单词 | unkennelled |
释义 | unkennelledunkenneledadj.ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [adjective] > let out unkennelled1589 vented1911 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxxiii. 144 Like vnkenneld Cerberus the crooked Tyrant swore. a1657 G. Daniel Idyllia in Poems (1878) IV. 7 Vnkennell'd Fury (deep-mouth'd) rings Liberty lodg'd; and Chas'd it quite away. 1836 J. S. French Elkswatawa I. xii. 237 Like an unkennelled pack, fresh for the chase they coursed away through the woods. 1861 A. Smith Edwin of Deira ii. 47 Unkennelled staghounds bayed, men's voices rose, Steeds pawed and clanked their bridles. 1928 S. Sassoon Mem. Fox-hunting Man vii. iv. 274 I used to feel the strangeness of the scene with its sharp exuberance of unkennelled energy. 2. Of a fox: driven from its earth. Frequently (and in earliest use) figurative and in figurative contexts: that has been forced out into the open; exposed, revealed. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [adjective] > expelling > expelled > specific people from a place, position, or possession ousted?c1663 unkennelled1687 expelled1774 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther i. 9 Unkennel'd range in thy Polonian Plains; A fiercer foe th' insatiate Wolfe remains. 1700 S. Parker 6 Philos. Ess. 48 The poor unkennell'd Fryars..are ready to bear me out in my Assertion. 1754 C——r's Apol. to Free-holders of Kingdom 14 Died... R—d P—n—y, Esq; of an unkennel'd Fox in the Groin. 1846 ‘Sylvanus’ Pedestrian & Other Reminisc. xxi. 178 They gleam like flashes of living lightning through the brake, and hotly pursue the unkennelled ‘varmint’. 1870 J. C. O'Callaghan Hist. Irish Brigades (new ed.) ix. 528 This was tracking the thefts of Cacus to his den, and letting in light as alarming, as it was unwelcome, to the unkennelled robber. 1884 R. Churchill Policy of Govt. 4 Mr. Gladstone, flying like an unkennelled fox from one corner of the country to another, was hurled down by your Southern Division. 1992 Country Life 8 Oct. 53/3 First hunting a drag and then the unkennelled fox. 3. Of an animal, esp. a dog: not kept in or provided with a kennel. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [adjective] > affinity with dogs > kennelled > not kennelled unkennelled1795 1795 Life John Metcalf 29 The hounds were kept by various people about the shambles, &c. and were suffered to lay unkennelled. 1838 E. Cook Melaia 176 Unkennell'd and chainless, yet truly he served. 1853 Sc. Rev. Jan. 80 That the poor should..live unwashed, unaired, unkennelled, seemed as natural as to be born. 1940 Country Life 17 Feb. 178/2 The pack is kept unkennelled on farms. 1973 Progress-Bull. (Pomona, Calif.) 11 Oct. a10/2 It is against the rules to have unkenneled animals on board a plane. 2008 Gaz. (Colorado Springs) 28 Mar. (Metro section) 6/3 The lion was so gentle,..it rode unkenneled in the back of his pickup on the way home. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1589 |
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