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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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456 words match “LOOSE”

UNHAND v.
To loose from the hand; to let go. Hold off! unhand me, gray beard loon! Eftsoons his hand dropped he. Coleridge.
UNHARNESS v.
To strip of harness; to loose from harness or gear; as, to unharness horses or oxen. Cowper.
UNHASP v.
To unloose the hasp of; to unclose.
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.
UNLACE v. 3 definitions
To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.
UNLASH v.
To loose, as that which is lashed or tied down.
UNLATCH v.
To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door.
UNMOOR v.
To loose from anchorage. See Moor, v. t.
UNMORTISE v.
To loosen, unfix, or separate, as things mortised together. Tennyson.
UNMUZZLE v.
To loose from a muzzle; to remove a muzzle from.
UNPIN v.
To loose from pins; to remove the pins from; to unfasten; as, to unpin a frock; to unpin a frame.
UNPINION v.
To loose from pinions or manacles; to free from restraint. Goldsmith.
UNREAVE v.
To unwind; to disentangle; to loose. [Obs.] Spenser.
UNREIN v.
To loosen the reins of; to remove restraint from. Addison.
UNRIVET v.
To take out, or loose, the rivets of; as, to unrivet boiler plates.
UNSCREW v.
To draw the screws from; to loose from screws; to loosen or withdraw (anything, as a screw) by turning it.
UNSETTLE v.
To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.
UNSHACKLE v.
To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter. Addison.
UNSOCKET v.
To loose or take from a socket.
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