"unjack" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: unjacks [present, singular, third-person], unjacking [participle, present], unjacked [participle, past], unjacked [past]
Etymology: From un- + jack. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|jack}} un- + jack Head templates: {{en-verb}} unjack (third-person singular simple present unjacks, present participle unjacking, simple past and past participle unjacked)
  1. (transitive) To dislodge or remove a jack from something. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-unjack-en-verb-dXFqCx~2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1912, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, volume 185, page 1113",
          "text": "jack to hold the same for treatment, and means acting automatically to unjack the shoe as the support or jack is moved outward on said table",
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          "ref": "1972, E. D'Appolonia, Underwater Soil Sampling, Testing, and Construction Control, American Society for Testing and Materials, page 43",
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          "ref": "2016, Karen Ginther Graham, Finding Rose Rocks, Wild Rose Press, unnumbered page",
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