unstring
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How to use unstring in a sentence
unstring thy strong bows for the sake of our liberal lords, O bounteous Rudra, be gracious to our kith and kin.
Sacred Books of the East | VariousAfter using it unstring it, and at a large shooting-party unloose your bow after every round.
The Art of Entertaining | M. E. W. SherwoodThe similar fevers and exasperations of factory life lead the workers to unstring their tense nerves with liquor.
The Art Of The Moving Picture | Vachel LindsayWe meet only an embarrassment of choice when we start to unstring the chaplet of our carking cares.
The Simple Life | Charles WagnerThere are wicked philosophers abroad who unstring the bow of harder toil by picking your inmost thoughts!
Curiosities of Civilization | Andrew Wynter
British Dictionary definitions for unstring
/ (ʌnˈstrɪŋ) /
to remove the strings of
(of beads, pearls, etc) to remove or take from a string
to weaken or enfeeble emotionally (a person or his nerves)
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