v. [UN-2 4 b.] trans. To free from a clog, hindrance, or encumbrance.
1607. Shaks., Cor., IV. ii. 47. Could I meete ’em But once a day, it would vnclogge my heart of what lyes heauy too’t.
1678. G. G., in H. Scougal, Wks. (1735), 304. Such ardent sighs, and groanings,… as perhaps unclog’d his spirit, and made his soul take its flight, so soon.
1766. Mrs. S. Pennington, Lett., III. 172. Soft magic welcome, welcome angel dream, Unclog me quick, and let me far expand.
1834. Ht. Martineau, Moral, III. 119. Which must … unclog the system of manufactures and commerce.
1886. Lester, Under Fig Trees, 161. You can’t be stooping down for ever to unclog your machine.
