v. [UN-2 3.] trans. To free from strain; to relax. Chiefly fig.
1616. B. Jonson, Masques, Love freed fr. Ignorance. ’Lesse they could the knot vn-straine Of a riddle, which she put.
1650. Fuller, Pisgah, II. xi. 236. Since which time the Levites had unstrained their credit by their exemplary zeale against the Idolaters.
1843. E. Jones, Sens. & Event, 120. Omnipotent sleep shall thy life unstrain.
1883. R. Haldane, Workshop Receipts, Ser. II. 125/1. To clean morocco leather, strain well over a board;… when done, unstrain the leather, and dry.
