UNSTRING

v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To deprive of a string or strings; also, to take from a string; as, to unstring beads.

2.
v.

To loosen the string or strings of; as, to unstring a harp or a bow.

3.
v.

To relax the tension of; to loosen. "His garland they unstring." Dryden.

4.
v.

Used also figuratively; as, his nerves were unstrung by fear.

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