Word Meanings - UNARTFUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Lacking art or skill; artless. Congreve. -- Un*art"ful*ly, adv. Swift. Burke.

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• SKILLFUL
  1. Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. "Of skillful judgment." Chaucer. 2. Possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready; expert; well-versed; able in management; as, a skillful mechanic; -- often followed by at, in, or of; as,
• SKILLED
  Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; -- often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or geometry.
• SKILLIGALEE
  A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served out to prisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army.
• LACKLUSTER; LACKLUSTRE
  A want of luster. -- a.
• SWIFTNESS
  The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body; swiftness of thought, etc.
• SWIFTLET
  Any one of numerous species of small East Indian and Asiatic swifts of the genus Collocalia. Some of the species are noted for furnishing the edible bird's nest. See Illust. under Edible.
• SWIFTER
  A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it. A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides. The forward shroud of a lower mast.
• LACKBRAIN
  One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person. Shak.
• SWIFTLY
  In a swift manner; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly. Wyclif.
• ARTLESSNESS
  The quality of being artless, or void of art or guile; simplicity; sincerity.
• SWIFTFOOT
  Nimble; fleet. Mir. for Mag.
• SWIFT
  to swapan to sweep, swipu a whip; cf. swifan to move quickly, to 1. Moving a great distance in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy; prompt. My beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak,
• LACKEY
  An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower. Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey. Shak. Lackey caterpillar , the caterpillar, or larva, of any bombycid moth of the genus Clisiocampa; -- so called from its party- colored
• CONGREVE ROCKET
  See ROCKET
• ARTLESSLY
  In an artless manner; without art, skill, or guile; unaffectedly. Pope.
• LACKER
  One who lacks or is in want.
• LACK
  1. Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense. Chaucer. 2. Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food. She swooneth now and now for lakke of blood. Chaucer. Let his lack of years be no impediment. Shak.
• SKILLET
  A small vessel of iron, copper, or other metal, with a handle, used for culinary purpose, as for stewing meat. (more info) ecuelle, fr. L. scutella, dim. of scutra, scuta, a dish. Cf. Scuttle
• SKILL
  skilja to separate, divide, distinguish, Sw. skilja,. skille to separate, skiel reason, right, justice, Sw. skäl reason, Lith. skelli 1. Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause. Shak. "As it was skill and right." Chaucer. For great
• FRANKFORT BLACK
  . A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc. McElrath.
• CLACK
  MHG. klac crack, Ir. clagaim I make a noise, ring. Cf. Clack, n., 1. To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of parts; to rattle; to click. We heard Mr.Hodson's whip clacking on the
• BLACK LETTER
  The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type.
• FORSLACK
  To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth. Spenser.
• BLACKEN
  Etym: 1. To make or render black. While the long funerals blacken all the way. Pope 2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. "Blackened the whole heavens." South. 3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens
• BLACKWATER STATE
  Nebraska; -- a nickname alluding to the dark color of the water of its rivers, due to the presence of a black vegetable mold in the soil.
• MAGNASE BLACK
  A black pigment which dries rapidly when mixed with oil, and is of intense body. Fairholt.
• BLACK FLAGS
  An organization composed originally of Chinese rebels that had been driven into Tonkin by the suppression of the Taiping rebellion, but later increased by bands of pirates and adventurers. It took a prominent part in fighting the French during their
• AIR-SLACKED
  Slacked, or pulverized, by exposure to the air; as, air-slacked lime.
• POLACK
  A Polander. Shak.
• SHOEBLACK
  One who polishes shoes.
• JET-BLACK
  Black as jet; deep black.
• BLACK-JACK
  A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; - - called also false galena. See Blende. 2. Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc. 3. A large leather vessel for beer, etc.
• BLACK LEAD
  Plumbago; graphite.It leaves a blackish mark somewhat like lead. See Graphite.
• BRUNSWICK BLACK
  See BLACK
• BLACK HOLE
  A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell in a fort at Calcutta, into which 146 English prisoners were thrust by the nabob Suraja Dowla on the night of June 20, 17656, and in which
• UNSLACKED
  Not slacked; unslaked; as, unslacked lime.