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Origin of uncase
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Come, come, uncase, Uncase, young Gamester, what slippery pranck Are you about now?
From The Fatal Jealousie (1673) by Willard Thorp
Com, unloose, unbuckle, unclaspe, uncase, lett's see then what fortune hathe sente us, and so part it equally beetwixt us.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
In the meantime Peter, who had respectfully left his hat at the door, proceeded to uncase his body from the multiplied defences he had taken against the inclemency of the weather.
From Precaution by James Fenimore Cooper
Nay, quick, uncase, I am bold to borrow it, I'll leave my gown; change is no robbery.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
It will commence to "warm up" sometime in April or May, and will be ready to sample or uncase about the first of September.
From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by E. R. Billings
And then, a green cardboard box filled the screen, as a smiling woman and her daughter uncased a newfangled cleaning tool.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2022
It will come in casings or uncased and needs to be cooked before eating.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2020
Smith’s attorney, John Monroe, says the Legislature changed the law in 2011 to allow loaded, uncased handguns in vehicles.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 30, 2017
“Five months ago, we stood at this exact spot and uncased the colors of the 101st Airborne Division,” Maj.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2015
Snowshoes are laid aside, packs unstrapped, muskets uncased and primed, belts reefed tighter.
From Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
Do you not see Pompey is uncasing for the combat?
From Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare
The lobster, as he grows, is furnished with a way of uncasing himself of his buckler, and drawing his legs out of his boots when they become too small for him.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 341, November 15, 1828 by Various
Master, let me take you a button hole lower; do you not see, Pompey is uncasing for the combat?
From An Old Sailor's Yarns by N. (Nathaniel) Ames
At this moment Guru and Amir Ali ran up excitedly, uncasing the heavy guns and loading them as they ran.
From The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series by Fred J. Arting
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