uneasyadj.

c1290 Beket 1446 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 148 Swiþe on-aisi [v.r. unese] was is brech a-boute for-to ride.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. clxix Whete þat groweth in vnmoderat tyme & vnesy wedre & tyme is vnperfite.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 265 If the skin be newly fretted off by wearing some uneasie shoes.

1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. v. 37 Golden fetters are as uneasie as those of Iron.

1713 T. Tickell in Guardian 17 Apr. 2/1 [He] appeared in Cloaths that were so strait and uneasie to him, that he seemed to move with Pain.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. v. 183 The heat in..the tropics must be much more troublesome and uneasy.

1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 170 Above her, on a crag's uneasy shelve,..Shadow'd Enceladus.

1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun I. viii. 92 A minute's walk will transport the visitor from the small, uneasy lava stones.

1483 Gower's Conf. (Caxton) v. 459 Wherof it is y^t he conceyueth That ylke vnesy [orig. unsely] maladye, The which is cleped jelousye.

1669 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa VI. iii. vii. 248 Till I knew..my Fate..I should be in horrors whose visible Effects were the least uneasie part of them.

1691 E. Stillingfleet Charge to Clergy 52 Nothing will be more uneasie to me, than to be forced to make use of any Severity against you.

1744 S. Johnson Let. 3 Jan. (1992) I. 39 Not to have the satisfaction of waiting upon [you]..will be a great and uneasy Disappointment.

1789 C. Smith Emmeline (ed. 3) IV. xiii. 310 The anxiety of Delamere..is uneasy even to me.

1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher IV. 209 My mother,..I thought, wished..to conceal something from me; that something then must be uneasy.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxii. f. lxxxxix Alurede beynge thus ouerset in multytude of Enemyes..ladde an vncertayne lyfe, and vneasy.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. sig. E4^v Where was a Caue..Deepe, darke, vneasy, dolefull, comfortlesse.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 295 His Spear..He walkt with to support uneasie steps Over the burning Marle. View more context for this quotation

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 101 They..made the residence of any amongst them very uneasy, and very insecure, who were but suspected by them not to wish well to their Proceedings.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. v. 184 That uneasy and suffocating sensation.

1780 Mirror No. 88 I soon found my situation at the university a very hard and uneasy one.

1846 A. Marsh Father Darcy II. iii. 75 He sank into an uneasy slumber.

1893 T. F. Tout Edward I 54 The surgeons exchanged uneasy whispers.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 87 Euere þei beeþ vnesi [L. inquieti] to hir owne neiheboures oþer to strong [= strange] men.

c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iv. xxxiv. 83 Shirreues shold speke for the peple, so that they be nought mysfaren ne ouercharged with ouer sore seruyce ne by vnesy lordes.

1652 in E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 291 I am much afraid that Mr. Attorney will be very unquiet with his associates and uneasy to the K[ing] in council.

1678 J. Dryden All for Love ii. 26 I..kept you far from an uneasie Wife.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 266 He was cynical in his whole administration, and uneasy to the King in every thing.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews i. xviii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 25 Not caring to be uneasy to his son,..he resolved to be silent.

1725 P. Walkden Diary 18 Apr. (1866) (modernized text) 15 I..discoursed them concerning the division that is among them, and they both own they had been uneasy, but were now reconciled.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 407 The King was uneasy at this, and sent them several angry messages.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 601 The King seemed to be so uneasy with him, that he was glad to send him away from the Court.

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I lxii. 34 Ladies even of the most uneasy virtue Prefer a spouse whose age is short of thirty.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS) v. vi The thycker and more trowbled spirite that a man hathe, the uneasyer [L. tanto difficilior] and the feblier of syghte he is.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) vi. xx In olde menne abstinence of mete is eth and esy, and in ȝonge menne & children hard and vnesye.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Iiii/1 Vneasy, difficiles.

1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. i. 50 By lewdenesse and craft (a matter not vneasy) [he] bare it away from good men.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. xi. §9. 139 About this time the Spartans beganne to perceiue, how vneasie a thing it would bee, to maintaine the warre against men as good as themselues.

1663 R. Boyle Some Consid. Vsefvlnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. (1664) 348 To keep the rectified Spirit..is more uneasie, than any thing but trial would make one think.

a1724 in Ramsay's Tea-t. Misc. (1733) I. 22 If I can but get it [sc. a sword] drawn, Which will be right uneasy.

1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude iii. 37 By a not uneasy diversion of mind, I turned to another branch.

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a1566 T. Hoby Trav. (1902) 46 It is a very uneasie waye by the reason of the great quantitie of great and sharpe stones that are upon yt.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. vi. 221 As he strived to gette vp a way which was somewhat rough and vneasie, hee was forced to lay holde vpon a braunch.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 551 The Flood, constrain'd within a scanty space, Roars horrible along th' uneasie race.

1749 T. Nugent Grand Tour III. 62 Gentlemen..are in the wrong to choose to travel there in winter, for the ways are uneasy at that time and dangerous.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Inhabile,.. vnweldie, vneasie, vnhandsome.

1680 Bp. G. Burnet Some Passages Life Earl of Rochester Pref. sig. A 5^v He..seemed not uneasie at my frequent Visits.

1693 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 486 Nothing but the want of your blessing can make me uneasie, for otherwise I am perfectly happy.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 61 The Spaniard..found himself very uneasy in the Night, and could by no Means get any Sleep.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. ix. 230 We began to be uneasy for her safety.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. v. i. 3 It contributed to render her thoughtful and uneasy.

1832 H. Martineau Ireland 38 His countenance brightened,..but he still seemed uneasy till he had put one question.

1859 W. Collins Queen of Hearts I. 117 I was..as anxious and as uneasy as our guest.

1725 N. Robinson New Theory of Physick 276 If he be very restless and uneasy, let the following Prescriptions be exhibited.

1855 Poultry Chron. 2 449/2 Should they not be fed at regular intervals, it will tend to make them uneasy and discontented.

1897 G. Allen Type-writer Girl xix Like..restless Spanish sheep in spring, when they herd and leap, uneasy to be driven to their pastures in the mountains.

1816 L. Hunt Story of Rimini iii. 61 Scattering smiles on this uneasy earth.

c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 62 Weights at the extremities cause a ship to be uneasy in a sea~way.

1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 103 The upper arch of the cave is not less than forty feet above the floor of uneasy water.