UNRU'LY, a. 1. Disregarding restraint; licentious; disposed to violate laws; turbulent; ungovernable; as an unruly youth.The tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil. James. 4.2. Accustomed to break over fences and escape from inclosures; apt to break or leap fences; as an unruly ox.The owner of the unruly ox paid a sum of money, as a civil penalty for the ransom of his life.
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