UNSOCKET

Etymology

Verb

unsocket (third-person singular simple present unsockets, present participle unsocketing, simple past and past participle unsocketed)

(archaic) To loosen or remove from a socket.

It racks his Joints, unsockets all his Bones.

Source: Wiktionary


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

Definition: To loose or take from a socket.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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