Unsoft

Unsoft
Unsoft \Un*soft"\, adv. [AS. uns?fte. See {Un-} not, and {Soft}.] Not softly. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Great climbers fall unsoft. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]


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  • Unsoft — Un*soft (?; 115), a. Not soft; hard; coarse; rough. [Obs.] Bristles of his beard unsoft. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • unsoft — adj.; unsoftly, adv.; unsoftness, n. * * * …   Universalium

  • unsoft — adj.; unsoftly, adv.; unsoftness, n …   Useful english dictionary

  • love begets love — Cf. L. amor gignit amorem, love produces love. 1648 HERRICK Hesperides 297 Love love begets, then never be Unsoft to him who’s smooth to thee. 1812 E. NARES I’ll consider of It iii. ‘Love’ says the proverb, ‘produces love.’ 1909 A. MACLAREN… …   Proverbs new dictionary

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