unhair

verb

1. (transitive)To remove hair from (something), especially from hide.

   “The sides, after being unhaired, are put in clean water over night, then green-shaved and put in a bate of hen manure four or five days.”

   “They found that such a practice produced what was termed a "mellow" lime; the mellower the lime the more rapidly it unhaired the skin.”

2. (intransitive)To become free from hair.

   “If the skin is soaked in an amine solution before being placed in the lime it unhairs at a faster rate, however, than if soaked in plain water, as shown in Table VII.”