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untwigging

untwigging is the present participle and gerund of untwig.

Meaning of untwig

Verb

untwig (third-person singular simple present untwigs, present participle untwigging, simple past and past participle untwigged)

  1. To remove twigs from.
    • [I]t is therfore ordered and agreed, by aucthorytye of this assembly, that all and every cooper within this citty and franches therof shall twigge every of his hoopes and pynn them, upon paine of forfeiture of his or their Forfeiture. barrelles or other their vesselles untwigged, and that withall...1617 [1892], John A. Gilbert, Calendar of Ancient Records of Dublin, volume III, Dublin: Joseph Dollard, page 77

Questions about untwigging

What is untwigging the present participle and gerund of?
Untwigging is the present participle and gerund of untwig.

Words near untwigging in the dictionary

  1. untweetable
  2. untweeted
  3. untwiddled
  4. untwig
  5. untwigged
  6. untwigging
  7. untwigs
  8. untwilled
  9. untwine
  10. untwined
  11. untwines

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