a. [UN-1 5 a.] Unmerciful.
1545. Joye, Exp. Dan., vi. 86 b. Now ye see … their deceites, vnmerciles murther, and ingratitude.
1554. F. Yaxley, in Ellis, Orig. Lett., Ser. III. III. 313. I was so tormented … in the unmercelesse seas.
1570. Googe, Pop. Kingd., IV. 45 b. Seeking Christ to kill, [Herod] Destroyde the little infants yong, a beast vnmercilesse.
1614. Jackson, Creed, III. 199. The Egyptians consciousnesse of their vnmercilesse practises against poore Israel.
