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To UNBALAST to To UNRIG a ship
To UNBALAST
UNBENDING
UNBITTING
To UNDER-RUN
To UNDER-RUN a tackle
UNDER SAIL
UNLACING
To UNMOOR
UNREEVING
To UNRIG a ship

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UNBENDING

UNBENDING, (désemarrer, Fr.) generally implies the act of taking off the sails from their yards and stays; of cutting loose the anchors from their cables, or of untying one rope from another. See also BEND.


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