UNLAST

Etymology

Verb

unlast (third-person singular simple present unlasts, present participle unlasting, simple past and past participle unlasted)

(intransitive) To fail to last.

(transitive) To remove (a shoe) from a last.

Anagrams

• Naults, Sultan, sultan

Source: Wiktionary


UNLACE

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

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 Shak.

3. (Naut.)

Definition: 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. Totten.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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