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unˈnest, v.
(un-2 5. Cf. Du. ontnesten.) Chiefly fig. (In first quot. intr.)
c1374Chaucer Troylus iv. 305 O soule, lurkynge in þis wo, vnneste; Fle forth out of myn herte. c1532G. Du Wes Introd. Fr. in Palsgr. 941 To unneste, deniser. c1600Chalkhill Thealma & Cl. (1683) 120 Alexis rising, thanks his prudent care And as his Father lov'd him; all prepare T'unnest these Pyrates. 1658J. M. in Cleveland Wks. (1687) 283 The Presbyterian he did un-nest, With the whole Kennel o' th' two-footed Beast. 1679J. Somerville Mem. Somerville (1815) I. 222 The queen..encourages the souldiers..to unnest from that hold the ancient enemies of ther countrey. 1790A. Wilson To J. Kennedy Poet. Wks. (1846) 16 As..seeming doubts when told oft take to wing, Permit me here some miseries to unnest, That long have harbour'd in my labouring breast. 1879H. W. Warren Recr. Astron. iv. 58 The earth on its softly-spinning axle never jars enough to unnest a bird or wake a child.
Hence unˈnested ppl. a.
1860Patmore Faithf. for Ever i. i, No more the unnested blackbird's shriek Startled the light-leaved wood. |