Meaning

To remove or separate the lining from..

Definitions by Sense

1. To remove or separate the lining from.
2. (botany) To undergo a (now debunked) process in which the tissue of a plant separates into identical layers.
3. (figurative) To empty (a purse).
4. To take out of (literal or figurative) alignment; to disconnect.
5. To remove or destroy one or more lines.

Example Sentences

as in the case of gout, a disease of the sufferer's own making, from excess of de-electrising food and drink, which uncoats and unlines the nerves, and thus leaves the nervous fluid, from casual circumstances, to almost lacerate the brain.

No more that unenquiring heart Perused the sweet home of her breast, Than turtle-doves unline their nest To scan the outer part.

These instruments are so produced as to suit the procedure of vivification by unlining, which is the one that I exclusively employ .

There is no instance of unlining which may not be as well explained by the theory of alternation.

The name dédoublement of Duval, which has been translated deduplication, literally means unlining'; the original hypothesis being, that the organs in question unline, or tend to separate into two or more layers, each having the same structure.

The carpophore unlines itself at maturity, and the vittæ are wide and solitary in each furrow.

I'll live by a pittance. Unline my purse, and use my person, and for my limbs, take the best in the bunch.

How many old, Decrepit packs of eighty do we see Get wives, that first unline their purse, then out, Like skinless rats, drive their lean carcasses.

Word Forms

• unlines
• unlining
• unlined

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