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▪ I. unˈravelling, vbl. n.
[f. as prec.]
The action of disentangling, etc.
1607Dekker Knt.'s Conjur. (1842) 32 When..the bottome of my patrimony came within 200 pound of vnraueling. 1668Dryden Dram. Poesy Ess. (Ker.) I. 45 The Catastrophe, which..the French [call] le denouement, and we the discovery or unravelling of the plot. 1713Guardian No. 36, Are not..all their pompous distinctions only so many unravellings of double meanings? 1742West Let. in Gray's Poems (1775) 142 No unravelling of your web, dear Sir! only pursue it a little further. 1801S. & Ht. Lee Canterb. T. IV. 455 A mystery, the unravelling of which..engaged all my attention. 1868Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1871) 102 The mental exercise..involved in the unravelling of a language.
▪ II. unˈravelling, ppl. a.
[f. unravel v. 4.]
Becoming unwound.
1827Montgomery Pelican Island iii. 77 The unravelling clew not for a moment lost Hold of the silent hand that drew it out. |