UNBARK

Etymology

Verb

unbark (third-person singular simple present unbarks, present participle unbarking, simple past and past participle unbarked)

To deprive of the bark.

(obsolete) To cause to disembark; to land.

Source: Wiktionary


Un*bark", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + bark rind.]

Definition: To deprive of the bark; to decorticate; to strip; as, to unbark a tree. Bacon.

Un*bark", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + bark the vessel.]

Definition: To cause to disembark; to land. [Obs.] Hakluyt.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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