unbark en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + bark.
Meanings
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To deprive or strip of the bark.
Unbark'd branch of a tree
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VIII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:to unbark a tree
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(obsolete, transitive) To disembark; to make land.
Where they […] doe vnbarke themselues and vnlade their goods.
1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unbarked | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unbarked | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unbarking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unbarks | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
gv roost (to deprive of bark) · fi kuoria (to deprive of bark)