uncase

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uncase

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From un- + case.

verb uncases · uncasing · uncased

obsolete, transitive To skin or flay.
intransitive, transitive To strip (someone); to undress. Sancho Panza seeing the fryar on the ground, leaped from his ass with great agility, and beginning to uncase him [translating quitar los habitos] with the utmost dexterity, two of their servants came up, and asked for what reason he stripped their master?
transitive To take out of a case or covering; to uncover.
transitive To display, or spread to view, as a flag, or the colors of a military body.

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@misc{uncase_2026,
  title = {uncase},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/uncase},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}