unswathe
Americanverb (used with object)
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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
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
I have permission to unswathe it and open it, if desirable.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 by Edgar Allan Poe
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
"Is it to be endured," he says, "that the mummies of old and forgotten laws are to be dug up and unswathed for the annoyance of dissenters?"
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
Archie thought privately that if Braddock unswathed the mummy, he would find the emeralds and would probably stick to them, so that his expedition to Egypt might be financed.
From The Green Mummy by Fergus Hume
"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
A mellow western light from that portion of the sky unswathed in clouds streamed through the window, and did duty as a lamp.
From Bressant by Julian Hawthorne
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
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
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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