单词 | unquilt |
释义 | unquiltv. rare. transitive. To remove a quilt or other covering from; (also) to remove or unpick the quilting from. Also figurative. 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 > 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). < v.1611 |
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