v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hair. ] To deprive of hair, or of hairs; as, to unhair hides for leather. [ 1913 Webster ]

I 'll unhair thy head. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hallow. ] To profane; to desecrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The vanity unhallows the virtue. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. un- not + hallowed. ] Not consecrated; hence, profane; unholy; impious; wicked. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the cause of truth, no unhallowed violence . . . is either necessary or admissible. E. D. Griffin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hand. ] To loose from the hand; to let go. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hold off! unhand me, gray beard loon!
Eftsoons his hand dropped he. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or pleasing; plain; homely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Were she other than she is, she were unhandsome. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I can not admit that there is anything unhandsome or irregular . . . in the globe. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wanting noble or amiable qualities; dishonorable; illiberal; low; disingenuous; mean; indecorous; as, unhandsome conduct, treatment, or imputations. “Unhandsome pleasures.” J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Unhandy; clumsy; awkward; inconvenient. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The ships were unwieldy and unhandsome. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

A narrow, straight path by the water's side, very unhandsome for an army to pass that way, though they found not a man to keep the passage. Sir T. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un*hand"some*ly, adv. -- Un*hand"some*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Clumsy; awkward; as, an Unhandy man. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hang. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To divest or strip of hangings; to remove the hangings, as a room. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To remove (something hanging or swinging) from that which supports it; as, to unhang a gate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Ill luck; misfortune. [ Obs. ] “The cause of her unhap.” Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made unhappy. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy day. “The unhappy morn.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Mischievous; wanton; wicked. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un*hap"pi*ly adv. -- Un*hap"pi*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]