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To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets; to unbind a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load.

To remove the turns of (a rope or cable) from the bits; as, to unbit a cable. Totten.

To remove a bolt from; to unfasten; to unbar; to open. "He shall unbolt the gates." Shak.

To remove from a box or boxes.

To remove the breeches of; to divest or strip of breeches. Shak.

To remove the bung from; as, to unbung a cask.

To remove a cap or cover from.

To remove a cap or cape from. [Obs.]

To take out of a case or covering; to remove a case or covering from; to uncover. L'Estrange.

To remove from its actual century. [R.] It has first to uncentury itself. H. Drummond.

To remove from a chaplaincy.

To remove from a charnel house; to raise from the grave; to exhume. Byron.

To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal.

To remove the covers from dishes, or the like. Uncover, dogs, and lap. Shak.

To remove a curtain from; to reveal. Moore.

Fig.: To remove the foundation or support of by clandestine means; to ruin in an underhand way; as, to undermine reputation; to undermine the constitution of the state. He should be warned who are like to undermine him. Locke.

To remove the dullness of; to clear. [Obs.] Whitlock.

To remove the face or cover from; to unmask; to expose.

To strip of a fence; to remove a fence from.

To remove from a file or record.