单词 | unmantle |
释义 | unmantlev. Now rare. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] unlidOE abareOE discovera1382 uncoverc1410 unwlapa1425 unmantle1598 dismantle1604 uncowl1611 unface1611 unquilt1611 uncase1643 uncap1688 tirl naked1721 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person > divest of specific garments > cloak or mantle uncloak1598 unmantle1598 discloak1601 dismantle1605 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Smantellare, to vnmantle, to vncloke. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xvi. 31 They unmantled him of a new Plush Cloak. 1700 A. Boyer Wise & Ingenious Compan. 173 They unmantled him, and my Secretary was content to go home in Cuerpo. 1745 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 86 The new-born babe was shown in a..cradle..under a canopy;..the governess advanced to unmantle it. a1800 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey x, in tr. Homer Iliad & Odyssey (1802) III. 270 At once obedient, from the ground, Their folded brows unmantling, all arose, And with admiring eyes..the stag survey'd. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vii. 147 The Earl..affected to resist when she strove to take his cloak from him. ‘Nay,’ she said, ‘but I will unmantle you.’ 1843 Metrop. Mag. Aug. 424 She unmantled herself when the last page and waiting damosel were gone past. b. transitive. figurative. To uncover or reveal (something hidden or concealed). ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] unwryc825 unhelec1000 to draw forthc1175 unhillc1200 to bring forth?c1225 unsteekc1250 let witc1275 uncovera1300 wraya1300 knowc1300 barea1325 shrivec1374 unwrapc1374 again-covera1382 nakena1382 outc1390 tellc1390 disclosea1393 cough1393 unhidea1400 unclosec1400 unhaspc1400 bewrayc1405 reveal1409 accusea1413 reveil1424 unlocka1425 unrekec1425 disclude?1440 uncurec1440 utter1444 detect1447 break1463 expose1483 divinec1500 revelate1514 to bring (also put) to light1526 decipher1529 rake1547 rip1549 unshadow1550 to lay to sight1563 uppen1565 unlace1567 unvisor?1571 resign1572 uncloak1574 disshroud1577 spill1577 reap1578 unrip1579 scour1585 unharboura1586 unmask1586 uncase1587 descrya1591 unclasp?1592 unrive1592 discover1594 unburden1594 untomb1594 unhusk1596 dismask1598 to open upc1600 untruss1600 divulge1602 unshale1606 unbrace1607 unveil1609 rave1610 disveil1611 unface1611 unsecret1612 unvizard1620 to open up1624 uncurtain1628 unscreen1628 unbare1630 disenvelop1632 unclothe1632 to lay forth1633 unshroud1633 unmuffle1637 midwife1638 dissecret1640 unseal1640 unmantle1643 to fetch out1644 undisguise1655 disvelop1658 decorticate1660 clash1667 exert1692 disinter1711 to up with1715 unbundlea1739 develop1741 disembosom1745 to open out1814 to let out1833 unsack1846 uncrown1849 to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861 unfrock1866 disbosom1868 to blow the lid off1928 flush1950 surface1955 to take or pull the wraps off1964 1643 Holy Harmony sig. B3v Let who that likes unmantle this fiction by a farther application. 1660 C. Southaick Fames Genius 1/1 Not to unmantle self-end subtilty? But the true Portraicture of honesty. 1728 A. Ramsay Poems II. 36 Ye shady Woods, unmantle and disclose That silent Grove where Strephon does repose. 1754 Female Parl. iii. 45 What will become of those Betrayers of their Country, when Justice unmantles them? 1847 R. Montgomery World of Spirits 39 Now without presuming to unmantle the august secrets which this passage may enshroud, [etc.]. 2011 P. Ther in J. F. Fulcher Oxf. Handbk. New Cultural Hist. Music vii. 197 In the Czech lands, Hungary and Poland, it took the work of musical modernists..to unmantle the national canon. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (intransitive)] > remove specific garments > cloak or mantle dismantle1638 unmantle1783 1783 Heroic Epist. Ld. Viscount Sackville 10 Those of inborn worth, with honest pride, Unmant'ling, throw their sully'd robes aside. 1822 A. Cunningham Trad. Tales I. 239 Unmantling as she spoke, [she] turned back to the Towers of Haddon the fairest face that ever left them. 1882 E. G. Scott Devel. Constit. Liberty v. 138 A dozen hands contested the honor of helping the ladies to unmantle. 3. transitive. To dismantle; to strip or take apart. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)] > damage deliberately or vandalize > gut or remove things from a building, etc. unripa1513 tirr1553 discover1563 unfloor1589 unpinion1593 unbottom1598 unbrick1598 unpave1598 unroof1598 unslate1598 untop1598 flay1636 unplank1646 gut1688 unmantle1828 1828 W. Scott Tapestried Chamber in Keepsake for 1829 142 Lord Woodville [went] to command the tapstried [sic] chamber to be unmantled, and the door built up. 1924 Cumberland (Maryland) Evening Times 9 July 16/1 Capt. O. H. Queinn..is here to unmantle the De-Haviland airship that was caught in a forced landing. 1964 Statesville (N. Carolina) Record & Landmark 20 June 9/1 The wire section began the job of unmantling telephone lines. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1598 |
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