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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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610 words match “VEST”

TRY v.
To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of law; as, to try a cause, or a criminal.
TUNICLE n.
A short, close-fitting vestment worn by bishops under the dalmatic, and by subdeacons.
UNAPPAREL v.
To divest of clothing; to strip. [Obs.] Donne.
UNATTIRE v.
To divest of attire; to undress.
UNBLESTFUL a.
Unblessed. [R.] Sylvester.
UNBOY v.
To divest of the traits of a boy. [R.] Clarendon.
UNBREECH v.
To remove the breeches of; to divest or strip of breeches. Shak.
UNCARNATE v.
To divest of flesh.
UNCHILD v.
To make unlike a child; to divest of the characteristics of a child. Bp. Hall.
UNCLOTHED a.
Divested or stripped of clothing. Byron.
UNCOVER v. 2 definitions
To take the cover from; to divest of covering; as, to uncover a box, bed, house, or the like; to uncover one's body.
UNCOWL v.
To divest or deprive of a cowl. Pope.
UNDECK v.
To divest of ornaments. Shak.
UNDERSHIRT n.
A shirt worn next the skin, under another shirt; -- called also undervest.
UNDRESS v. 2 definitions
To divest of clothes; to strip.
UNEMPLOYED a.
Not invested or used; as, unemployed capital.
UNFROCK v.
To deprive or divest or a frock; specifically, to deprive of priestly character or privilege; as, to unfrock a priest.
UNFURNISH v.
To strip of furniture; to divest; to strip.
UNGORED a.
Not stained with gore; not bloodied. Sylvester.
UNHANG v.
To divest or strip of hangings; to remove the hangings, as a room.
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