unshale

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English

Etymology

un- +‎ shale

Verb

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  1. (obsolete) To strip the shale or husk from; to uncover.
    • Marston
      I will not unshale the jest before it be ripe.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for unshale”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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