unmouth

English

Etymology

un- +‎ mouth

Verb

unmouth (third-person singular simple present unmouths, present participle unmouthing, simple past and past participle unmouthed)

  1. (transitive) To remove from one's mouth.
    • 2010, Michael Innes, Honeybath's Haven, page 28:
      The elderly man, who had necessarily unmouthed the dagger to achieve this articulateness, smiled disarmingly.
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