单词 | unridge |
释义 | † unridgev. Obsolete. transitive. Probably: to cut open and expose or remove the backbone of (cf. ridge n.1 1a).Only in biblical allusions. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > make smooth [verb (transitive)] > remove wrinkles from uncrumple1611 unwrinkle1611 unridge1631 erugate1656 unrumple1694 unpucker1775 unrimple1800 uncrinkle1911 1631 E. Reynolds Three Treat. 293 The heart of man is like a beast, that hath much filth and garbage shut up under a faire skinne, till the Word like a sacrificing sword slit open, and as it were unridge the Conscience to discover it. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Rev. i. 16) The word..slits open, and as it were, unridgeth the conscience. 1659 J. Ramsey Praeterita 114 Heb. 4.12, 13. τετραχηλισμένα, A Metaphor borrowed from brute Beasts that are unridged and cut down by the back. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1631 |
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