unlashv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈlaʃ/, U.S. /ˌənˈlæʃ/ 1. transitive. To detach, release, or unfasten (something) by undoing the cord, rope, etc., with which it is lashed or bound; to untie.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > free from a band, bond, etc.
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1699 J. Dickinson Gods Protecting Provid. 55 They were forced to unlash their Cannooes.
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxvi. 240 Our hammocks,..were immediately unlashed.
1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile I. Introd. p. xlii. He and the other..presently unlashed the largest boat.
1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. II. xviii. 39 Returning to the waggons, I commenced to unlash from the side of one of these a shovel.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xliii. 379 They began to unlash the boat and lower her into the sea.
1928 Youth's Compan. July 351/2 David unlashed the helm and put it over, and the boom swung far outboard.
1987 Illustr. London News 28 Feb. 36/1 We unlashed the sleds and hastily discarded everything but the absolute essentials.
2015 E. Ackerman Green on Blue 31 A pair of crewmembers ran up and down, unlashing bundles from the deck plates.
2. transitive. To undo or untie (a cord, rope, etc., with which something is lashed or bound).
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > undo specific fastening
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1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xxvii. 295 The ropes being next unlashed, I imagined him dead.
1853 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges (ed. 3) ii. 67 Nos. 1 and 3 unlash the [Pontoon] Lashings.
1909 Pract. Engineer 1 Apr. 239/1 The steeple-jack..unlashes the rope holding the 2 ladders together.
1949 Manch. Guardian 14 May 4/7 The line is periodically unlashed and more slack let out.
2009 Weekend Austral. (Travel ed.) (Nexis) 16 May 5 The crews wade the decks ankle-deep in river, nervously lashing and unlashing ropes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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