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un⋅lay

[uhn-ley]
–verb (used with object), -laid, -lay⋅ing.
1. to separate (a strand) from a rope.
2. to untwist (a rope) in order to separate its strands.

Origin:
1720–30; un- 2 + lay 1
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un·lay   (ŭn-lā')   
v.   un·laid (-lād'), un·lay·ing, un·lays Nautical

v.   tr.
To untwist the strands of (a rope).
v.   intr.
To untwist.
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