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Unlace   Listen
verb
Unlace  v. t.  
1.
To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.
2.
To loose the dress of; to undress; hence, to expose; to disgrace. "What's the matter, That you unlace your reputation thus?"
3.
(Naut.) To loose, and take off, as a bonnet from a sail, or to cast off, as any lacing in any part of the rigging of a vessel.





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"Unlace" Quotes from Famous Books



... Then was there blowing of horns] [Sidenote B: and baying of hounds.] [Sidenote C: One wise in woodcraft begins to unlace the boar.] [Sidenote D: First he hews off the head, then rends him by the back.] [Sidenote E: He next removes the bowels, broils them on the ashes, and therewith rewards his hounds.] [Sidenote F: Then the hastlets are removed.] [Sidenote G: The two halves are next bound together and hung upon ...
— Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight - An Alliterative Romance-Poem (c. 1360 A.D.) • Anonymous


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