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unˈgear, v.
[un-2 3, 4 b.]
1. trans. To unharness. Now dial. and N. Amer.
c1611Chapman Iliad xi. 536 And Nestor's squire, Eurymedon, the horses did ungear. [1775Ash, Ungear,..to unharness, to deliver from the gears.] 1825Brockett N.C. Words s.v., Ungear the yoke. 1828Trial of W. Dyon & Son at York Assizes ii, I was ungeering the horses. 1846T. L. McKenney Mem. I. vii. 157 Wading into the stream, we ungeared the obstinate animal, and led him out. 1854A. E. Baker Northampt. Gloss., Ungear, to unharness; restricted to husbandry horses. 1878J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xv. 237 At 2 p.m. we..ungeared the mules, and crawled under the wagon for shade. 1975E. Wigginton Foxfire 3 235 When I come in at night I'd put m' mules up an' ungear 'em.
2. To disconnect the gearing of. Also fig.
1828Craven Gloss. s.v., A mill is also said to be ungeared, when the water is turned off or the machinery displaced. 1852C. Morfit Tanning & Currying (1853) 118 The necessity of ungearing the pinion. 1931Galsworthy Maid in Waiting xxii. 188 He'll almost certainly get up against something now he's back. If he does it will ungear him in no time. |