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To disarm of a sting; to remove the sting of. [R.] "Elegant dissertations on virtue and vice . . . will not unsting calamity." J. M. Mason.

Unwitting. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser. -- Un*weet"ing*ly, adv. [Obs.] Milton.

Not knowing; unconscious; ignorant. -- Un*wit"ting*ly, adv.

Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. [Scot.] Jamieson.

A thermometer by merely inverting which the temperature may be registered. The column of mercury is broken and, as it remains until the instrument is reset, the reading may be made at leisure.

A sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to receive and entertain her friends. [Obs.] To invite your lady's upsitting. Beau. & Fl.

Inclined to fluctuate; wavering. Tennyson. -- Vac"il*la`ting*ly, adv.

The act of constructing vaults; a vaulted construction.

In a vaunting manner.

The fine shag or nap of velvet; a piece of velvet; velvet goods.

Cloth for vests; a vest pattern.

a. & vb. n. from Visit. Visiting ant. (Zoöl.) See Driver ant, under Driver. -- Visiting book, a book in which a record of visits received, made, and to be made, is kept. Thackeray. -- Visiting card. See under Card.

The spasmodic ejection of matter from the stomach through the mouth.

a. & n. from Vote, v. Voting paper, a form of ballot containing the names of more candidates than there are offices to be filled, the voter making a mark against the preferred names. [Eng.]

The act or occupation of covering or lining with boards in panel.

A fabric designed for waistcoats; esp., one in which there is a pattern, differently colored yarns being used.

a. & n. from Wait, v. In waiting, in attendance; as, lords in waiting. [Eng.] -- Waiting gentlewoman, a woman who waits upon a person of rank. -- Waiting maid, Waiting woman, a maid or woman who waits upon another as a personal servant.

By waiting.

Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion.

A kind of knitting in which a number of threads are interchained each with one or more contiguous threads on either side.