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Etymology

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From un- +‎ socket.

Verb

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unsocket (third-person singular simple present unsockets, present participle unsocketing, simple past and past participle unsocketed)

  1. (archaic) To loosen or remove from a socket.
    • a. 1711, Thomas Ken, On the Passion:
      It racks his Joints, unsockets all his Bones.