Uncling

//ˈʌŋk(ə)lɪŋ// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of uncle form-of, gerund, participle, present
  2. 2
    To cease from clinging or adhering. obsolete

    "unleſſe it be the lowest lees of a canonicall infection livergrown to their fides; which perhaps will never uncling"

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"unleſſe it be the lowest lees of a canonicall infection livergrown to their fides; which perhaps will never uncling"

Etymology

From un- + cling.

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