† unsheafv.1
Obsolete.
intransitive. = unsheathe v. 2.
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1658 tr. S. de Cyrano de Bergerac Satyrical Characters xvi. 67 I'le not unsheafe, to drive your enemy by death far from you.
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unsheafv.2
(un- prefix1.)
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > from specific places or positions
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a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 182 [He] unsheafed some of his wheat to dry it.
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