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An ounce; a small portion. [Obs.] "By unces hung his locks." Chaucer.

Not capable of being ended; unceasing. [R.]

To throw from its center.

To remove from its actual century. [R.] It has first to uncentury itself. H. Drummond.

in mind; distrustful. Chaucer. Man, without the protection of a superior Being, . . . is uncertain of everything that he hopes for. Tillotson.

In an uncertain manner.

The quality or state of being uncertain.

Incessant. [Obs.] Dr. H. More. -- Un*ces"sant*ly, adv. [Obs.]

To renounce. [Obs.] "They abrenounce and cast them off." Latimer.

See Accustomance. [Obs.]

t notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim. Her [Q. Elizabeth's] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. Gilpin.

The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication.

One who announces.

A rude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England. Halliwell.

Ancestry. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To advance; to profit. Chaucer.

o strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly. Another bounces as hard as he can knock. Swift. Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart. Dryden.

One who bounces; a large, heavy person who makes much noise in moving.

declare; to proclaim (especially an evil). [Obs.] Denouncing wrath to come. Milton. I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish. Deut. xxx. 18.

Solemn, official, or menacing announcement; denunciation. [Archaic] False is the reply of Cain, upon the denouncement of his curse. Sir T. Browne.