† unwhittlev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To remove a ‘whittle’ or shawl from.
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1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot ii. i. 34 The Lady lik'd his pregnant fancy, and presently unwhitled, and swathed them [sc. babes] to her Paramor.
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