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imp. & p. p. of Unbind.

te; unreserved; as, an unconditional surrender. O, pass not, Lord, an absolute decree, Or bind thy sentence unconditional. Dryden. -- Un`con*di"tion*al*ly, adv.

To release from cords; to loosen the cord or cords of; to unfasten or unbind; as, to uncord a package.

books, periodicals, and the like, when the leaves have not been separated by trimming in binding.

To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below. Cowper.

To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie.

To loose the girdle or band of; to unbind; to unload. He ungirded his camels. Gen. xxiv. 32.

l of some unknown kind, so called in the Authorized Version of the Scriptures. Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow Job xxxix. 10.

In a universal manner; without exception; as, God's laws are universally binding on his creatures.

To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind. Though you untie the winds, and let them fight Against the churches. Shak. All the evils of an untied tongue we put upon the accounts of drunkenness. Jer. Taylor.

ires a long and powerful counter sympathy in a nation to untwine the ties of custom which bind a people to the established and the old. Sir W. Hamilton.

The bindings of a hedge. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

e of strong steel wire with the ends curved and pointed, used on toe or quarter cracks to bind the edges together and prevent motion. It is clasped into two notches, one on each side of the crack, burned into the wall with a cautery iron.

ented as riding on a sea monster, holding in his hand a snaky cord or noose with which to bind offenders, under water.

ly made from calfskin, and rendered clear and white, -- used as for writing upon, and for binding books. Vellum cloth, a fine kind of cotton fabric, made very transparent, and used as a tracing cloth.

A binding. [Obs.]

to fail of effect, either wholly or in part; to make void; to destroy, as the validity or binding force of an instrument or transaction; to annul; as, any undue influence exerted on a jury vitiates their verdict; fraud vitiates a contract.

To bind one's self; to engage. [Obs.]

A surcingle, or strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of a beast; also, a leather tie; a short wagon rope. [Prov. Eng.]

To bind with twigs.