unhair
unhair verb: to remove hair from (something), especially from hide.
Verb
unhair (third-person singular simple present unhairs, present participle unhairing, simple past and past participle unhaired)
- To remove hair from (something), especially from hide.
- Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile ſpurne thine eyes / Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, […]c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
- The sides, after being unhaired, are put in clean water over night, then green-shaved and put in a bate of hen manure four or five days.1889, Annual report of the Bureau of Animal Industry - Volume 4, Parts 1887-1888, page 425
- To become free from hair.
- If the skin is soaked in an amine solution before being placed in the lime it unhairs at a faster rate, however, than if soaked in plain water, as shown in Table VII.1927, The Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association, page 361
Forms of unhair
| third-person singular present | unhairs |
|---|---|
| present participle | unhairing |
| past participle | unhaired |
| past | unhaired |
Origin of unhair
From Middle English unheeren, equivalent to un- + hair.
Words formed from unhair
Questions about unhair
- What does unhair mean?
- Unhair means to remove hair from (something), especially from hide.
- What part of speech is unhair?
- Unhair is a verb.
- What is the past tense of unhair?
- The past tense of unhair is unhaired.
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