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unˈpack, v.
[un-2 3, 5. Cf. Du. ontpakken.]
1. trans. To undo or open up (a pack, bale, etc.) and remove or release the contents.
1472–5Rolls of Parlt. VI. 155/2 Then it be leeffull to the Collectours..to doo unpakke there tho Pakkes and Fardels. 1535Act 27 Hen. VIII, c. 14 §1 Whiche packes so conveied..to suche portes..to be shipped be never there unpacked. 1611Cotgr., Desempacquet, to vnpacke, to vnloose a packe. 1739J. Elton in Hanway Trav. (1762) I. i. v. 21 The custom-house officers are not to break open and unpack their bales. 1798S. & Ht. Lee Canterb. T. II. 478 On the deck sat Lady Emily, unpacking a little basket of fruit. 1838Dickens O. Twist xxiii, The beadle, stooping to unpack his bundle. 1873Black Pr. Thule 34 Go away..and unpack your portmanteau.
fig.1602Shakes. Ham. ii. ii. 614 This is most braue, That I..Must (like a Whore) vnpacke my heart with words. 1874Ruskin Hortus Inclusus (1887) 15 The difficulty I had in unpacking my mind.
2. a. To take (something) out of a pack or packing.
1598Hakluyt Voy. I. 210 That none of our said subiects shall vnlade..nor vnpacke..no kind of wares. 1669Boyle Certain Physiol. Ess. (ed. 2) Absol. Rest Bodies 25 When..he had unpacked them [sc. a great parcel of glasses] and rang'd them. 1754Ld. Hardwicke in Harris Life (1847) III. xii. 18 As company is to come soon,..your mother is very busy in unpacking her house [= furniture]. 1810W. Selwyn Law Nisi Prius (ed. 2) II. 1189 Not having any directions from him respecting the goods, [defendant] caused them to be unpacked. 1825Ld. G. Cavendish in Biog. J. Gibson (1911) 62 It has been unpacked, and placed on a temporary pedestal. 1894A. Robertson Nuggets 38 He unpacked the gold and laid it..on the counter.
fig.1596Nashe Saffron Walden K 4 The strange vntraffiqu't phrases by him now vented and vnpackt. 1821Lamb Elia i. Imperfect Sympathies, He brings his total wealth into company, and gravely unpacks it. 1841H. Miller O. R. Sandst. vi. 107 The strata..have been unpacked and arranged by the uptilting agent. 1966Philosophy XLI. 30 If we unpack what is meant by ‘positive morality’ we come down to the opinions of individual people. 1979A. R. Peacocke Creation & World of Sci. i. 39 The theological enterprise has always involved much unpacking and elaborating of this image.
b. transf. To take (a person) out of a conveyance, dress, etc.
1690Crowne Eng. Frier iii, The elderly Ladies have been unpack'd a good while since. 1837Dickens Pickw. xxii, A red-haired man..had unpacked himself from a cab at the same moment. 1898Westm. Gaz. 21 May 3/2 My poor child, in what a state of..collapse must you have been when Myrtle unpacked you on your return!
c. refl. or pass. To get one's furniture, luggage, etc., unpacked.
1791H. Walpole Let. to Miss Berry 27 Oct., I..thought it would be very uncomfortable to you, till you had unpacked yourselves, seen some few persons, adjusted your family, etc. 1812Lady Granville Lett. (1894) I. 40 The Bessboroughs have been unpacked about a couple of hours.
3. To remove a pack or load from (a horse, carriage, etc.).
1570Levins Manip. 5 To Unpacke, esarcinare. 1598Florio, Sbastare, to vnpacke, to vnsaddle a cariers horse. 1835W. Irving Tour Prairies 27 His first care was to unpack his horses, and put them in safe quarters. 1853Douglas Milit. Bridges (ed. 3) 66 To unpack the carriage [carrying a pontoon].
4. absol. To perform the work of unpacking.
1837W. Irving Capt. Bonneville II. 22 Two-thirds trappers,..and one-third camp-keepers; who cook, pack, and unpack. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 626 As her commander..asked me on board to lunch, I had to unpack again.
5. Computers. To convert (an item of stored data) into two or more separate items; to retrieve data from (a record). Cf. pack v.1 3 g.
1954Computers & Automation Dec. 22/2 Unpack, to separate packed items of information each into a separate machine word. 1959, etc. [see pack v. 3 g]. 1960Gregory & Van Horn Automatic Data-Processing Systems iii. 104 The 13 instructions given above..are required to unpack each meter-reading card and set up the quantity for bill calculation. 1972Computer Jrnl. XV. 199/1 A stream..might be formed by one stream function which unpacks words into bytes.
Hence unˈpacking vbl. n.
1472–5Rolls of Parlt. VI. 155/2 Withoute unpakking or sight of such Clothes. 1797Monthly Mag. III. 261/1, I was present at the unpacking of the machine. 1837[Mrs. Maitland] Lett. fr. Madras (1843) 97 People never seem to be able to lay their private hands upon them till after they have finished all their unpacking. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 272 It was a bundle of bark cloth: I anxiously watched its unpacking.
attrib.1829in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) III. 103 Unpacking Rooms connected with the several Museums. |