unswathe
Americanverb (used with object)
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Father, you are not going to unswathe her!
From The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker
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
"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
Unswaddle, un-swod′l, v.t. to remove swaddling-bands from, to unswathe.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
“I think so too; if you’ll just unswathe me, please.”
From A Woman's Will by I. H. (Isaac Henry) Caliga
On the table stood the offending loaf unswathed.
From Sons and Lovers by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
He unswathed himself from his blankets; stood upright on his feet; and felt a lively sense of power and freedom as he was once more able to stretch out his arms and legs.
From Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. by Thomas De Quincey
They unswathed me, and while four of them held my two arms, Florence Hay kissed me.
From The Fatal Glove by Clara Augusta
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
The two brothers bore Jonathan into the little house, unswathed his cold limbs, and laid him in the bridal bed until his coffin should be ready for him.
From Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania by Percy Favor Bicknell
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
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
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
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