UNHEAD

Etymology

Verb

unhead (third-person singular simple present unheads, present participle unheading, simple past and past participle unheaded)

(transitive) To remove the lid from (a barrel or cask).

Source: Wiktionary


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

1. To take out the head of; as, to unhead a cask.

2. To decapitate; to behead. [Obs.] T. Brown.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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