Unrol

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

  Unroll \Un*roll"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + roll.] [Written also
     {unrol}.]
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     1. To open, as what is rolled or convolved; as, to unroll
        cloth; to unroll a banner.
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     2. To display; to reveal. --Dryden.
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     3. To remove from a roll or register, as a name.
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              If I make not this cheat bring out another . . . let
              me be unrolled and my name put in the book of
              virtue!                               --Shak.
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