Uncertainty, 1) want of reliability; doubtfulness, precariousness (of things); inconsistency, inconstancy (of persons): “our fortunes . . . which now we hold at much u.” H4A I, 3, 299. “and here remain with your u.” Cor. III, 3, 124.
2) something not certainly and exactly known: “until I know this sure u.” Err. II, 2, 187.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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