† unˈlest
obs. var. unless. (Cf. unleast.)
| 1535 in Lett. Suppress. Monast. (Camden) 91 The dean wolde not resign unto hym, unleste he wolde leffe hym other possessions. 1583 Stubbes Anat. Abus. ii. C 8 b, May subiects..rise against their prince? No, at no hand, vnlest they will purchase to themselues eternall damnation. 1599 Thynne Animadv. (1875) 19 Difference of armes semethe a difference of famelyes, vnleste you canne prove that..they altered their armes vppone somme iuste occasione. |