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  • verb Present participle of uncase.

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Examples

  • Driving Tips: Joe and I had parked the 4x4 at a small pullout next to the public access area and were uncasing our shotguns.

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  • And even after uncasing both that computer and my old one, and trying to fit my old Voodoo3 card into my new motherboard, and finding out that the CPU wouldn't even boot with it in the slot, I realized that I wouldn't be able to play the game unless I went out and bought a shiny new 3D card.

    five questions jlundberg 2006

  • Finished uncasing Wife's car this morning, so that she could return to her usual rounds.

    De-icing jhetley 2005

  • So, uncasing himselfe out of his Pilgrimes clothes, and standing in his Hose and Doublet, to their no little admiration, they all knew him, yet doubted whether it were he, or no.

    The Decameron 2004

  • Palian was already out of the saddle, uncasing her violino with one hand and motioning players into place with the other.

    The Shadow Sorceress Modesitt, L. E. 2001

  • "Who should I try for?" he asked, producing his deck and uncasing it.

    Sign of the Unicorn Zelazny, Roger 1975

  • At this moment Guru and Amir Ali ran up excitedly, uncasing the heavy guns and loading them as they ran.

    The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series Elliott Whitney

  • The lobster, as he grows, is furnished with a way of uncasing himself of his buckler, and drawing his legs out of _his boots_ when they become too small for him.

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 341, November 15, 1828 Various

  • But instead of pausing when out of earshot for the purpose of uncasing the guns or landing a stalking party, the Indians crept gradually from the shore, caught the current, and shot away down stream in the direction from which they had come.

    The Silent Places 1904

  • They had intended to defer the assault till dawn, but the cold hastened action, and, uncasing their muskets, they filed silently past the snow man in the middle of the open gate and encircled the little village of fifty houses.

    Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom 1903

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