ungird

[uhn-gurd]

Origin

verb (used with object), -gird·ed or -girt, -gird·ing.

to loosen or remove a girdle or belt from.

to loosen or remove by unfastening a belt: to ungird a sword.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English ungirden, Old English ungyrdan; see un-², gird; cognate with German entgürten

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to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.

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Word Origin & History

ungird

O.E. ongyrde, from un- (2) + gird. Cf. M.Du. ontgorden, O.H.G. ingurten, Ger. entgürten.

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