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To court each place of fortune that doth fall. 
Is wantonness in contemplation. Herbert. 
UNTRANSFERABLE, adj. Incapable of being given 
from one to another.—In parliament there is a rare co-ordi¬ 
nation of power, though the sovereignty remains still entire 
and untransferable , in the prince. Howell. 
UNTRANSLATABLE, adj. Not capable of being 
translated.—To me these lines appear untranslatable. Gray. 
UNTRANSLATED, adj. Not translated.—The first 
thing proposed was, whether the name Jehovah should be 
retained untranslated'. Hales. 
UNTRANSPA'RENT, adj. Not diaphanous; opaque.— 
Though held against the light they appear’d of a transparent 
yellow, yet looked on with one’s back turn’d to the light, 
they exhibited an untransparent blue. Boyle. 
UNTRA'VELLED, adj. Never trodden by passengers. 
—We find no open track, or constant manuduction in this 
labyrinth, but are ofttimes fain to wander in America, and 
untravelled parts. Brown. — Having never seen foreign 
countries.—An untravelled Englishman cannot relish all the 
beauties of Italian pictures; because the postures expressed 
in them are often such as are peculiar to that country. 
Addison. 
To UNTRE'AD, v. a. To tread back; to go back in 
the same steps. 
We will untread the steps of damned flight. 
And, like a bated and retired flood, 
Leaving our rankness and irregular course. 
Stoop low within those bounds we have o’erlook’d. 
S/ia/cspcare. 
UNTRE'ASURED, adj. Not laid up; not reposited. 
Her attendants 
Saw her a-bed, and in the morning early 
They found the bed untreasur'd of their mistress. 
Shakspeare. 
UNTRE'ATABLE, adj. Not treatable; not practicable. 
—Men are of so untreatable a temper, that nothing can be 
obtained of them. Dec. ofC/ir. Piety. 
UNTRI'ED, adj. Not yet attempted. 
That she no ways nor means may leave untry'd. 
Thus to her sister she herself apply’d. Denham. 
Not yet experienced. 
Never more 
Mean I to try, what rash untry'd I sought, 
The pain of absence from thy sight. Milton. 
Not having passed trial. 
The father secure. 
Ventures his filial virtue, though untry'd. 
Against whate’er may tempt. Milton. 
UNTRI'UMPHABLE, adj. Which allows no triumph. 
What towns, what garrisons might you. 
With hazard of this blood subdue; 
Which now y’are bent to throw away 
In vain, untriumpliable fray? Hudibrus. 
UNTRI'UMPHED, adj. Not triumphed over. 
I — 
Suffer'd you only, when I conquer’d all, 
To go untriumph'd. _ May. 
UNTRO'D, or Untro'dden, adj. Not passed; not 
marked by the foot. 
The way he came, not having mark’d, return 
Was difficult, by human steps untrod. Milton. 
Who was the first to explore th’ untrodden path. 
When life was hazarded in ev’ry step ? Addison. 
UNTRO'LLED, adj. Not bowled; not rolled along. 
Hard fate! untroll'd is now the charming dye; 
The playhouse and the parks unvisited must lie. Drydcn. 
UNTRO'UBLED, adj. Not disturbed by care, sorrow, 
or guilt. 
Quiet untroubled soul, awake! awake! 
Arm, fight and conquer, for fair England’s sake. 
Shalcspeare. 
Not agitated; not confused; free from passion. 
Our Saviour meek, and with untroubled mind. 
After his aery jaunt, though hurry’d sore. 
Hungry and cold, betook him to his rest. Milton. 
Not interrupted in the natural course. 
Would they think with how small allowance 
Untroubled nature doth herself suffice, 
Such superfluities they would despise. Spenser. 
Transparent; clear; not mudded.—The equal distribution 
of the spirits in the liquor with the tangible parts, ever 
representeth bodies clear and untroubled. Bacon. 
UNTRO'UBLEDNESS, s. State of being untroubled; 
unconcern.—He hath robbed the sceptick of his indifference 
and untroubledness. Hammond. 
UNTRU'E, adj. False; contrary to reality.—By what 
construction shall any man make those comparisons true, 
holding that distinction untrue. Hooker. —False ; not 
faithful. 
I cannot break so sweet a bond, 
Unless I prove untrue; . 
Nor can I ever be so fond, 
To prove untrue for you. Suckling. 
UNTRU'LY, adv. Falsely; not according to truth.—On 
these mountains it is generally received that the ark rested, 
but untruly. Ba/egh. 
UNTRU'STINESS, s. Unfaithfulness.—Secretary Peter, 
under pretence of gravity, covered much untrustiness of 
heart. Hayward. 
UNTRUTH, s. Falsehood; contrariety to reality.— 
Moral falsehood ; not veracity. 
He who is perfect, and abhors untruth , 
With heavenly influence inspires my youth. Sandys. 
Treachery; want of fidelity. 
I would, 
So my untruth had not provok’d him to it. 
The king had cut off my head with my brother’s. Shakspeare. 
False assertion.—In matter of speculation or practice, no 
untruth can possibly avail the patron and defender long; 
and things most truly, are likewise most behovefully spoken. 
Hooker. 
UNTU'NABLE, adj. Unharmonious; not musical. 
My news in dumb silence will I bury, 
For they are harsh, untunable, and bad. Shakspeare. 
UNTUNABLENESS, s. Want of harmony.—The mo¬ 
derns have perhaps practised no species of poetry with so 
little success, and with such indisputable inferiority to the 
ancients, as the Ode; which seems owing to the harshness 
and untunableness of modern languages, abounding in 
monosyllables, and crowded with consonants. Dr. Warton. 
To UNTUNE, v. a. To make incapable of harmony. 
Take but degree away, untune that string, 
And hark what discord follows. Shakspeare, 
To disorder. 
O you kind gods! 
Cure this great breach in his abused nature; 
Th’ untuned and jarring senses, O wind up 
Of this child-changed father. Shakspeare, 
UNTU'RNED, adj. Not turned. 
New crimes invented, left unturn'd no stone, 
To make my guilt appear, and hide his own. Dryden. 
UNTUTORED, adj. Uninstructed; untaught. 
Thy mother took into her blameful bed 
Some stern untutor'd churl; and noble stock 
Was graft with crab-tree slip, whose fruit thou art. 
Shakspeare. 
To UNTWINE, v. a. To open what is held together 
by convolution. 
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