unchristen 
or sacrament of liaptism. ///). ]>irt. 2. To 
ri-mliT unchristian; dcju-ivi- <>f sanctity. 
Iliith, iw It wore, unhallowed ami uitchrigifned the very 
duty of pruyer itself. Milton, Elkonoklastes, 1. 
unchristian 1 (uii-kri.s'tian), . [< ME. - 
i-riati ii ; <. mi- 1 + I'/instiiin.] I. Not Clirisl ian : 
npjiosiMl toCliristiaiiity or to its spirit; contrary 
to Clii-islianily i>r a Cliristian character. 
I feel not in me those sunliil and unchristian desires of 
my ]ii"iv>, ..... . Sir T. llruwne, Keligio Medici, 11. U. 
2. Not converted to the Christian faith: as, 
iini'lirifiliiiii nations. Hence 3. Not in ac- 
cordance with the civilization that Christian- 
ity insures ; rude ; cruel : often used colloqui- 
ally to signify impi-opcr, unusual, and the like. 
My aunt has turn'd me out a-doors ; she him, 
At this unchristian hour. 
Fletcher and Shirley, Night-Walker, ill. 2. 
unchristian 2 (un-kris'tian), v. t. [< n- a + 
C/irifitinn.] To deprive of the constituent 
qualities of Christianity; make unchristian. 
[Kare.] 
Atheism is a sin that doth not only unchristian, but un- 
man, u person that Is guilty of it South, Sermons. 
unchristianize (un-kris'tian-iz), . t. To turn 
from the Christian faith ;" cause to degenerate 
from the belief and profession of Christianity. 
unchristianlyt (un-kris'tian-li), a. Contrary 
to the laws or principles" of Christianity; un- 
becoming to Christians. 
Unchristianly compliances. Milton, Tetrachordou. 
unchristianly (un-kris'tian-li), adr. In an un- 
christian manner; in a manner contrary to 
Christian principles. 
They behaned themselues most vnchristianly toward 
their brethren. Uakluyt's Voyage*, II. SOD. 
They taught compulsion without convincement, which 
not long before they complained of as executed unchrin- 
tianly against themselves. Millnn, Hist. Eng., iii. 
unchristianness (un-kris'tian-nes), . The 
character of being unchristian; contrariety or 
the condition or characteristic of opposition to 
Christianity. 
The unchristianness of those denials. Etiwn Basilike. 
unchristinesst (un-kris'ti-nes), n. Unchristian- 
ness. Eikon Basilike. 
unchurch (un-oherch'), v. t. [< - 2 + church.] 
1. To expel from a church ; deprive of the char- 
acter and rights of a church; excommunicate. 
The Greeks . . . for this cause stand utterly unchurched 
by the Church of Rome. South, Sermons, VIII. xiv. 
2. To refuse the name or character of a church 
to. 
The papists, under the pretence of the church's union, 
are the great dividers of the Christian world, unchurching 
the far greatest part of the church, and separating from 
all that be not subjects of the pope of Rome. 
Baxter, Self-Denlal, xxxili. 
unci, a. Plural of uncus. 
uncia (un'shi-a),n. [L. : ssee ounce 1 , tnc/i 1 .] 1. 
In Rom. antiq., a twelfth part, as of the Roman 
as; an ounce; an inch; etc. 2. A copper coin 
of the ancient Roman republic, the twelfth part 
of the as. See as*, 3. 3f. A former name for 
the numerical coefficient of any term of the bi- 
nomial theorem. 
uncial (un'shial), a. and n. [= F. onciale, un- 
ciale = Sp. Pg. uncial, < ML. uncialia, of a twelfth 
part, of an ounce or an inch, an inch high, 
LL. litteree unciales, lit. 'inch letters,' letters of 
considerable size ; < L. uncia, a twelfth part, an 
ounce, an inch: see uncia, ounce 1 , inch 1 .] I. a. 
If. Of or pertaining to an ounce. E. Phillips. 
2. In paleog., noting that variety of majuscule 
character, or writing, usually found in the ear- 
lier manuscripts, as opposed to the later minus- 
cule, or cursive. Uncial characters are distinguished 
from capitals (that is, capital letters similar to the sim- 
plest form of those still in use) by relatively greater round- 
ness, inclination, and inequality in height. In Greek pa- 
<J>CDN H &O CD NT~O C6f 
TH G r H M CD e~TO I MX 
CATTeTH NOAO 
eye i xc n o i e nreiA^ 
i 
Uncial Manuscript. Greek uncials of the 4th century A. D. 
6587 
I, m. i(, u). I'm-liil iniimiscripts as old as the fourth r, n 
liny lire mill extant. This style of writing continued till 
the eighth or ninth century, the transition to mimiM iiU 
IN 
mx 6 qu e XR 
iy the distinction of capital :uul iim-iul is iinim- 
. In Lutiii manuscripts the difference ia strongly 
marked, several of the unrial letters approaching In form 
limn- or less ..in- pivsrnt lower-case letters (a, d, efe, f, h, 
Example of Latin Uncials, from MS. of the 8th century. Frag- 
ment of I.ivy, XXL 11, from the "Codex Puteanus" (now " ParuU- 
mis." Lat. 5730). 
being called semiuncial writing. The term uncial was 
originally a misapplication of St. Jerome's expression (/'- 
tera uncutlet, " inch-high " (large, handsome) letters. See 
majuscule. 
II. . 1. An uncial letter; also, uncial let- 
ters collectively ; uncial writing. 
The period of the uncial runs from the date of the earli- 
est specimens on papyrus to the 9th century. 
Encyc. Brit, XVIII. 145. 
2. A manuscript written in uncials. 
Omitted in several uncialt and ancient versions. 
Schaf, Hist. Christ. Church, I. 81. 
uncialize (un'shial-lz), *. (. ; pret. and pp. ini- 
tialized, ppr. uiici<i/i-i>ii/. [< uncial + -ije.J To 
shape according to the uncial system ; conform 
to the uncial system. [Hare.] 
In the 7th century the Irish uncial, which was the old 
Roman cursive uncialixd, came Into competition with 
the Roman uncial which was derived from the capitals, 
ami burrowed some of its forms. 
Isaac Taylor, The Alphabet, II. 204. 
unciatim (un-si-a'tim), adv. [L., by twelfths, 
by ounces, < uncia, a twelfth part, an ounce : see 
ounce 1 .] Ounce by ounce. Imp. Diet. 
unciferous (un-sif'e-rus), a. [< L. uncus, a 
hook, + ferre = E. bear 1 ."] In entom., bearing a 
curved process or hook: specifically applied to 
ovipositors with strongly curved tips, as those 
of certain grasshoppers. 
unciform (un'si-f&rm), a. and n. [< L. uncus, 
a hook, + forma, form.] I. a. tlncinate in 
form; hooked or crooked; hook-like: specifi- 
cally applied in anatomy to certain hook-like 
processes of bone : as, the unciform process of 
the ethmoid; the unciform process of the unci- 
form bone. Undfonn eminence of the brain, the 
calcar, or hippocampus minor. 
II. H. In anat. and sool., one of the bones of 
the wrist, so called from its hook-like process ; 
a carpal bone of the distal row, the innermost 
one on the ulnar or little-finger side, in special 
relation with the heads of the fourth and fifth 
metacarpals, supposed to represent carpalia IV 
and V of the typical carpus. See carpus, and 
cuts under Artiodactyla, Perissodactyla, hand, 
pisiform, and scapholunar. 
uncinal (un'si-nal), a. and n. [< LL. uncinux, 
a hook: see WMMUff.] I. a. Same as uncinate; 
in conch., specifically noting one of the several 
lateral teeth of the radula. See admedian. 
II. . An uncinal tooth of the radula; an 
unciuus. 
uncinata 1 (un-si-na'tii), M.; pi. uncinatx (-te). 
[NL., fern. sing, of L. uncinatus, hooked: see 
uncinate.] In sponges, a rod-like spicule bear- 
ing recurved hooks throughout its length. 
Uncinata 2 (un-si-na'ta), n. pi. [NL., neut. pi. 
of L. untinatus, hooked: see uncinate.] 1. A 
division of marine chmtopod worms, containing 
those whose tori are provided with minute chit- 
inous hooks or uncini. The serpulas, sabellas, 
and other tubicolous worms belong to this sec- 
tion. 2. [/. c.] Plural of uncinatum. 
uncinate (un'si-nat), a. and n. [< L. uncimitun, 
hooked, barbed, < LL. uncinus, a hook, barb: 
see unrinus.'] I. a. Hooked or crooked ; hooked 
at the end; forming a hook; unciform. Also 
uncate Uncinate abdomen, in entom., an abdomen 
in which the terminal segments are turned underneath 
the others, as in the males of certain Diptera. Uncinate 
antennae, in entom., antenna in which the last joint is 
curved and pointed, bending back on the preceding one. 
Uncinate convolution, gyrus, or lobe, (o) The hip- 
pocampal gyrus (which see, under gyrus). (b) The anterior 
extremity of the hfppocampal gyrus. See cuts under cere- 
bral, gyrus, and sufcus. Uncinate process. See procen- 
nu uncinatus, under processus. Uncinate wing-nerv- 
ures, in fntom,, wing-nervures which mn from the base 
toward the apex of the wing, but at the end are turned 
back In a hook-like form. 
II. n. An uncinate sponge-spicule. 
uncinated (un'si-na-ted), a. [< uncinate + -/ '/'-'. | 
Same as itiirimiti-. 
uncinattim(uii-si-na'tum). H.: pi. uiiciiialn(-tii). 
[NL., neut. of L. iincinatus, hooked: si-.- nni-i- 
uncivility 
null'. 1 In <i,Kil.. tlif uiH'if'irrn limn- of the car- 
pus: IlKiri' fllllv Cillll'll .v MlirilllllHIH. 
uncini, . 1'luml <>( inn-inns. 
Uncinia (un-sin'i-ft), n. LNL. (Persoon, 1807), 
< LL. n HI-HI us. ii liook: Krc HiiriiniK.] A genus 
of sedges, distingnislii-il from the reliit>-il tri-nus 
Ciin-j- by the hooked or barbed apex of the ra- 
chilla or Hpikelet-pedicel. There are about 25 spe- 
cies, mostly natives of the tempi-rate and cold parts of the 
southeni hemisphere, a few In the Hawaiian Islands, the 
West Indies, and the mountains of tropical America and 
Mexico. They are herbs with the habit of those species 
of Carex which have a simple androgynous continuous 
Inflorescence. See hamulut, 1 (b). 
unciniform (un-sin'i-form), a. Uncinate. 
TTncinitaria (un-sin-i-ta'ri-jl), n. pi. [NL., < L. 
uncinatiiK, hooked: see uncinate.] In Sollas's 
classification of sponges, a group, called a sub- 
order, of dictyonine hexactinelhdan Ktlicispon- 
giee, characterized by the presence of uncinate 
spicules, and divided into two tribes, Clavularia 
and fh-iipulitria, the former having one family, 
the lutter five. 
uncinitarian (un-Hin-i-ta'ri-an), a. [< Uncini- 
taria + -<m.\ Having uncinate spicules, as a 
sponge : of or pertaining to the I 'ncinitaria. 
Uncinula (uu-sin'u-lii), . [NL. (Le'veille', 
1851), < LL. uncinus, a hook: see MMNNM.] A 
genus of parasitic (pyrenomycetous) fungi, of 
the family Erysipheee, having the appendages 
free from the mycelium and recurved or 'coiled 
at the tip. Each perlthecium contains several asci. 
U. ampeltipridii (U. spiralu) is the common or powdery 
grape-mildew, and Is highly injurious to the grape. See 
grape-mildew, Erytipheir, Pitrenomyccta, and mildew. 
uncinus (un-si'nus), n.; pi. uncini (-m). [< LL. 
uncinus, a hook, barb.] 1. A hook or hook- 
let; a hamulus; something small, hard, and 
crooked; specifically, in conch., one of the un- 
cinal teeth of the radula. 
In the Heteropoda, It [the radula] Is so far more highly 
developed that the outermost uncini of the transverse 
rows may not only be very long, but also be articulated 
in such a manner as to be movable. When, therefore, 
the radula is protruded, these teeth are erected, and when 
it Is drawn back they come together like pincers. 
Oegenbaur, Comp. Anat, (trans.), p. 300. 
2. One of the hooked cilia of infusorians. 3. 
One of the numerous minute chitinous hooks 
of the tori of some annelids. See Uncinata. 
4. A weapon used in the eleventh century, re- 
sembling a martel-de-fer, but thought to have 
only one point or edge, 
unciphert (un-si'fer), v. t. To decipher. 
Which letter was intercepted by Captain Abbots, a Cap- 
tain of Dragoons in the army, and is now unciphered. 
Ruthwrrth Hilt. Coll., R IV. I. 491 (1647). (Daniel.) 
uncircumcised (un-ser'kum-sizd), a. Not cir- 
cumcised. Bom. iv. 11. 
uncircumcision(un-ser-kum-sizh'on), 11. 1. Ab- 
sence of circumcision ; the condition of being 
uncircumcised. Bom. iv. 9,10. 2. Hence, peo- 
ple who are not circumcised ; the Gentiles : of- 
ten with the. 
If the uncircuincisifm keep the righteousness of the 
law, shall not his uncircumcislon be counted for circum- 
cision ? Rom. U. -ji :. 
uncircumscriptt (un-ser'kum-skript), a. [ME., 
< n-l + circumacript.] Not circumscribed. 
Thou Oon and Two and Thre, eterne on lyve, 
That regnest ay In Three and Two and Oon, 
Uncircunucript and al malst clrcumscrlve. 
Chaucer, Troilus, v. 1879. 
uncircumstantial (un-ser-kum-stan'shal), a. 
1. Not circumstantial; not entering into mi- 
nute particulars. 2f. Not important. 
The like particulars, although they seem uncircunutan- 
tial, are oft set down in Holy Scripture. 
Sir T. Browne, Vuhj. Err., rU. 1. 
uncirostrate (un-si-ros'trat), a. [< L. UIICUH, 
a hook, + rostratus. beaked : see rostrate.] In 
urni Hi., having a hooked beak; hamirostrate. 
Uncivil (un-siv'il), a. Not civil, (a) Not pertain- 
ing to a settled government or settled state of society ; not 
civilized ; barbarous ; savage ; hence, not exhibiting re- 
finement ; unacquainted with the customs and manners 
of good society. 
The sauage and mciuill, who were before all science or 
cluilitie. euen as the naked by prioritie of time is before 
the clothed. Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Foesle, p. 7. 
The uncivil kerns of Ireland are in arms. 
Shale., 2 Hen. VI., iii. 1. 810. 
(M Not courteous; ill-mannered* rude ; coarse: as, an u- 
cieil answer ; an uncivil fellow. 
Let go that rude uncivil touch ! 
Shot., T. O. of V., v. 4. 60. 
(c) Improper; unusual; not customary. 
With midnight matins, at uncirii hours. 
Dryden, Hind and Panther, ill. 1010. 
nncivilityt im>-si-vil'i-ti), n. Incivility. 
You were never the gentlemen offered any undnHity to 
me, which is strange, mcthinks, In one that conies from 
beyond seas. Webttrr and Detlrcr, Westward Ho, I. 2. 
