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Unknown; strange, or foreign; unusual, or surprising; distant in manner; reserved. [Scot.]

To detach or loose from a coach. [Obs.] Chapman.

To let down the cock of, as a firearm.

To release from a coffle.

To deprive of the coif or cap. Young.

To unwind or open, as a coil of rope. Derham.

Not coined, or minted; as, uncoined silver. Locke.

To unhorse. [Obs. & R.] Shak.

To separate, as substances in combination; to release from combination or union. [R.] Daniel.

ot to be come at, or reached; inaccessible. [Colloq.] Addison. My honor is infallible and uncomeatable. Congreve.

Not comely. -- adv. In an uncomely manner. 1 Cor. vii. 36.

Feeling discomfort; uneasy; as, to be uncomfortable on account of one's position.

Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage.

Incomplete. Pope.

To fail to comprehend. [R.] Daniel.

Unable to comprehend. Narrow-spirited, uncomprehensive zealots. South.

Not admitting of compromise; making no truce or concessions; obstinate; unyielding; inflexible. -- Un*com"pro*mi`sing*ly, adv.

Inconceivable. [Obs.] Locke. -- Un`con*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.] -- Un`con*ceiv"a*bly, adv. [Obs.]

Want of concern; absence of anxiety; freedom from solicitude; indifference. A listless unconcern, Cold, and averting from our neighbor's good. Thomson.

erned; not anxious or solicitous; easy in mind; carelessly secure; indifferent; as, to be unconcerned at what has happened; to be unconcerned about the future. -- Un`con*cern"ed*ly, adv. -- Un`con*cern"ed*ness, n. Happy mortals, unconcerned for more. Dryden.