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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Unlace

· Un·lace · IPA
01 v. t. To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.
  1. 1.
    To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.
  2. 2.
    To loose the dress of; to undress; hence, to expose; to disgrace.
    “What's the matter, That you unlace your reputation thus?” Shak.
  3. 3.
    To loose, and take off, as a bonnet from a sail, or to cast off, as any lacing in any part of the rigging of a vessel.(Naut.)