unwedgev.
transitive (and reflexive). To free from a wedged condition. Also figurative.
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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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zip1927
unzipper1936
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Discugnare, to vnwedge.
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 88 He fell off from me by degrees, by a little and a little vnwedging himselfe from mee.
1680 Exact Jrnl. Siege Tangier 12 Nine guns..which he had Unspiked and Unwedged.
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