unstripv.
Now dialect and rare.
transitive. To strip.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person
to dight nakedc1200
stripa1225
unclothec1300
nakea1350
despoilc1386
spoilc1386
spoila1400
uncleada1400
undighta1400
unarray14..
disarrayc1425
disattire?1473
unray1485
uncover1530
tirr1553
disclothe1570
disvesture1570
uncoat1571
uncase1576
unapparel1577
disrobe1590
unrig1591
unbusk1596
unstrip1596
untire1597
devest1598
unparel1603
unshale1604
unvest1609
disapparel1610
flaya1616
undress1615
disinvest1619
disvest1627
despoil1632
blanch1675
unpack1765
ungarment1805
peel1820
divest1848
divesture1854
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare
strip?c1225
nakena1250
unhelea1250
unhilla1250
tirvec1386
barec1440
plumec1450
strope1527
unstrip1596
bald1602
unvest1609
denudate1634
flay1636
denude1658
nudate1721
1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xii. lxxvii. 313 The Oste and Ostlers..Came in, where he, almost vnstript, but wholly skar'de, did stand.
1637 R. Ashley tr. V. Malvezzi Davide Perseguitato 250 Any, to whom he may unstrip himselfe, and discover the secrets of his heart.
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xxiv. 281 The Villaine..charg'd Leandra to unstrip her.
1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 27 The..continuance of these Ships..in their sheathing, without their being in all that time unstripp'd, for the necessary searching of their bottoms.
1764 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. in Lett. (1772) II. 182 Pretended patriotism unstripped of its mask.
1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 460.
1905 in Eng. Dial. Dict.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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