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▪ I. unˈwound, ppl. a.1|ʌnˈwaʊnd|
[un-1 8 b. Cf. MDu. onghewonden, MHG. and older G. ungewunden.]
Not wound (up).
1648Hexham ii, Ongewonden, Vnwound, or Vnwrapped. 1719J. Hughes Morning Apparition 4 Dumb o'er my pillow hung my watch unwound. 1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. 222 As the hand of an unwound clock stands at one hour of the day. 1897B. Stoker Dracula iv, My watch was still unwound.
▪ II. unˈwound, ppl. a.2
[un-2 8, or f. unwind v.1]
Released from a coiled or twisted state; untwisted.
1707Mortimer Husb. 305 Which Thatching most tie on with Withs, but old pitched Ropes unwound, is much cheaper. 1818Milman Samor viii. 34 The soul, unwound its coarse material chains, Basks in its own divinity. |