v. [UN-2 4.] trans. To remove paper from; esp. to strip of a paper covering.
1714. C. Johnson, Country Lasses, II. ii. The Holland curtains…, up with ’em—unpaper the screens, the sconces, and the andirons.
1769. J. Skeat, Art Cookery, 23. The fat of venison … is apt to waste, so that it is always necessary to paper it;… just before you want to take it up, unpaper it.
1802. H. Martin, Helen of Glenross, I. 54. Dolly employed herself, unpapering and uncovering chairs and carpets.
1828. P. Cunningham, N. S. Wales (ed. 3), II. 269. A coterie of these nymphs were unpapering their curls.
