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_Poems Buchan Dial._
2. Not tender, harsh, S.
_Ferguson._
3. Incautious, imprudent, S.
_Baillie._
4. Mischievous, not safe to meddle with, S.
_Baillie._
5. Applied to one supposed to possess preternatural powers, S.
V. ~Canny~.
_Mannering._
6. Severe; applied to a fall or blow, S.
_Waverley._
UNCa.s.sABLE, _adj._ What cannot be annulled.
_Reg. Maj._
_In_ negat. and L. B. _ca.s.s-are_, irritum reddere.
UNCHANCY, _adj._ Not lucky, not fortunate, S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
UNCO, _adj._
1. Unknown.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _uncuth_, id.
2. Not acquainted, being in the state of a stranger, S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
3. Not domestic, S.
_Ross._
4. So much changed as scarcely to be recognised, S.
_Glenburnie._
5. Unusual, surprising, S.
A. S. _uncuth_, alienus.
6. Strange, as applied to country, S.
_Mannering._
7. Distant, reserved in one's manner towards another, S.
~Unco~, _adv._ Very, S.
_Ross._
~Uncos~, used as a _s. pl._ News, S. B.
_Morison._
UNCOFT, _adj._ Unbought, S.
V. ~Coff~, v.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
UNCORDUALL, _adj._ Incongruous.
_Wallace._
UNCORNE, _s._ Wild oats, S. B.
_Doug._
UNCOUDY, _adj._
1. Dreary, causing fear, S. B.
2. Under the influence of fear, S. B.
