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单词 unlay
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unlayn.

Forms: see un- prefix1 and lay n.3
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, lay n.3
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + lay n.3, after unlaw n.
Scottish. Obsolete.
A fine or penalty; = unlaw n. 2.
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society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun]
witereden688
witec890
guiltwite964
ransom?c1225
amends1340
forfeiture1399
ush1417
recoverya1422
issue1424
unlaw1424
fine1430
forfeita1475
unlay1497
multure1533
estreatc1550
mulct1584
forfeitment1597
1497 in E. Beveridge Burgh Rec. Dunfermline (1917) 177 In the..curt..thir persones..chosyn be the hale communite till lay the vnlais.
1504 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1504/3/30 At that be ane punt of dittay in tyme tocum, and at the unlay therof be x l.
1556 Crail Burgh Court 19 Oct. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Unlaw That nay personis pas to the vayr wythin this toun befor vj howris in the morning vnder the pane of ane vnlay.
1624 Rec. Edinb. Masons 27 Dec. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Unlaw That na maister within this bruch fie ane maissoun and his prenteis wnder the pane of the said wnlay content in the former act.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

unlayv.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈleɪ/, U.S. /ˌənˈleɪ/
Forms: see un- prefix2 and lay v.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix2, lay v.1
Etymology: < un- prefix2 + lay v.1 Compare slightly later unlaid adj.1
1. transitive. To clear (a dining table) of things set in preparation for a meal. Cf. lay v.1 35b. rare.
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the world > food and drink > food > serving food > removal of dishes > [verb (transitive)]
voida1400
unlay1457
rid1599
disserve1816
bus1930
1457 (a1400) Libeaus Desconus (Naples) (1969) 289 (MED) [a1500 Lamb. The mayden..Wolde neyþer drynke ne ete..She sate] downe as careful maide [Lamb. continues Tyll the table] was vnleide.
1982 D. Hobson Crossroads vi. 128 She's either laying the table or unlaying it.
2011 D. Bartlett & D. Shaw tr. R. Jacobsen Child Wonder vii. 65 Mother had laid and unlaid and relaid and unlaid the table and changed the cloth.
2. transitive. Originally and chiefly Nautical. To untwist (a rope, cable, etc.) into separate strands or wires; to separate (the strands or wires) of a rope, cable, etc.
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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)] > untwist, unravel, etc.
untwinec1407
unlacea1450
untwindc1460
untwist1538
unweave1542
distwine1562
feaze1568
unpleat1572
unspin1587
unplat1589
unwreathe1591
unreave1593
unravel1603
ravel1607
unwrithe1611
uncluea1616
unwork1623
unperplex1660
untwirla1703
unlay1726
disentwine1814
unbraid1828
unmesha1849
disintertwine1861
unplait1865
tiffle out1880
unleeze1889
1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World xv. 436 Till we could unlay our best cable to make more.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. ii. 135 We were..obliged to unlay a cable to work into running rigging.
1831 W. O. Porter & J. Porter Sir Edward Seaward's Narr. I. 123 I also took thence a piece of rope, which I unlaid.
c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 28 Unlay the other two strands.
1896 H. D. Wilkinson Submarine Cable Laying & Repairing iv. 270 On one end..the sheathing wires are unlaid for a length of about 60ft.
1939 Motor Boating Nov. 76/2 I drew the end up and out of the coil, unlaid the rope sufficiently to make three full tucks.
2008 Gold Coast (Austral.) Bull. (Nexis) 1 Aug. 50 Judge how big you want the loop and unlay the rope a sufficient length to make at least four or five tucks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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