unscabbardv.
(un- prefix2 1c.)
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > strike with sword [verb (transitive)] > draw (sword)
abraidOE
braidOE
adrawlOE
drawlOE
ydrawlOE
out-braidc1330
outsheatha1400
undrawc1400
outhelea1500
unsheathea1542
nake1607
unscabbard1611
dissheathe1614
dismounta1616
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Sfoderare, to vn-sheathe, to vn-scabbard.
1813 W. Scott Rokeby ii. 85 A warlike Form..steps 'twixt Wilfrid and his foe; Nor then unscabbarded his brand.
1848 A. Steinmetz Hist. Jesuits I. 130 The fiend of religious persecution unscabbarded the sword.
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