unline
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Is unline a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (botany) To undergo a (now debunked) process in which the tissue of a plant separates into identical layers.Examples: "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."
2. (figurative) To empty (a purse).Examples: "I'll live by a pittance. Unline my purse, and use my person, and for my limbs, take the best in the bunch."; "How many old, Decrepit packs of eighty do we see Get wives, that first unline their purse, then out, Like skinless rats, drive their lean carcasses."; "As now rich Opportunity doth give to make you Fame-full though it empt your Pouche: Two Kings thus met, make Kingdomes richly thrive, though it unlines their Purse with wearing much: Then, sith but seld, or ne're Kings consort thus, Be glorious now, or still inglorious."figuratively
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