UNRIG

Etymology

Verb

unrig (third-person singular simple present unrigs, present participle unrigging, simple past and past participle unrigged)

(nautical, transitive, intransitive) To remove the rigging from (a vessel, etc.).

(transitive) To disable.

(obsolete, slang) To undress (someone).

Anagrams

• Irgun, rugin, ruing, uring

Source: Wiktionary


Un*rig", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + rig.] (Naut.)

Definition: To strip of rigging; as, to unrig a ship. Totten.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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