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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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372 words match “FASTEN”

UNBEND v.
To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use.
UNBIND v.
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.
UNBOLT v.
To remove a bolt from; to unfasten; to unbar; to open. "He shall unbolt the gates." Shak.
UNBREECH v.
To free the breech of, as a cannon, from its fastenings or coverings. Pennant.
UNBUCKLE v.
To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe. "Unbuckle anon thy purse." Chaucer.
UNBUTTON v.
To loose the buttons of; to unfasten.
UNCLASP v.
To loose the clasp of; to open, as something that is fastened, or as with, a clasp; as, to unclasp a book; to unclasp one's heart.
UNCORD v.
To release from cords; to loosen the cord or cords of; to unfasten or unbind; as, to uncord a package.
UNDERBRACE v.
To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below. Cowper.
UNDO v.
To loose; to open; to take to piece; to unfasten; to untie; hence, to unravel; to solve; as, to undo a knot; to undo a puzzling question; to undo a riddle. Tennyson. Pray you, undo this button. Shak. She took the spindle, and undoing the thread gradually, measured it. Sir W. Scott.
UNFIX v.
To loosen from a fastening; to detach from anything that holds; to unsettle; as, to unfix a bayonet; to unfix the mind or affections.
UNGLUE v.
To separate, part, or open, as anything fastened with glue. She stretches, gapes, unglues her eyes, And asks if it be time to rise. Swift.
UNHITCH v.
To free from being hitched, or as if from being hitched; to unfasten; to loose; as, to unhitch a horse, or a trace.
UNHOOK v.
To loose from a hook; to undo or open by loosening or unfastening the hooks of; as, to unhook a fish; to unhook a dress.
UNLINK v.
To separate or undo, as links; to uncoil; to unfasten. Shak.
UNLOCK v.
To unfasten, as what is locked; as, to unlock a door or a chest.
UNLOOSE v.
To become unfastened; to lose all connection or union.
UNNAIL v.
To remove the nails from; to unfasten by removing nails.
UNPEG v.
To remove a peg or pegs from; to unfasten; to open. Shak.
UNPIN v.
To loose from pins; to remove the pins from; to unfasten; as, to unpin a frock; to unpin a frame.
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