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To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth. Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns. Herbert.

To loose from a furled state; to unfold; to expand; to open or spread; as, to unfurl sails; to unfurl a flag.

chanism is worked by the recoil, assisted by the pressure of gases from the muzzle, which expand in a gas chamber against a disk attached to the end of the barrel, thus moving the latter to the rear with increased recoil, and against the front wall of the gas chamber, checking the recoil of the system.…

grade; and from that point down to 32º Fahr., or 0º Centigrade, or the freezing point, it expands.

Expanding into a flat, circular border at top, with scarcely any tube; as, a wheel-shaped corolla.

throughout Europe and America formed an international body. The movement has successfully expanded not only among young men in general, but also specifically among railroad men, in the army and navy, with provision for Indians and negroes, and a full duplication of all the various lines of oepration in the boys' depart…