unleezev.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈliːz/, U.S. /ˌənˈliz/, Scottish English /ʌnˈliz/ Scottish. rare.
transitive. To unravel, to disentangle. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records this word as still in use in West Lothian, Ayrshire, and Wigtownshire in 1973.
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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)] > untwist, unravel, etc.
untwinec1407
unlacea1450
untwindc1460
untwist1538
unweave1542
distwine1562
feaze1568
unpleat1572
unspin1587
unplat1589
unwreathe1591
unreave1593
unravel1603
ravel1607
unwrithe1611
uncluea1616
unwork1623
unperplex1660
untwirla1703
unlay1726
disentwine1814
unbraid1828
unmesha1849
disintertwine1861
unplait1865
tiffle out1880
unleeze1889
1889 H. Johnston Chron. Glenbuckie iv. 51 The hank she had left me to unleeze was truly a tangled one.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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