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▪ I. † unlay, n. Sc. Obs.
[un-1 12 + lay n.]
= unlaw n. 2.
1503Sc. Acts, Jas. IV (1814) II. 242/2 At þat be ane punt of dittay in tyme to cum, and at þe vnlay þerof be x li. Ibid., Item, as anent þe vnlay of þe grene wod.
▪ II. unˈlay, v.
[un-2 3.]
trans. To untwist (a rope) into separate strands.
1726G. Shelvocke Voy. round World 436 Till we could unlay our best cable to make more. 1748Anson's Voy. ii. ii. 135 We were..obliged to unlay a cable to work into running rigging. 1831J. Porter Sir E. Seaward's Narr. I. 123, I also took thence a piece of rope, which I unlaid. c1860H. Stuart Seaman's Catech. 28 Unlay the other two strands. |