v. [UN-2 3.] trans. a. To uncoil, straighten out. b. To restore from being warped or prejudiced.
[In the transl. of Maison Neuves Gerileon (1583), I. 64 b, app. a misprint for vnwrap, rhyming with hap.]
a. 1659. Osborne, Essexs Death, Wks. 239. This had not been said, but to unwarp their judgements that may be drawn aside, by the goodness of Sir Henry Woottons parts.
1670. Evelyn, Sylva (ed. 2), xxv. 122. When the bark is off, they unwarp it before the fire.
1733. Hervey, Mem. Geo. II. (1848), I. 257. The Queen herself was enough prejudiced too on this side, till Sir Robert Walpole unwarped her from it.
1802. Leyden, Mermaid, xii. Unwarp, unwind his cozy coils.