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unnestle

verb

Etymology

From un- + nestle.

  1. inherited from *nistilōn✻ — “to build or occupy a nest; nestle”
  2. inherited from nistlan
  3. inherited from nestelen
  4. formed as unnestle — “un- + nestle”

Definitions

  1. To eject from a comfortable situation

    To eject from a comfortable situation; to unnest or drive out.

    • For I find, that is the only way to unnestle his lordship.
    • But Ædituus cried to him, Hold, hold, honest friend! strike, wound, poison, kill, and murder all the kings and princes in the world, by treachery or how thou wilt, and as soon as thou wouldst unnestle the angels from their cockloft.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA