unclew
English
Etymology
un- + clew
Verb
unclew (third-person singular simple present unclews, present participle unclewing, simple past and past participle unclewed)
- (transitive) To unwind, unfold, or untie.
- (transitive, figuratively) To undo; to ruin.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for unclew in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)