unline
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To undergo a (now debunked) process in which the tissue of a plant separates into identical layers.
verb
To take out of (literal or figurative) alignment; to disconnect.
Example Sentences
- "as in the case of gout, a disease of the sufferer's own making, from excess of de-electrising food and drink, which uncoats and unlines the nerves, and thus leaves the nervous fluid, from casual circumstances, to almost lacerate the brain."
- "No more that unenquiring heart Perused the sweet home of her breast, Than turtle-doves unline their nest To scan the outer part."
- "These instruments are so produced as to suit the procedure of vivification by unlining, which is the one that I exclusively employ ."
- "There is no instance of unlining which may not be as well explained by the theory of alternation."
- "The name dédoublement of Duval, which has been translated deduplication, literally means unlining'; the original hypothesis being, that the organs in question unline, or tend to separate into two or more layers, each having the same structure."
- "The carpophore unlines itself at maturity, and the vittæ are wide and solitary in each furrow."
Etymology
From un- + line.