v. (UN-2 5.)
a. 1711. Ken, Hymns Evang., Poet. Wks. 1721, I. 161. It racks his Joints, unsockets all his Bones.
a. 1745. Swift, Right of Prec., Wks. 1841, II. 75/1. Not to oblige him [sc. an old parson] uncover in the cold, and unsocket his head with both hands.
1881. Tennyson, Cup, II. ii. 159. Great Goddess, whose storm-voice Unsockets the strong oak.