单词 | unnestle |
释义 | unnestlev. Now rare. transitive. = unnest v. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > from a lair, nest, or hole unnestlec1450 unnest?1533 unkennel1565 unharbour1575 unden1598 unharborough1611 bolt1615 unearth1622 unburrow1860 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > from seclusion or shelter disharbour1566 to hunt out1576 unlodge1598 unnestle1598 unkennel1604 uncloister1611 unnest1683 discloister1881 c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 116 He [sc. the wind] vnnestleth the hye briddes and ouerthroweth doun here feedinges. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales xiii. ix. 191 Corbulo..incourageth his souldiers to vnnestle the vagabond enemie. 1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 101 There is a Green-worme which devoures the young shoots.., and those are very hard to un-nestle [Fr. difficiles à estranger]. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. ix. 43 Murther all the Kings..in the world,..unnestle the Angels from their Cock-loft [Fr. deniche des cieux les Anges]. 1742 D. Hume Let. 14 Nov. (1932) I. 44 If I find not Lord Glasgow, I shall come down..to the Borders of the Atlantic Ocean, & rejoice the Tritons & Seagods with the Prospect of Kelburn in a Blaze. For I find, that is the only way to unnestle his Lordship. 1855 E. de P. O'Kelly Theol. for People 115 Really ignorance is at best but a negative sort of bliss—which, in very truth, it might be a kindness to unnestle. 1980 D. Coker in Chicago Rev. 32 No. 1. 12 The dark dispersal of friends; This turn of affairs is definite, the lamps Decreasing, pinpointing, rugs and chairs Swelling at the same desire, I would Unnestle in turn. Derivatives unˈnestling n. rare ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > expulsion or driving out > of animals or birds from lair or nest unharbouring1591 unkennelling1600 unnestling1653 untarpagec1700 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxiv. 113 Unnestling of sparrowes [Fr. denichans des passereaux], taking of quailes, and fishing for frogs. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. xxx. 123 His Conscience, like the unnestling of a parcel of young Herns. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.c1450 |
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