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Unboy vs Unbay - What's the difference?

unboy | unbay |

As verbs the difference between unboy and unbay

is that unboy is to divest of the traits of a boy while unbay is (obsolete|transitive) to free from the restraint of anything that surrounds or encloses.

unboy

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To divest of the traits of a boy.
    • (Clarendon)

    Usage notes

    * The forms unboys'' and ''unboying are vanishingly rare or non-existent. (Webster 1913)

    unbay

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To free from the restraint of anything that surrounds or encloses.
    • I ought to unbay the current of my passion. — Norris.
    (Webster 1913)