unswathe
Americanverb (used with object)
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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
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
"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
“I think so too; if you’ll just unswathe me, please.”
From A Woman's Will by I. H. (Isaac Henry) Caliga
Father, you are not going to unswathe her!
From The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker
More fearsome to approach is the row of unswathed mummies that follow.
From Egypt (La Mort de Philae) by William Peter Baines
"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 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
When the moon was obscured by the rush of a cloud, One! thunder'd the bell, and unswathed by a shroud, Down went the gaunt skeleton crashing!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various
Spinoza himself describes his own philosophy as in substance the same with that of the ancient Hebrew Doctors, the Cabalists—only unswathed from the Biblical dress.
From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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
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
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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