Unreeve

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unreeve \Un*reeve"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + reeve, v. t.]
     (Naut.)
     To withdraw, or take out, as a rope from a block, thimble, or
     the like.
     [1913 Webster]