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unˈstitch, v.
[un-2 3.]
trans. To remove stitches from; to detach or separate in this way.
1538Elyot, Resuo,..to vnstytche. 1639T. de la Grey Expert Farrier 331 Stop both your horse eares;..stitch them up, and..[later] unstitch them. 1648Hexham ii, Ontnaeyt, vnsowne, or vnstitcht. 1688R. L'Estrange Tully's Offices 79 As Wise men say of..Ill Grounded Friendships; 'tis better to unstich than to tear them all to pieces on a suddain. a1774Goldsm. tr. Scarron's Com. Romance (1775) II. 25 When he scuffled with anybody,..he ever tore or unstitched the cloaths of his adversary. 1860Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 5) I. 547 After washing, the pieces [of calico] are unstitched, and put in the hydro-extractor. |