单词 | unlime |
释义 | † unlimev. Obsolete. 1. a. transitive. To detach, separate, disconnect. Cf. lime v.1 1. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate [verb (transitive)] > disjoin, disunite, or disconnect unlime?c1225 unjoin1340 discouplec1440 disannex1459 disjoin1483 uncouplea1533 unjoint1565 sejoin1568 sejungate1578 unknit1580 disjoint1582 unlinkc1585 uncombine1595 disunite1598 sejunge1598 discombine1603 injoint1603 dislink1610 unthreada1616 unyokea1616 sejugate1623 disconnect1758 dijunge1768 unconnect1796 disally1864 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 187 Þet he wat fulwel. & is for þi umben..to vnlimen ow wið wreððe. b. transitive. To free from birdlime or another sticky substance; to unstick. Cf. lime n.1 1, lime v.1 3. In quot. a1632 in figurative context. ΚΠ a1632 T. Taylor Princ. Christian Pract. (1635) 517 Beware we clogge not, nor oppresse our selves with pleasures that instead of speeding us in our way they become the Divels birdlime to entangle us; in which while we flutter, we are not able to mount aloft in heavenly meditations, but having escaped we are as long in unlyming and setting our hearts, as would have done the duty. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Ontlijmen, to Vnglue, or to Vnlime. 2. transitive. In leather production: to wash or treat (a hide or skin) so as to remove or neutralize lime which has been applied to it. Cf. lime v.1 5d. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > work with skins [verb (transitive)] > other processes curry14.. shave1467 dress1511 slaughter1603 raise1607 scutch1688 chamois1728 braya1835 break1842 fellmonger1843 fire-cure1848 crimp1849 board1860 pebble1862 soft-board1878 sam1883 stock1883 nourish1884 buff1885 pinwheel1885 sammy1885 wheel1885 unlime1888 1888 Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 287 The process of unliming hides and skins. 1898 Patents for Inventions: Abridgm. Specif. 1889–92: Class 1 102/2 The borol is applicable for use in unliming hides and skins. 1911 Chem. Abstr. 20 Aug. 2758 Treating hides or skins with whey which has been caused to ferment until it contains at least 1% of acid calc. as lactic acid to unlime the hide or skin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.?c1225 |
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