"unclew" meaning in English

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          "text": "unclewing ropes and disentangling knots",
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          "text": "unclewing the inmost mysteries of the bed-chamber",
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          "text": "unclew the topmost canvas, the skysails, and the brig's royals",
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        "To unwind, unfold, unravel or untie."
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        "(archaic, transitive, also figurative) To unwind, unfold, unravel or untie."
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          "text": "If I should pay you for't as 'tis extoll'd,\nIt would unclew me quite",
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        "To undo; to ruin."
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        "(archaic, transitive, figuratively) To undo; to ruin."
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