unline verb5 •To remove or separate the lining from.No more that unenquiring heart Perused the sweet home of her breast, Than turtle-doves unline their nest To scan the outer part. — 1895 •(figurative) To empty (a purse).I'll live by a pittance. Unline my purse, and use my person, and for my limbs, take the best in the bunch. — 1857 •To remove or destroy one or more lines.Maxwell cars are of unit construction that no stress can unline. — 1908 •To take out of (literal or figurative) alignment; to disconnect.To-morrow doth Luxurio promise me He will unline himself from bitchery — 1598 •To undergo a (now debunked) process in which the tissue of a plant separates into identical layers.There is no instance of unlining which may not be as well explained by the theory of alternation. — 1848 formsunlined · unlining · unlines