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Unlay   Listen
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Unlay  v. t.  (past & past part. unlaid; pres. part. unlaying)  (Naut.) To untwist; as, to unlay a rope.






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"Unlay" Quotes from Famous Books



... a rope by its own strands, unlay the rope to the place where it is desired to form the knot, and as after the knot is made the strands will have to be laid up again, try to preserve the original lay in the strands as much as possible. Now bring ...
— Knots, Bends, Splices - With tables of strengths of ropes, etc. and wire rigging • J. Netherclift Jutsum



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