Undress

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  • undressed stone: rough, unfinished stone used in building
  • undressed: unclothed; naked
  • undress: (French) dresser, to raise. In the sentence, as opposed to "upstanded", "undress" evokes ruins, a house in ruins, like the church Adam & Eve, Merchant's Quay, Dublin, built on the site of the old tavern Adam & Eve.
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