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Unthread   Listen
verb
Unthread  v. t.  
1.
To draw or take out a thread from; as, to unthread a needle.
2.
To deprive of ligaments; to loose the ligaments of. "He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints."
3.
To make one's way through; to traverse; as, to unthread a devious path.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Unthread" Quotes from Famous Books



... impatient of control, incorrigible; restiff^, restive; refractory, contumacious, recusant &c (refuse) 764; recalcitrant; resisting &c 719; lawless, mutinous, seditions, insurgent, riotous. unobeyed^; unbidden. Phr. seditiosissimus quisque ignavus [Lat.] [Tacitus]; unthread the rude ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



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