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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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(Unscrew,) v. P.t. unscrewed. [17th c. Eng. vn-screw (1605).] To remove a stopper (from a container) by unscrewing it. —Urquhart Rabelais i xxiv 114.
He unscrewed his borracho (which was a great Dutch leathern bottle)
