untrodden 
What jiath 
Shall I -ci-k mil to'grupe the (laming rod 
Of my otf emli'd, of my angry God ? 
Quarle*. Emblems, ill. 12. 
The path from me to you th;il In I, 
r/iti-dden long, with grans in grown. 
iMicrll, Estrangement 
nntrotht (un-troth'). . [A var. of untruth, as 
troth is of truth. ] 1. I'm nil li ; falsehood. 
If you flncl my words to lie tintroth, 
than let me die to recompense the wrong. 
Oretnt, Alphoniiis, il. 
2. Aii untruth; a falsehood. 
There will ho n yard of dissimulation at least, city-mea- 
sure, and cut upon an untruth or two. 
Fletcher and Umtiey, Maid in the Mill, Iv. 1. 
untroublet (un-tnib'1), '. /. To free from 
trouble; disabuse, Lrii/htini, Com. on 1 Pet. v. 
untroubled (un-trub'ld), a. 1. Not troubled; 
not disturbed by fare, sorrow, or business; not 
agitated; unmoved; unruffled; not confused; 
free from passion : as, an untroubled mind. 
Quiet, untroubled soul, awake ! 
Shak., Rich. III., v. 8. 148. 
2. Not disturbed or raised into waves or rip- 
ples: as, an untroubled sea. 3. Not foul; not 
turbid : as, an untroubled stream. 
Bodies clear and untroubled. Bacon. 
untroubledness (un-trub'ld-nes), . The state 
of being untroubled; freedom from trouble; 
unconcern. Hammond, Works, IV. 479. 
untrowablet (un-tro'a-bl), a. [ME., < -i 
+ troir + -able.] Not to be credited; incredi- 
ble. n'yclif. 
untrucedt (un-trBsf), n. Not interrupted by a 
truce; truceless. 
All those four (elements] 
Maintain a natural opposition 
And untruc'd war the one against the other. 
Miadleton, No Wit Like a Woman's, Hi. 1. 
untrue (un-trS'), a. [< ME. itntrcwe, oiitreicc 
(= MLG. untruwe = G. untreu = Icel. utryggr) ; 
< w-l + true.] 1. Not true to the fact; con- 
trary to the fact; false. 
And he shewed him trewe tidynges and vntrrm, for he 
made him beleue howe all the conntre of Wales wolde 
gladlye haite hym to he their iorde. 
Bernen, tr. of Frolsaart's Chron. , I. 332. 
By what construction shall any man make those com- 
parisons true, holding that distinction untrue t 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity. 
2. Not true to one's duty ; not faithful ; incon- 
stant ; not fulfilling the duties of a husband, 
wife, vassal, friend, etc.; not to be trusted; 
false; disloyal. 
Lete vs take hede to snue the ncple and the londe fro 
these n-<raw and mUbelevyngo Sarazins that thus sod- 
enly be entred vpon vs. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 174. 
For further I could say this man 's untrue. 
Shale., Lover's Complaint, 1. 169. 
3. Not true to a standard or rule ; varying from 
a correct form, pattern, intonation, alinement, 
or the like ; incorrect. 
Henry chastysed the oldc untrewc niesure, and mode a 
yerde of the length of his owne anne. 
Fabyan, I'hronycle, ccxxvl. (Encyc. Diet.) 
The millboards must he squared truly, or the volume 
will stand unevenly and the finisher's design he untrue. 
W. Mathetos, Modern Bookhinding(ed. Grolier Club), p. 35. 
In the case of crank-pins wearing untrue, there is 
nothing for it but filing to caliper. 
The Engineer, LXIX. 158. 
untruet (un-tr6'), adv. [< ME. untrewe ; < t<- 
trur, a.] Untruly. 
Elles he moot telle his tale untrewe. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 735. 
untrueness (un-tr8'nes), . [< ME. uutrnrr- 
iii-xm- ; < untrue + -Hess.] The character of 
being untrue. 
untruism (un-tr8'izm), n. [< untrue + 4m.] 
Something obviously untnie; the opposite of 
a truism. [A nonce-word.] 
Platitudes, truisms, and unlrm'imt. 
Trollope, Barchester Towers, vi. 
untruly (tin-tro'li), adr. In an untrue manner ; 
not truly ; falsely. 
Master More untruly reporteth of me in his dialogue. 
Tyndale, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc,, I860), p. 14. 
untruss (un-trus'), '' ' To untie or unfasten ; 
loose from a truss, or as from a truss ; let out ; 
i-peeilically, to loose, as to let down the breeches 
by untying the points by which they were held 
up ; undress. 
Give me my nightcap, so! 
Quick, quick, untruit me. 
Fletcher (and another), Elder Brother, Iv. 4. 
Our Muse is in mind for th' untrumng & poet 
B. Jonion, Poetaster, v. 1. 
The Clerk of Chatham was iiln/i> ( his points pre- 
paratory to seeking his trnrkle-bed. 
Harh'un. lugoldsby Legends, I, 71. 
6653 
UntrUSSt (un-trus'), . Same as 
Thou grand scourge, or second unt ruu of the time. 
/;. .1. .<,,,. l.\: i\ \l;jii i. ill .il ins Humour, li I. 
untrussed (un -trust'), a. Not trussed; not tied 
up; not bundled up. Fairfax, Godfrey of Bou- 
logne, xviii. 
Behold the sacred Pale*, where with halre 
I'litrn i she sin-, In shade of yonder hill. 
/.. Brytkftt, Paitorall Aeglogue. 
untrussert (un-trus'er), . One who untrusses; 
lience, one who unmasks and scourges folly; 
one who prepares others for punishment by un- 
trussing them. 
Neither shall you at any time, ambitiously affecting the 
title of the untruueri or whippcrs of the age, suffer the 
Itch of writing to over-run your performance In libel. 
B. Jonum, Poetaster, v. 8. 
untrustt (un-trusf), M. [< ME. initrHst, untrist 
(= Icel. utraust); < MM + trust 1 .'] Lack of 
trust; distrust. 
Ye have noon oother countenance I leeve, 
But speke to us of untrutt and rupreeve. 
Chaucrr, Merchant'! Tale, 1.982. 
untrustt, n. [ME.,alsOMHfris<c(=Icel.H/raM*fr), 
faithless: see untrust, .] Faithless; distrust- 
ful. 
Why hutowmade Troylus to me untrute(VAT. untnate^ 
Chaucer, Trollus, ill. 839. 
untrustful (un-trust'ful), a. 1. Not trustful 
or trusting. 2. Not to be trusted; not trust- 
worthy ; not trusty. Scott. [Rare.] 
untrustiness (un-trus'ti-nes), v. The character 
of being untrugty; unfaithfulness in the dis- 
charge of a trust. Sir T, Hayward. 
untrustworthiness (un-trust'wer'?Hi-nes), w. 
The character of being untrustworthy. 
Much has been said about itntrutttrorthinett of histori- 
cal evidence. //. Spencer, Prin. of Sociol., p. 75. 
untrustworthy (un- trust 'wer'THi), a. Not 
trustworthy, in any sense : as, an untrusttcortlty 
sen-ant; an untrusttcortliy boat. 
It wants it (sifting] all the more because it is so closely 
connected with the early Venetian history, than which no 
history is more utterly untrusttctirthy. 
E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 228. 
untrusty (un-trus'ti), a. [< ME. iintriisty, on- 
trusty, ontriatij ; < un- 1 + trusty.] Not trusty; 
not worthy of confidence ; unfaithful. Thomas 
todge (Arbor's Eng. Garner, I. 14). 
untruth (un-tr8th'), n. [Also uutroth, q. v. ; < 
ME. ontreuthe, untroiMe, uiitrotcthe, < AS. un- 
tredu'th, untruth; as un- 1 + truth.} 1. The 
character of being untrue ; contrariety to truth ; 
want of veracity. 
He who is perfect and abhors untruth. Satidyi. 
2. Treachery; want of fidelity ; faithlessness; 
disloyalty. 
Untruth has made thee subtle In thy trade. 
Fin-it, Lover's Melancholy, Iv. 3. 
3. A false assertion ; a falsehood ; a lie. 
Moreover, they have spoken untrutlis ; . . . and, to con- 
clude, they are lying knaves, fihat.. Much Ado, v. 1. 220. 
untruthful (un-trpth'ful), a. Not truthful; 
wanting in veracity; contrary to the truth. 
Clarke. 
untruthfully (un-tr8th'ful-i), adv. In an un- 
truthful manner; falsely; faithlessly. 
untruthfulness (un-troth'ful-nes), w. 1. The 
character or state of being untruthful ; false- 
ness; unveracity. 2. Inaccuracy; incorrect- 
ness : as, the untruthfiilness of a drawing. 
untuck (un-tuk'), . t. To unfold or undo; re- 
lease from being tucked up or fastened. 
For some, untuck'd, descended her sheaved hat. 
Shak., Lover's Complaint, 1. 31. 
untuckered (un-tuk'erd), a. Wearing no tucker: 
said of a woman. 
untufted (un-tuf 'ted), a. Without tufts or pro- 
jecting bunches, as of scales or hairs: specifi- 
cally noting certain moths. 
untunable (un-tu'na-bl), a. 1. Notcapableof 
being tuned or brought to the proper pitch. 
2. Not harmonious ; discordant; not musical. 
Then In dumb silence will I bury mine [news], 
For they are harsh, untuneablr, and bad. 
Shale., T. O. of V., ill. 1. 208. 
Also itiituiiralilr. 
untunableness (un-tu'na-bl-nes), n. The state 
of being untunable ; want of harmony or con- 
cord; discord. T. Warton. 
untunably (un-tu'na-bli), adv. In an untun- 
able manner; discordantly. Holland, tr. of 
Plutarch, p. 586. 
untune (un-tun'). r. t. 1. To put out of tune; 
make incapable of consonance or harmony. 
i'nlune that string. Shalt., T. and C., i. 8. 109. 
un usefully 
Naught untinif* Hint Infant's voice: no trace 
'if livifiil i,-mprr sullii'K her pure cheek. 
Worditcorth, Sonnet*, III. HI 
2. To disorder; confuse. 
r,,ti,it-,i ami juiring senses. SAnJr., Lear, Iv. & 1. 
untuned (un-tund'), . Not tuned; unmusi- 
ral ; unharmonious. 
With iHilsterous untuanl ilrunis. 
fhalr.. Rich. II., I. 3. 184. 
untnrf (un-tferf'), r. /. To remove turf from; 
deprive of turf. Xature, XLIII. 80. 
untum (uu-tern'), r. ' To turn in the reverse 
way, as in a manner to open something. [Rare.] 
Think you he nought but prison walls did see. 
Till, so unwilling, thou unturn'dtt the key? 
Keati, The Day Leigh Hunt Left Prison. 
unturned (un-ternd'), a. Not turned To leave 
no stone unturned. See Kane. 
untutored (uti-tu'tord), n. Uninstructed ; un- 
taught; rude; raw. 
Some unlutor'd youth. Shak., Bonnets, cxnrili. 
untwine (un-twin'),r. I. trans. 1. To untwist; 
open or separate after having been twisted; 
untie; disentangle; hence, figuratively, to ex- 
plain; solve. 
This knot might be untirinfd with more facilltle thus. 
llolinthed, Sundrle Invasions of Ireland. (Sncye. Diet.) 
On his sail brow nor mirth nor wine 
Could e'er one wrinkled knot untwine. 
Scott, Rokeby, 111. 22. 
2. To unwind, as a vine or anything that has 
been twined around something else: literally 
or figuratively. 
It requires a long ami powerful counter-sympathy In a 
nation tounliritu the ties of custom which bind a people 
to the established and the old. .Sir H". Hamilton. 
II. intraim. To become untwined. 
His silken braids untwine, and slip their knots. 
Miltnii, Divorce, i. 6. 
untwist(un-twist'),t). I. trans. 1. To separate 
and open, as threads twisted ; turn back from 
being twisted. Swift. 2. Figuratively, to dis- 
entangle; solve: as, to unticixt a riddle. Fletcher, 
A Woman Pleased, v. 1. 
II. in trans. To become separate and loose or 
straight from having been twisted. 
Untwist (un-twisf), n. [< untwist, v.] A twist 
in the opposite direction. 
Each coil of the cable In the tank as It comes ont receives 
a twist In the opposite direction, or untiritt. 
Elect. Rev. (Eng.), XXIV. 47. 
ununderstandable (un-un-der-stan'da-bl), a. 
Not to be understood; incomprehensible. Pi- 
az;i Smyth. [Rare.] 
ununderstood ( un-un-der-stud' ), a. Not under- 
stood; not comprehended. Fuller, Ch. Hist., 
IX. i. 50. [Rare.] 
ununiform (un-u'ni-f6rm), a. Not uniform; 
wanting uniformity. [Rare.] 
An untmi/orm piety. Decay of Christian Piety. 
ununiformness (un-u'ni-f6rm-nes). 11. The 
character or state of being ununiform; want 
of uniformity. [Rare.] 
A variety of parts, or an unun\formnat. 
Clarke, Answer to Sixth Letter. 
nnurged(un-erjd'), a. Not urged; not pressed 
with solicitation; unsolicited; voluntary; of 
one's own accord. Shak., K. John, v. 2. 10. 
unusaget (un-u'zaj), n. [< un- 1 + usage.] 1. 
Unusualness; infrequency. 
Defawte of uuutayr and entrecomunynEe of marchaun- 
dise. Chaucer, Boe thins, li. prose 7. 
2. Want of use. Ualliieell. 
unused (un-uzd'), a. 1. Not put to use; not 
employed; not applied; disused. Shak., Son- 
nets, iv. 2. That has never been used. 3. 
Not accustomed; not habituated: as, hands 
unused to labor; hearts unused to deceit. 
Unuted to the melting mood. Shak., Othello, v. -'. 349. 
Her gaoler's torches All with light 
The dreary plare, Minding her traiiwd eyes. 
William Morrit, Earthly Paradise, I. S63. 
4. Unusual; unwonted. 
Bitter pain his vexed heart wrought for him, 
And filled with unused tears his hard wise eyes. 
William Morrit, Earthly Paradise, III. 145. 
unusednes8(un-u'zed-ne8). . Unwontedness ; 
uiiiisualness. Sir I'. Sidney, Arcadia, Tii. 
[Rare.] 
unuseful (nn-us'ful), a. Useless; serving no 
purpose. ./ r. T<t>//r, Works (ed. 1835), II. 292. 
Those hands that gave the casket may the palsy 
For ever make unutr/uf, even to feed thee ! 
Fletcher, Wife for a Month, L 2. 
unusefully (un-iis'ful-i). adr. In a useless man- 
ner. Jrr. Taylor. Works (ed. 1835), I. 236. 
