Usually means: Reverse the twist of rope.
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  1. unlay: Merriam-Webster
  2. unlay: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. unlay: Collins English Dictionary
  4. unlay: Wordnik
  5. unlay: Wiktionary
  6. unlay: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. unlay: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. unlay: Dictionary.com
  9. Unlay: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. unlay: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Unlay: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. unlay: FreeDictionary.org
  13. unlay: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. unlay: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (unlay)

▸ verb:  (transitive, nautical) To untwist.

Similar:
unclew, untwirl, untwist, untwine, unlace, uncoil, unclue, unreave, untie, unspin, more...

Opposite:
lay, place, position, arrange

Types:
dishevel, unravel, unwind, uncoil, unfold, unroll, more...

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Similar:
unclew, untwirl, untwist, untwine, unlace, uncoil, unclue, unreave, untie, unspin, more...

Opposite:
lay, place, position, arrange

Types:
dishevel, unravel, unwind, uncoil, unfold, unroll, more...



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