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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Unshale

· Un·shale · IPA
01 v. t. To strip the shale, or husk, from; to uncover.
  1. 1.
    To strip the shale, or husk, from; to uncover.[Obs.]
    “I will not unshale the jest before it be ripe.” — Marston.