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unrigs

unrigs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unrig.

Meaning of unrig

Verb

unrig (third-person singular simple present unrigs, present participle unrigging, simple past and past participle unrigged)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To remove the rigging from (a vessel, etc.).
    • No, I have brought nothing but Ballaſt back,—made a delicious Voyage, Setter; and might have rode at Anchor in the Port till this time, but the Enemy ſurpriz'd us.— I vvou'd unrig.1693, Will[iam] Congreve, The Old Batchelour, a Comedy. […], London: […] Peter Buck, […], →OCLC, Act V, scene i, page 43
  2. (transitive) To disable.
  3. (obsolete, slang) To undress (someone).

Questions about unrigs

What is unrigs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unrigs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unrig.

Words near unrigs in the dictionary

  1. unrightwise
  2. unrigid
  3. unrigorous
  4. unrigorously
  5. unrigorousness
  6. unrigs
  7. unriled
  8. unrimed
  9. unrimmed
  10. unrimpled
  11. Unrine

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