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unˈshackle, v.
[un-2 4 b. Cf. Du. ontschakelen.]
1. trans. To free from a shackle or fetter. Also fig.
1611Cotgr., Destraver, to vnshackle, vngyue. 1650R. Gentilis Considerations 129 But to doe it [sc. overcome his enemy] when he is shackled and bound, without unshackling or unbinding is very much. 1699South Serm. (1715) IV. 518 Unshackle his Nature, and turn his Desires loose, and then you shall see what he will choose. 1827Pollok Course T. vii. 464 The patriot bands that..unshackled nations. 1828–32Webster s.v., To unshackle the hands.
b. To untie, detach.
1694Echard Plautus 195 Only t'unshackle your rope, that hangs at your heels.
2. Naut. To remove a shackle from (a chain, etc.).
1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast vii, We hove in upon our chain, and after stoppering and unshackling it again and again,..we at length tipped our anchor. 1899F. V. Kirby Sport E.C. Africa ix. 97 Unshackling the anchor, I put the shackle in my pocket. |