body, etc., in the stroke.

The office, province, or jurisdiction of a waywode.

rike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

called in imitation of the peculiar notes which it utters in the evening. [Written also whippowil.]

Shaped like the lash of a whip; long, slender, round, and tapering; as, a whip-shaped root or stem.

A vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo.