unclampv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈklamp/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈklamp/, U.S. /ˌənˈklæmp/ transitive. To remove a clamp or clamps from; (also) to disconnect or unfasten by removing a clamp from.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > undo specific fastening
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1655 E. Gayton Wil: Bagnal's Ghost 23 And what he did to's Iron vamps He did toth' doore, and them unclamps, For he for those had screwes, and cramps, And Augurs.
1809 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 99 120 Unclamp the apparatus.
1849 J. F. W. Herschel Outl. Astron. 106 Now unclamp the level, and..turn round the circle on the axis.
1860 H. Stuart Novice's or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 46 The outside men will..unclamp the booms.
1915 Pop. Mech. Jan. 159/2 It is easily unclamped from the stick when necessary for emptying.
1961 Pop. Boating Dec. 86/3 Remove the fill pipe..by unclamping its connecting hose.
2016 Evening Standard (Nexis) 2 Feb. 11 As a surgeon began unclamping the artery to allow blood to recirculate, he found a weak pulse and called for extra blood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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