unswathe
Americanverb (used with object)
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I have permission to unswathe it and open it, if desirable.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 by Edgar Allan Poe
"I will wait till to-morrow," said Northwick, and he began to unswathe and unbutton, but so feebly that Bird noticed.
From The Quality of Mercy by William Dean Howells
"Oh, you mustn't go without seeing Baby!" insisted the young mother, beginning to unswathe the shapeless bundle on the bed.
From Stories of the Foot-hills by Margaret Collier Graham
Besides, my dear, whatever feelings you or any of us may have on the subject, it is necessary for the success of the experiment to unswathe her.
From The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker
Living beings were about to appear, pillagers of tombs, no doubt, come to unswathe them all!
From Egypt (La Mort de Philae) by William Peter Baines
Kwaiba's body was unswathed and placed in it.
From The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) by James S. (James Seguin) De Benneville
But Rameses the Second had not succeeded in securing his body against violation; it had been unswathed; I had seen his photograph in the Strand, and where he failed, how should I succeed?
From Memoirs of My Dead Life by George (George Augustus) Moore
Carefully, patiently, Olivier unswathed his obscure stammering soul: little by little he was able to read his hopes and his absurdly touching faith in the new birth of the world.
From Jean-Christophe Journey's End by Gilbert Cannan
Presently the mummies were unswathed, and proved to be dolls in more or less good condition.
From Lotus Buds by Amy Carmichael
"But I was thinking of my Silvio, and how I should feel if he had been the mummy that was to be unswathed!"
From The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker
He carried up the twins and even remained a moment to help in their unswathing before he descended to the waiting car and Phoebe.
From Andrew the Glad by Maria Thompson Daviess
And yet a few hours later, this eloquent orator is himself hard at work in digging up and unswathing another set of mummies for the annoyance of another set of dissenters.
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
When he turned round Malcolm had placed the little figure in an arm-chair by the fire, and was busy unswathing the voluminous folds of the plaid in which it had been wrapped.
From A Noble Life by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
A man who had been present at the unswathing of this princess, dead at least three thousand years, had managed to secure it, and Owen had paid him a large sum for it.
From Evelyn Innes by George (George Augustus) Moore
Around a table the faithful are carrying on the love-feasts; martyrs are unswathing their limbs to show their wounds; old men, leaning on their staffs, are relating their travels.
From The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul by Gustave Flaubert
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