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Etymology

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un- +‎ slide

Verb

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unslide (third-person singular simple present unslides, present participle unsliding, simple past and past participle unslid)

  1. (transitive) To slide back; to open or unfasten by sliding.
    • 1848, Elizabeth Lynn Linton, Amymone: A Romance of the Days of Pericles, volume 1, page 160:
      Cleon stepped cautiously forward; and unsliding the bolt, by means of a small pin outside, he half opened the door.