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单词 unquilt
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unquiltv.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈkwɪlt/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkwɪlt/, U.S. /ˌənˈkwɪlt/
Forms: see un- prefix2 and quilt v.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix2, quilt v.1
Etymology: < un- prefix2 + quilt v.1With use in quot. 1611, compare discussion at un- prefix2 1b(a).
rare.
transitive. To remove a quilt or other covering from; (also) to remove or unpick the quilting from. Also figurative.
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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 > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)]
unbindc950
undoc950
unleeseOE
breaka1225
unfest?c1225
leesea1325
loosena1382
unloosea1382
loose1388
resolvea1398
unlace?c1400
unfastenc1440
unloosen?a1475
to let slip1526
unbrace?1526
diffibulatea1538
unframe1567
unclit1587
undight1590
unclip1598
unclenchc1600
unreeve1600
unlock1609
ungrapple1611
unquilt1611
abstringe1623
renode1623
unspan1648
unfast1684
disengage1780
undub1807
unclap1846
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Discoltrare, to vnquilt, to vnhill.
?1634–7 J. Milton Comus (MS Trinity Coll. Cambr.) 19 He wth his bare wand can unquilt thy joynts & crumble all thy sinews.
1874 Lowell (Mass.) Daily Citizen & News 8 May That sword, unquilted from its concealment in his wife's cloak, was a busy one for the next eight years.
2001 Frontiers 22 174 If it were my bed and my house, I'd turn My hand to undoing. I'd strip the bedding And blankets away, and unquilt the mattress And shred the tick.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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