unplatv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈplat/, U.S. /ˌənˈplæt/ Now rare.
transitive. To release from a plait or fold; to unplait. Also figurative.
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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.
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1589 J. Bate Portraiture of Hypocrisie 2 I perceiue your complexion is cholericke, take heede you vnplat not your patience, and sweare not by your honestie.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice vi. 36 Then you shall vnplat both his maine and taile.
1661 M. Stevenson Twelve Moneths 53 Put the rowls into a Hemp-trough, and beat them soundly..and then open and unplat it, and divide every strike from other very carefully.
1792 Orlando & Lavinia IV. lix. 52 ‘Come,’ said she, after a long pause—‘take down my hair, unplat it, and comb it through.’
1836 J. Baillie Enthusiasm iii. iii in Dramas III. 431 I could not be satisfied with the wreaths, which have been platted and unplatted, I don't know how often.
1873 London Soc. Dec. 506/1 On her wedding day she unplatted it [sc. her hair], and let it hang loosely scattered over her shoulders, as indicating her noble birth.
2010 E. Wickett tr. in For Living & Dead ii. 47 In front of me, she unplatted her hair.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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