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Unbark

Un-bark′

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
bark
rind.]
To deprive of the bark; to decorticate; to strip;
as, to
unbark
a tree
.
Bacon.

Un-bark′

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
bark
the vessel.]
To cause to disembark; to land.
[Obs.]
Hakluyt.

Definition 2024


unbark

unbark

English

Verb

unbark (third-person singular simple present unbarks, present participle unbarking, simple past and past participle unbarked)

  1. (obsolete) To cause to disembark; to land.
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  2. To deprive of the bark.
    to unbark a tree
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