unthrift 
unthrift (mi-thrift'), M. andrt. [< MK. iintlii-il't; 
<-' + thrift.] I. a. 1. Lurk of thrift; thrfrt- 
lessness ; prodigality. 
Koi- yuutlio set muii in allo folyc, 
In iinilifi.il and in ribaudie. 
flow, oj (he Kate, 1. 4926. 
A hater of folly, Idleness, and unlliri.i't. 
Harper; Hag., LXXVJ. 805. 
2f. Folly. 
He roghte noght what unthrtft that he scyde. 
Chaucer, Trullus, Iv. 431. 
3. A prodigal ; one who wastes his estate by ex- 
travagance; one without thrift. 
Iliiiiinu his goniie and helro a notable mthrifl, & de- 
lighting in nothing but in haukea and hounds, and gay 
appurrell. futtenham, Artc of Eng, Poesle, p. 235. 
To behold my door 
Beset with unthrifts, and myself abroad ? 
B. Jaruon, Case Is Altered, II. 1. 
II. t " 1. Profuse; prodigal. 
What man didst thou ever know <>ii'lu : ii'( that was be- 
loved after his means? Shak., T. of A., Iv. S. 311. 
2. Poor; unthrifty. 
I Ho] hath much adoo (poore pennlefather) to keepe his 
unthrift elbowes In reparations. 
Xathe, Pierce Penllesse, p. 8. 
unthriftiheadt (un-thrif ti-hed), n. [< unthrifty 
+ -head."] Unthriftiness. 
Unquiet Care and fond Unlhriftyhead. 
Speiuer, F. Q., III. xli. 25. 
unthriftily (uii-thrif'ti-li), atlr. [< ME. unthrif- 
/////;< an tli rift i/ + -ty 2 .] 1. Poorly. 
They been clothed so i/,,H:,,'tii'l<i. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Canou's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 340. 
2. In an unthrifty manner; wastefully; lavish- 
ly; prodigally. 
Why will you purt with them [names] here imthriftily! 
B. Jonson, Epigrams, vil. 
Unthriftiness (un-thrif'ti-nes), n. The state or 
character of being unthrifty ; prodigality. 
Staggering, non-proficiency, and unthriftincss of pro- 
fession Is the fruit of self. Rogers, Naamun the .Syrian. 
unthrifty (uu-thrif'ti), a. [< MK. uutlirifty; < 
un- 1 + thrifty.] 1. Profitless; foolish; wretched. 
Swich unthrifty wnyes newe. Chaucer, Trollus, iv. 1530. 
2. Not thrifty; not careful of one's means; 
prodigal; profuse; lavish; wasteful. 
T' inrlch your seines, and your unthrifty Sons 
To (it-lit ili/r with proud possessions. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 3. 
An tinthrift;/ knave. Shak., M. of V., i. 3. 177. 
3. Not thriving; not in good condition; not 
vigorous in growth. 
Grains given to a hide-bound or unthrifty horse recover 
him. Uortimer, Husbandry. 
At the base and In the real- of the row of buildings, the 
track of many languid years is seen in a border of unthrifty 
grass. Haicthornt, Scarlet Letter, Int., p. :;. 
4. Preventing thrift or thriving; mischievous; 
wicked. Spenser, P. Q., I. iv. 35. 
unthrivet (tm-thriv'), v. i. [< ME. unthriven, 
tinthryren, on tli ryven ; < n- 2 + thrive.] 1. To 
fail of success. 
For lovers be the folke that ben on lyve, 
That most disese han and most nnthrice, 
And most enduren sorowe, wo, and care. 
Cuckoo and Nightingale, 1. 142. 
For upon trust of Callcs promise, we may soon onthryee. 
Pastun Letters, IL 237. 
2. To fail to thrive or grow vigorously. 
Quyk lime, lite of that, lest it unthruve. 
Palladiiu, Husbondrle (B. E. T. S.), p. 122. 
unthrone (un-thron'), v. t. To remove from a 
throne or from supremo authority; dethrone. 
[The Pope] Thrones and Unthrone* Kings. 
Milton, True Religion, Heresy, Schism. 
untidiness (iin-ti'di-nes), H. The character or 
state of being untidy ; lack of neatness ; sloven- 
liness. 
The place Is the absolute perfection of beauty and unti- 
diness. Edinburgh Rev., CLXVI. 330. 
untidy (un-ti'di), a. [< ME. untidy, untyilii, <m- 
tydi; < mi- 1 + tidy 1 .'] If. Untimely; unseason- 
able. 2f. Improper; dishonest. 3. Not tidy; 
not neat; not orderly or clean. 
|She shall] hane mo solempne cites and semliche castelcs 
Than ge treuly han smale tonnes o(r] mtydi houses. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 1455. 
She omits the sweeping, and her house and furniture 
become nnlidy and unattractive. 
Pop. Sci. Mo., XXXIH. 368. 
untie (un-ti'), r. [< ME. utrigen, antigen, < AS. 
untii/iin. until/can, untie, < -, back, + tigan, 
etc., tie: see un-- and We 1 .] I. trans. I. To 
undo, as a knot. 
Bruted it was amongst the Phrygians, that he which 
could untie it should be Lord of all Asia. 
Purchat, Pilgrimage, p. 326. 
MB1 
2. To undo the fastenings, bands, cords, or 
wrappings of; loosen and remove the lyings 
from: as, to untie a bundle ; hence, to let or set 
loose; dissolve the bonds of ; liberate. 
Though you untie the winds, ami lit tln-m fight 
Against the churches. Shak., Macln-th, Iv. 1. 62. 
Host haply too, as they untitd him, 
Ho saw his hat and wig beside him. 
W. Combe, Three Tours of Dr. Syntax, I. 3. 
All the evils of an untifd tongue we put upon the ac- 
counts of drunkenness. Jer. Taj/lor. 
3. To loosen from coils or convolutions. 
The fury heard, while on Cocytus' brink 
Her makes, untied, sulphureous waters drink. 
/'<>/*, tr. of Statius's Thebaid, I. 
4. To resolve ; unfold ; clear. 
They quicken sloth, perplexities untie. !>/ 
II. intrang. To come untied; become loose. 
Their promises are but fair language, . . . and disband 
and untie like the air that beat upon their teeth when they 
spake the delicious and hopeful words. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 887. 
untied (un-tid'), a. 1. Not tied; free from any 
fastening or band. 2f. Figuratively, morally 
unrestrained; dissolute. 
There were excesses to many committed in a time so 
untied as this was. Daniel, Hist. Eng., p. 114. (Dana.) 
until (un-til'), prep, and ronj. [Formerly also 
until! ; < ME. until, untill, untyl, ontil, ontill ; < 
UH-, as in unto, + rt// 2 : see tilft and unto.] I. 
prep. If. To; unto: of place. 
Hire wommen soon untyl hire bed hire bronght. 
Chaucer, Trollus, ii. 814. 
Also zit gert he mak tharin 
Proplrtese by preu^ gyn, 
That it was like untill a heuyn. 
Holy Hood (E. E. T. 8.), p. 123. 
He rousd himselfe full My th, and hastned them until/. 
Spenser, F. <J., I. xL 4. 
2. To; unto; up to: of time. 
From where the day out of the sea doth spring, 
Untill the closure of the Evening. 
Speiuer, Y. (j.. Ill ill. 27. 
II. I'niij. Up to the time that; till the point 
or degree that: preceding a clause. 
I'n'H I know this sure uncertainty, 
I'll entertain the offcr'd fallacy. 
Shak., C. of E., II. 2. 187. 
See ye dlnna change your cheer, 
Untill ye see my l>ody bleed. 
Erlinton (Child's Ballad.', Ill 222). 
"I'is held a great part of Incivility for Maidens to drink 
Wine until they are married. Houxll, Letters, 11. M. 
r'i7 that day comes, I shall never believe this boasted 
point to be anything more than a conventional fiction. 
Lamb, Modern Gallantry. 
We sat and talked until the night, 
Descending, filled the little room. 
Longfellow, The Fire of Drift-Wood. 
The English until with the subjunctive often has a dis- 
tinctly final sense, anil in fact the subjunctive holds IU 
own at that point better than at any other in English. 
B. L. QUdertlcevc, Ainer. Jour. Philol., No. Ifl, p. 422. 
untile (un-til'), . t. To take the tiles from; 
uncover by removing tiles ; strip of tiles. Sean, 
and Fl., Women's Prize, i. 3. 
untillable (un-til'a-bl), a. Incapable of being 
tilled or cultivated ; barren. Coif per, Iliad, i. 
untilled (un-tild'). n. [< ME. untiled; < un- 1 
+ tilled.] Not tilled ; not cultivated, literally 
or figuratively. 
There Hues the Sea-Oak in a little shcl ; 
There growes vntill'd the ruddy Cocheuel. 
Syltttter, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks Edeu. 
His beastly nature, and desert and untilled manners. 
Jer. Taylor, Holy Dying, il. 4. 
untimbered(un-tim'berd),<j. 1. Not furnished 
with timber; not strongly or well timbered. 
Where 's then the saucy boat 
Whose weak untimber'd sides but even now 
Co-rivall'd greatness? Shot., T. and C., L 3. 43. 
2. Not covered with timber-trees, 
untimet (un-tim'), n. [ME. untime, untyme, on- 
tyme; < AS. untima, untime; as un- 1 + time*.] 
Unseasonable time. 
A mini slial nat ete in untyme. Chaucer, Parson's Tale, 
untimeliness (un-tini'li-ues), n . The character 
of being untimely ; unseasonableness. 
The untimelineu of temporal death. 
Jer. Taylor, To Bishop of Rochester. 
untimely (un-tim'li), a. [< KM- 1 + timely, a.] 
Not timely, (a) Not done or happening seasonably. 
Death lies on her like an untimely frost 
Upon the sweetest Bower of all the field. 
Shak., R. and J., iv. 5. 28. 
It [Brook Farm] was untimely, and whatever Is un- 
ti,,i- lit is already doomed to perish. 
0. B. Frothinaham, Reply, p. 188. 
(M Ill-timed ; inopportune; unsuitable; unfitting; im- 
proper. 
unto 
Rome untimely thought did liutiiiatc 
His all-too-ttmelesi speed. Shak., Lucrece, L 43. 
lit- kindles anger by untimely ; 
CraUbe, Tales, Works. I \ - 
(c) Happening befor tip minntl linn- ; premature: as, 
tintimrly death ; untimely fate. 
The untimelu fall of virtuous Lancaster. 
A'An*., Kii-u. I II., I. 2.4. 
untimely (un-tim'li), adv. [< ME. untimeliche ; 
< -i + timely, adv.] In other than the natu- 
ral time; unseasonably. 
Can she be dead 1 Can virtue fall untimely t 
Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, Iv. i 
untimeous, untimeously, adv. See untimous, 
etc. 
untimous (un-ti'mus), a. [Also untimeout ; < 
;i-' + timou*.] Untimely; unseasonable: as, 
untimous hours. 
Of un/ymotu persons : He is as welcome as water hi a 
rlvin ship. He is as welcome as snaw In harvest 
Itay, Proverbs (1078), p. S77. 
His irreverent anil mi/<im jocularity. 
Scott, Quentln Durward, I. 304. 
[The knock) was repeated thrice ere ... [he] hail pn 
ence of mind sufficient to Inquire who sought admittance 
at that Hntimemt* hour. 
llarham, Ingoldsby Legends, I. 72. 
untimously (un-ti'mus-li), tirlr. [Also untime- 
ously; < untimou* + -///'-'. | In an untimous 
manner; untimely. Scott, Kenilworth, xv. 
untin (un-tin'), r. /.; pret. and pp. untinned, ppr. 
untinning. To remove tin from: as, to untin 
waste tin-plates. The Engineer, LXXI. 42. 
untinctured (nn-tingk'turd), n. Not tinctured ; 
not tinged, stained, mixed, or infected ; unira- 
bued. 
Many thousands of armed nun. abounding in natural 
courage, and not absolutely untinctured with military dis- 
cipline. Maeaulay, Nugont's Hampden. 
untinged (un-tinjd'), a. 1. Not tinged; not 
stained; not discolored: as, water untinged; 
untinged beams of light. 2. Not infected; un- 
imbued. Swift, To Gay, July 10, 1732. 
untirable (un-tir'a-bl), a. Incapable of being 
tired; unwearied." Shak., T. of A., i. 1. 11. 
untired (nn-tird'),n. Not tired; not exhausted. 
Shak., Rich. III., iv. 2. 44. 
untiring (un-tir'ing), a. Not becoming tired 
orexhausted; unwearied: as, untiring patience. 
untithed (un-tiTHd'), a. Not subjected to 
tithes. B. I'ollok. 
untitled(un-ti'tld),<i. Having no title, (a) Hav- 
ing no claim or right: as, an untilled tyrant. Shak., 
Macbeth, Iv. ::. 104. 
False Duessa, now unfilled queene. 
Sjwn*-r, . <J., V. ix. 42. 
(6) Having no title of honor or office. 
The king had already dubbed half London, and Bacon 
found himself the only uniitled person in his mess at 
Gray's Inn. Maeaulay, Lord Bacon. 
unto (uu'to), }irep. and conj. [< ME. unto (not 
found in AS.), < OS. unto, untuo, unte = OFries. 
ont ti, until, = OHO. unze, wn', uma, MHG. 
unze, untze = Goth, unte, up to, until; A8. 6th, 
up to, until, < OS. und, unt = OFries. und, ont =: 
OHG. MHG. unz = Icel. unz, unnz, unst = Goth. 
und, up to, as far as, until ; prob. another form 
of the prep, which appears as the prefix and-, 
aw- 2 , and with a reversive or negative force as 
WH- 2 . The same first element appears in until, 
q. v.] I. prep. To: now somewhat antiquated, 
but much used in formal or elevated style. 
Thare men gou un (a the s, ., that schal goon un to 
Cypre. Mandrtillt, Travels, p. 126. 
A aeniely man to tic a kyng, 
A graclose face to loke rtito. 
I'ulitical Poeaa, etc. (ed. Purnivall), p. 151. 
Lawes ought to be fashioned unto the manners and con- 
ditions of the people to whom they are ment. 
Speiuer, State of Ireland. 
( itid made flowers sweet and beautiful, tlint being seen 
and smelt unto they might so delight. 
Uooktr, Eccles. Polity, II. 5. 
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, 
and I will give you rest. Mat. \i 28. 
Ill follow you unto the death. 
Shak., K. John, I. 1. 154. 
They also brought a full Intelligence In refeience unto 
the particular* they were sent about. 
A'. Morton, New England's Memorial, p. W. 
Let the North unto the South 
Speak the word befitting both. 
Whittier, Texas. 
To go in unto*. See go. To look unto. See look. 
II. t conj. Up to the time or degree that; until; 
till. 
Almighty quene, unto this yer be Ron. 
Chaucer, Parliament of Fowls, L 647. 
In thys pluce abide rnto that ye see 
Ho berlug hym best and ho better hnue. 
Rom. cSPaiteiiav(E. E. T. S.X L 41S1. 
