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† unˈbow, v. Obs.
[un-2 3.]
trans. To unbend, to straighten.
1538Elyot, Decircino,..to vnbowe, or to bringe out of compasse, or roundenesse. 1621Quarles Hadassa ii. Wks. (Grosart) II. 57/2 Her lowly bended body she vnbow'd. 1653H. More Antid. Ath. ii. i. §6 As in little pieces of Wood naturally bow'd like a Man's Elbow, the Carver doth not unbow it but..shapes it into the Compleat Figure of a Man's Arm.
fig.1639Fuller Holy War iii. vi. (1840) 124 Because looking back would unbow his resolution. |