Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To remove or take out the nails from; unfasten or loosen by removing nails.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To remove the nails from; to unfasten by removing nails.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To remove the
nails from.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
un- + nail
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Examples
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Then Jana, with a wriggling motion, tried to unnail himself as gently as possible, for it was clear that the knife point hurt him, but could not do so because Hans still held the handle and had driven the blade deep into the wood.
The Ivory Child Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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"Mr. Foswick ought never to have locked us in, and then you wouldn't have to try to unnail a window to get out!
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Christmas Tree Cove Laura Lee Hope
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