单词 | unknitting |
释义 | unknittingn. The action of unknit v. (in various senses); an instance of this.In quot. c1384: the action or fact of failing in strength; weakness. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > disjunction, disunion, or disconnection unknittingc1384 discretiona1398 disjunctionc1400 disjuncturec1400 discouplingc1425 unjoining?c1425 unjointing?c1425 disjoining1530 disunion1598 breach1625 disunity1632 disconnection1663 disjointure1757 disjointing1794 disarticulation1808 non-union1823 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [noun] > taking apart unknittingc1384 unstriking1567 jointing1591 disassembly1894 disassemblage1899 strip-down1950 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Nahum ii. 10 Herte feylynge, and vnknyttynge [L. dissolutio] of smale knees. 1545 Act 37 Henry VIII c. 21 §2 in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 1014 Without any dissolucion, undoinge, unknyttinge, or repeale of them. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desnouement, an vntying, vnknitting, vnbinding (of knots). 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Unknitting, the act of unweaving, the act of opening. 1823 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 12 July 114 The knitting and unknitting has hitherto been performed principally by Jewesses. 1898 Academy 17 Sept. 279/2 A plentiful knitting and unknitting of intrigue. 1970 Indonesia 10 44 The first unknitting of the Netherlanders' administrative fabric. 2011 J. Shilling Stranger in Mirror ii. 39 The sinister unknitting of the bony bonds of the pelvic girdle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † unknittingadj. Obsolete. rare. Not knitting together; separate, dissimilar. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective] > disjoining or disconnecting > not joined, united, or connected uncoupled1377 unjoined1538 unclosed1551 unknitting1587 ununited1587 unknit1603 incommunicated1646 discontiguous1656 incontiguous1660 open1686 inconnected1742 disconnected1751 incoherent1768 uncemented1783 unconnected1829 disaffiliated1839 disconnect1845 inarticulate1852 unarticulated1861 ununified1862 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. x. 165 [Aristotle] sayth that the knitting parts [Fr. les parties similaires; Gk. ὁμοιομερῆ]..the bones, the skin, the Sinewes..may be made of the mixing togither of the elements, and that the vnknitting parts [Fr. les dissimilaires; Gk. τὰ ἀνομοιομερῆ] as the Head, the Leg, the Arme,..cannot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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