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Of or pertaining to peat, or turf; of the nature of peat, or turf; peaty; turfy. Sir. W. Scott.

Of or pertaining to a suborder of urticaceous plants, of which the elm is the type.

To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves. Spenser.

To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below. Cowper.

To remove the face or cover from; to unmask; to expose.

Not graceful; not marked with ease and dignity; deficient in beauty and elegance; inelegant; awkward; as, ungraceful manners; ungraceful speech. The other oak remaining a blackened and ungraceful trunk. Sir W. Scott. -- Un*grace"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*grace"ful*ness, n.

To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.

Absence or lack of peace. [Obs.] Testament of Love.

Not placed.

To trace up or out.

Of or pertaining to a natural order (Urticaceæ) of plants, of which the nettle is the type. The order includes also the hop, the elm, the mulberry, the fig, and many other plants.

A rich kind of lace made at Valenciennes, in France. Each piece is made throughout, ground and pattern, by the same person and with the same thread, the pattern being worked in the net.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of a natural order (Valerianaccæ) of which the valerian is the type. The order includes also the corn salads and the oriental spikenard.

The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.

Armor for the arm; vambrace. Milton.

A European lake whitefish (Coregonus Willughbii, or C. Vandesius) native of certain lakes in Scotland and England. It is regarded as a delicate food fish. Called also vendis.

An extensive tribe of bivalve mollusks of which the genus Venus is the type. The shells are usually oval, or somewhat heartshaped, with a conspicuous lunule. See Venus.

Of or pertaining to a natural order (Verbenaceæ) of gamopetalous plants of which Verbena is the type. The order includes also the black and white mangroves, and many plants noted for medicinal use or for beauty of bloom.

Belonging to, or like, wine or grapes.

Resembling violets in color; bluish purple.