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Unruliness. [Obs.] "Breaking forth with rude unruliment." Spenser.

To break or remove the seal of; to open, as what is sealed; as, to unseal a letter. Unable to unseal his lips beyond the width of a quarter of an inch. Sir W. Scott.

Not seemly; unbecoming; indecent. An unseemly outbreak of temper. Hawthorne.

To break the power of (a spell); to release (a person) from the influence of a spell; to disenchant. [R.] Such practices as these, . . . The more judicious Israelites unspelled. Dryden.

The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter.

Act of rushing upward; an upbreak or upburst; as, an uprush of lava. R. A. Proctor.

e of India. The fur is black, annulated with white at the tip of each hair, and a white streak extends from the mouth to the shoulder.

Hence, a wandering of the thoughts; a wild or fanciful freak; a whim; a whimsical purpose. "The vagaries of a child." Spectator. They changed their minds, Flew off, and into strange vagaries fell. Milton.

oastfulness. He had nothing of vainglory. Bacon. The man's undone forever; for if Hector break not his neck i' the combat, he'll break't himself in vainglory. Shak.

To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors. The shells are filled with a white spar, which variegates and adds to the beauty of the stone. Woodward.

A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation.

Full of veins; streaked; variegated; as, veined marble. "Veined follies." Ford.

resignation in view. -- View halloo, the shout uttered by a hunter upon seeing the fox break cover. -- View of frankpledge (Law), a court of record, held in a hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet. Blackstone. -- View of premises (Law), the inspection by the jury of the place where a litigated…

to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe. Violated vows 'Twixt the souls of friend and friend. Shak. Oft have they violated The temple, oft the law, with foul affronts. Milton.

Striped; streaked. [Obs.]

r freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense; as, vivid colors. In dazzling streaks the vivid lightnings play. Cowper. Arts which present, with all the vivid charms of painting, the human face and human form divine. Bp. Hobart.

a volley of words. "This volley of oaths." B. Jonson. Rattling nonsense in full volleys breaks. Pope.

n pastry, the fine cakes, wafers, and marchpanes. Holland. A woman's oaths are wafers -- break with making B. Jonson.

are the waits abroad Beau & Fl. The sound of the waits, rude as may be their minstrelsy, breaks upon the mild watches of a winter night with the effect of perfect harmony. W. Irving. To lay wait, to prepare an ambuscade. -- To lie in wait. See under 4th Lie.

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