Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unlace"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Unlace \Un*lace"\, v. t. [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.) 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
unlace
v : undo the ties of; "They untied the prisoner" [syn: {untie},
{unbrace}] [ant: {tie}]
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