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   Uncouth , a. [OE. uncouth, AS. uncūð unknown, strange: un- (see Un- not) + cūð known, p. p. of cunnan to know. See Can to be able, and cf. Unco, Unked.]
   Unknown. [Obs.] “This uncouth errand.”  
   Milton.
   
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   To leave the good that I had in hand,
   In hope of better that was uncouth.
   Spenser.
   
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   Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant. [Obs.]
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   Harness . . . so uncouth and so rich.
   Chaucer.
   
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   Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners. “Uncouth in guise and gesture.”  
   I. Taylor.
   
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   I am surprised with an uncouth fear.
   Shak.
   
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   Thus sang the uncouth swain.
   Milton.
   
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   Syn. -- See Awkward.
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   -- Un*couth"ly, adv. -- Un*couth"ness, n.
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