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unˈhair, v.
[un-2 4 and 7. Cf. MDu. and Du. ontharen, MHG. enthâren.]
1. trans. To deprive (the head, etc.) of hair.
1382Wyclif Ezek. xxix. 18 Eche heed maad ballid, and eche shuldre is vnheerid. 1598Florio, Disparuccare, to pull off ones haire or perawig, to vnhaire. 1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. ii. v. 64 Ile vnhaire thy head, Thou shalt be whipt with Wyer. 1849J. A. Carlyle tr. Dante's Inf. 393 Even if thou unhair me, I will not tell thee who I am.
b. Tanning. To remove the hair from (a skin) by special processes.
1845G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. Ser. v. 182 The hide is then spread out on the beam, and ‘unhaired’, that is, scraped with a knife till the hair is removed. 1880Times 27 Sept. 12/6 The cost of unhairing, fleshing, and scudding all kinds of skins.
2. intr. To lose the hair; to become free of hair.
1843in Morfit Tanning & Currying (1853) 177 So that they [sc. the hides] may unhair without tainting. 1883R. Haldane Workshop Rec. Ser. ii. 370/1 The hide is said to unhair in 24 hours.
Hence unˈhaired ppl. a.
1852C. Morfit Tanning & Currying (1853) 20 The softened and unhaired skins. 1881Morgan Contrib. N. Amer. Ethnol. 127 Screens of willow matting or unhaired skins. |