scathing

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Around a table the faithful are carrying on the love-feasts; martyrs are unswathing their limbs to show their wounds; old men, leaning on their staffs, are relating their travels.

From The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul by Flaubert, Gustave

And yet a few hours later, this eloquent orator is himself hard at work in digging up and unswathing another set of mummies for the annoyance of another set of dissenters.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

He carried up the twins and even remained a moment to help in their unswathing before he descended to the waiting car and Phoebe.

From Andrew the Glad by Daviess, Maria Thompson

A man who had been present at the unswathing of this princess, dead at least three thousand years, had managed to secure it, and Owen had paid him a large sum for it.

From Evelyn Innes by Moore, George (George Augustus)

When he turned round Malcolm had placed the little figure in an arm-chair by the fire, and was busy unswathing the voluminous folds of the plaid in which it had been wrapped.

From A Noble Life by Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock