verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To strip of the shale (shell) or husk obsolete, rare

   "unshale the rice"

2. 2
   To strip of the shale (shell) or husk; to uncover. figuratively, obsolete, rare

Example

More examples

"I will not unshale the jest before it be ripe."

Etymology

From un- + shale.

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