ppl. a. [f. UNCLASP v. 1 or UN-1 8 + CLASPED ppl. a.] Having the clasp undone or not fastened. Also fig.

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1609.  J. Davies, Holy Roode, G. None other Booke but thy vnclasped Side (Wherein’s contain’d all Skils Angelical).

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1628.  Gaule, Pract. The. (1629), 24. In him Law and Gospell conspire together; the Law as a closed Gospell; the Gospell as an vnclasped Law.

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1825.  Scott, Talism., viii. The hood which he wore,… now unclasped and thrown back for heat.

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1856.  J. Richardson, Recoll., I. iii. 69. He was an incessant talker…. When once unclasped, it was with difficulty, he could again be closed.

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1880.  L. Wallace, Ben-Hur, 474. Iras began, toying the while with one of her unclasped bracelets.

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