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unˈbolt, v.
[un-2 7 and 3.]
1. intr. Of a door: To have the bolt withdrawn.
1470–85Malory Arthur xi. i. 571 And when he came to the chamber..the dores of yron vnlocked and vnbolted. 1680Otway Orphan iii. Stage Direct., The door unbolts. 1711S. Centlivre Marplot i, Ha! the door unbolts; which way shall I get rid of this puppy? 1748[see unbar v. c].
2. trans. To draw back the bolt of, to unfasten (a door, etc.).
1598Florio, Discadenacciare, to vnboult a doore, to vnbar. 1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. iv. ii. 3 Ile call mine Vnckle down; He shall vnbolt the Gates. 1650Alsop Serm. in A. B. Grosart Small Sins (1863) 75 note, They bring little boys along with them,..who..unbolt the doors, and let in the whole company of thieves. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) IV. 124 He..unbolted a door that opened into a garden. 1767Phil. Trans. LVIII. 7, I tried the experiment of unbolting my windows. 1819Scott Ivanhoe xx, The hermit speedily unbolted his portal. 1835Dickens Pickw. xxvii, Putting his arm over the half-door of the bar, coolly unbolting it, and leisurely walking in. 1887Bowen æneid ii. 266 [They] unbolt Troy's gates, to the hosts of the fleet Entrance give.
b. In fig. contexts.
1601Dent Pathw. Heaven 258 To betray vs into the hands of Satan: ye to vnbolt the doore, and let him in to cut our throats. 1648Bp. Hall Breathings Devout Soul (1851) 194 To enable me with strength to turn the key, and to unbolt this unwieldy bar of my soul. 1828T. Brown Serm. 116 We cannot unbolt or break open the gate of the temple of Knowledge.
†c. absol. To unfold, explain. Obs.
1607Shakes. Timon i. i. 51 Painter. How shall I vnderstand you? Poet. I will vnboult to you.
3. To withdraw, draw back (a bolt).
1655Marquis of Worcester Cent. Inv. §69 To bolt and unbolt..an hundred Bolts through fifty Staples, two in each.
4. To detach by the removal of bolts.
1793Trans. Soc. Enc. Arts, etc. (ed. 2) V. 207 By unbolting and taking off the side pipe.
Hence unˈbolting vbl. n.
[1775Ash.] 1829Scott Anne of G. xix, The noise of the unbolting and unbarring of the gates. |