unlining

Verb

unline (third-person singular simple present unlines, present participle unlining, simple past and past participle unlined)

1. To remove or separate the lining from.
   • 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.1848, T. H. Pasley, The Philosophy which Shows the Physiology of Mesmerism, page 87
2. To undergo a (now debunked) process in which the tissue of a plant separates into identical layers.
   • There is no instance of unlining which may not be as well explained by the theory of alternation.1848, John Lindley, An Introduction to Botany
3. (figuratively) To empty (a purse).
   • I'll live by a pittance. Unline my purse, and use my person, and for my limbs, take the best in the bunch.1857, John Webster, “The Weakest Goeth To the Wall”, in William Hazlitt, editor, The dramatic works of John Webster, page 254
4. To take out of (literal or figurative) alignment; to disconnect.
   • To-morrow doth Luxurio promise me He will unline himself from bitchery ;1598, John Marston, The Scourge of Villanie
5. To remove or destroy one or more lines.
   • However, I am a Line, and they can't "unline" me very well. My soil is not good enough for a market-garden, and if it were, the surrounding inhabitants are too sparse to require so large a supply of the vegetable world.1871, W.M. Statham, “The Branch Line”, in The Quiver, page 33