v. (UN-2 3 + NESTLE v.1 Cf. Du. ontnestelen.) Chiefly fig.

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c. 1430.  Pilgr. Lyf Manhode, II. cix. (1869), 116. He vnnestleth the hye briddes, and overthroweth here feedinges.

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1592.  Bacon, Confer. Pleasure (1870), 20. Leste anie man should think her intent was to unnestle ill neyghbors.

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1658.  Evelyn, Fr. Gard. (1675), 101. There is a Green-Worm which devours the young shoots…, and those are very hard to un-nestle.

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1694.  Motteux, Rabelais, V. ix. 43. Murther all the Kings … in the world,… unnestle the Angels from their Cock-loft.

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  Hence Unnestling vbl. sb.

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1653.  Urquhart, Rabelais, I. xxiv. 113. Unnestling of sparrowes, taking of quailes, and fishing for frogs.

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