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Webster 1913 Edition


Unlay

Un-lay′

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
lay
.]
(Naut.)
To untwist;
as, to
unlay
a rope
.

Definition 2024


unlay

unlay

English

Verb

unlay (third-person singular simple present unlays, present participle unlaying, simple past and past participle unlaid)

  1. To untwist.
    to unlay a rope