a. rare. [f. L. unc-us hook, or unc-us adj., hooked.] Hooked, curved.
1658. Sir T. Browne, Gard. Cyrus, iii. 124. The calicular shafts [of the teasel] and uncous disposure of their extremities. Ibid. (a. 1682), Pseud. Ep. (1686), V. i. 191. The uncous and pointed extremity of their Bill.
