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declined ; whose impression is, altogether inevitable and 
unsustainable. Barrow. 
UNSUSTA'INED, adj. Not supported; not held up. 
Its head, though gay, 
Hung drooping, unsustain'd. Milton. 
To UNSWA'TIIE, v. a. To free from folds or convolu¬ 
tions of bandage.—In the morning an old woman came to 
unswathe me. Addison. 
UNSWA'YABLE, adj. Not to be governed or in¬ 
fluenced by another. 
He bow’d his nature, never known before 
But to be rough, unswayable and free, Shakspeare. 
UNSWA'YED, adj. Not wielded; not held in the 
hand. 
He makes for England, here to claim the crown.— 
—Is the chair empty ? is the sword icusway'd ? 
Is the king, dead? the empire unpossess’d ? Shalcspeare. 
UNSWA'YEDNESS, s. Steadiness ; state of being un¬ 
governed by another.—That constancy and unswayedness in 
our lives and actions, that rock which no tempest can move. 
Hales. 
To UNSWE'AR, v. n. Not to swear; to recant any thing 
sworn. 
The ape was glad to end the strife so light, 
And thereto swore; for who would not oft swear, 
And oft unswear, a diadem to bear ? Spenser. 
To UNSWE'AR, v. a. To recal what is sworn.— Un¬ 
swear that oath again; I’ll tell you all. Beau?n. and FI. 
To UNSWE'AT, v. a. To ease after fatigue; to cool 
affpr pxprpisp 
UNSWE'ATING, adj. Not sweating. 
In frost and snow, if you complain of heat. 
They rub th’ unswcating brow, and swear thy.sweat. 
Dryden. 
UNSWEET, adj. [unppet, Saxon.] Not sweet; dis¬ 
agreeable. 
Long were to tell the troublous storms that toss 
The private state, and make the life unsweet. Spenser. 
UNSWE'PT, adj. Not brushed away; not cleaned by 
sweeping. 
What custom wills in all things, should we do’t. 
The dust of antique time would lie unswept. Shakspeare. 
UNSWO'RN, adj. Not bound by an oath. 
You are yet unsworn : 
When you have vow’d, you must not speak with men. 
Shalcspeare. 
To UNTA'CK, ». a. To disjoin; to separate.—Little 
ado methinks I find in untucking these pleasant sophisrfis. 
Milton. —Faith alone can untack our minds and affections 
from this world, rearing our souls from earth, and fixing 
them in heaven. Barrow. 
UNTA'INTED, adj. Not sullied; not polluted. 
Sweet prince th’ untainted virtue of your years 
Hath not yet div’d into the world’s deceit. Shakspeare. 
Not charged with any crime. 
And yet within these five hours Hastings liv’d 
Untainted, unexamin’d, free at liberty. Shakspeare. 
Not corrupted by mixture. 
The conscious walls conceal the fatal secret; 
Th’ untainted winds refuse th’ infecting load. Smith. 
UNTA'INTEDLY, adv. Without spot; without impu¬ 
tation of crime.—A school untaintedly loyal. South. 
UNTA'INTEDNESS, s. State or quality of being un¬ 
tainted.—Purity and untaintedness in respect of any mixture 
or corruption. Bp. Hall. 
UNTA'KEN, adj. Not taken.—-Until this day remaineth 
the vail untalcen away. 2 Cor. 
Unta'ken up. Not filled.—The narrow limits of this 
discourse, will leave no more room untaken up by heaven, 
Boyle. 
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UNTA'LKED of, adj. Not mentioned in the world. 
No happiness can be, where is no rest; 
The unknown, untalk'd of man is only blest. Dryden: 
UNTA'MEABLE, adj. Not to be tamed; not to be sub¬ 
dued.—Gold is so untameable by the fire, that after many 
meltings and violent heats, it does scarce diminish. Wilkins. 
UNTA'MED, adj. [uncemeb, Sax., indomitusi] Not 
subdued ; not suppressed; not softened by culture or disci¬ 
pline.— A people very stubborn and untamed; or, if ever 
tamed, yet lately have quite shooken off their yoke, and 
broken the bonds of their obedience. Spenser. 
To UNTANGLE, v. a. To loose from intricacy or con¬ 
volution. 
O time, thou must untangle this, not I; 
It is too hard a knot for me t’ untie. Shakspeare. 
UNTA'STED, adj. Not tasted; not tried by the palate. 
If he chance to find 
A new repast, or an untasted spring. 
Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. Addison. 
UNTA'STING, adj. Not perceiving auy taste. 
Cydonian oil. 
Whose balmy juice glides o’er the untasting tongue. Smith. 
Not trying by the palate. 
UNTA'UGIIT, adj. Uninstructed; uneducated; igno¬ 
rant; unlettered.—A lie is continually in the mouth of the 
untaught. Ecclus. —Debarr’d from instruction.—He that 
from a child untaught, or a wild inhabitant of the woods, 
will expect principles of sciences, will find himself mistaken. 
Locke. —Unskilled; new; not having use or practice. 
Suffolk’s imperial tongue is stern and rough, 
Us’d to command, untaught to plead for favour. 
Shakspeare. 
UNTA'XED, adj. Not charged with taxes. 
Calm around the common room 
I puff’d my daily pipe’s perfume;— 
And din’d untax'd, untroubled, under 
The portrait of our pious founder. Warton. 
Exempt from reproach.—Common speech leaves no virtue 
untaxed. Bacon. 
To UNTEA'CH, u. a. To make to quit, or forget what 
has been inculcated.—That elder berries are poison, as we 
are taught by tradition, experience will unteach us. Brown. 
UNTEA'CHABLE, adj. That cannot be taught.—The 
unteachable man hath a soul to all reason and good advice 
invincible. Milton. 
UNTE'EMING, adj. [untemenb. Sax.] Barren. 
UNTE'MPERED, adj. Not tempered.—One built up a 
wall, and others daubed it with untempered mortar. Fzelc. 
UNTE'MPTED, adj. Not embarrassed by temptation.—. 
In temptation dispute not, but rely upon God, and contend 
not with him but in prayer, and with the help of a prudent 
untempted guide. Bp. Taylor. —Not invited by any thing 
alluring. 
Untemptcd, or by wager or by price, 
He would attempt to climb the precipice. Cotton. 
UNTENABLE, adj. Not to be held in possession.—Not 
capable of defence.—He produced a warrant, that the town 
being untenable, he should retire. Clarendon.- —Casaubon 
abandons a post that was untenable. Dryden. 
UNTENANTED, adj. Having no tenant.—The country 
seems to be full stocked with cattle, no ground being unte¬ 
nanted. Temple. 
UNTENDED, adj. Not having any attendance.—They 
fall, unblest, untended, and unmourn’d. Thomson. 
UNTENDER, adj. Wanting softness; wanting affection. 
So young, and so untender ? 
—So young, my lord, and true. Shakspeare. 
UNTENDERED, adj. Not offered. 
Cassibelan granted Rome a tribute, 
Yearly three thousand pounds; which by thee lately 
Is left untender'd. Shakspeare. 
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