单词 | unstop |
释义 | unstopv. 1. a. transitive. To free from being stopped up or closed. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > open by freeing of obstruction openOE ridlOE unstop1398 uncumberc1440 redd1488 clear1530 unchoke1588 disencumber1598 disobstruct1611 unblock1611 unchain1616 deobstruct1653 unobstruct1659 free1690 rede1693 to open up1793 (a) (b)1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 768/2 Unstoppe nat the bottell tyll we shall drinke on it.1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 102 Priuily vnstopping one or two of hys bottles, the wyne flowed out.1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. xii. 241 When the melting is finished, they vnstoppe the pottes and draw forth the mettall.a1650 G. Boate Irelands Nat. Hist. (1652) xvii. 138 The Iron it self descendeth to the lowest part of the furnace, called the Hearth; the which being filled,..they unstop the Hearth, and open the mouth thereof.1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall i. 21 To unstop the Valve to let out any Air.1742 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 4) I. 73 In the Spring you must unstop your Vent-hole, and thereby see whether your Drink doth ferment or not.1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 265 Unstop all the registers of the reverberatory.1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 45 If the bottle be stopped, the colour will presently disappear; but when it is unstopped, the colour soon returns again.1854 Hull Improv. Act 32 [To] make, rebuild, clear out, unstop, or in anywise alter any sewer.1866 F. J. Furnivall Bk. Quinte Essence 4 (margin) After many days unstop your distiller.in extended use.1664 R. Boyle Exper. & Considerations Colours 35 Such White Fumes I have seen afforded by unstopping a Liquor.1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. xiii Comyn merche vnstoppeþ and openeþ þe splene and brekeþ þe stone. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xii. 306 Reynawde..vnbounde hym and vnstopped his eyen. 1561 J. Veron Free-will 57v Except the Lorde did..unstop their eares, and cleare the eyes of theyr myndes. 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ix. 31 It maketh..the bellie laxatiue..and vnstoppeth the veines. 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xxxv. 5 Then..the eares of the deafe shalbe vnstopped . View more context for this quotation 1637 N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione 1963 Who will not..Galen try, To weaken humours, and unstop the pores? 1700 P. Motteux Don Quixote (1733) II. 186 The first thing we did was to unty the Hands of Zoraida's Father, and to unstop his Mouth. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. vii. 95 My heart was softened, and my ears unstopped. 1871 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David II. Ps. li. 15 He..fears to speak till the Lord unstops his shame-silenced mouth. b. intransitive. To become opened. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > become open [verb (intransitive)] openOE undo1122 unlouk1340 unfoldc1350 unshut1390 unclosea1398 opena1400 waltc1400 unstopc1440 twirl?1523 disclosec1586 c1440 Ipomydon 1261 Ipomydon was sore travailed... Hys arme vnstoppid; þe blode gan falle. 2. To pull or draw out (an organ stop). ΚΠ 1855 R. Browning Master Hugues 139 Say the word, straight I unstop the Full-Organ, Blare out the mode Palestrina. 3. (See stop v. 28.) ΚΠ 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxv. 269 They were heave-ho-ing, stopping and unstopping, pawling, catting, and fishing, for three hours. Derivatives unˈstopping n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [noun] > action or process of opening > opening by removing obstruction unstopping1611 unbarring1829 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desbouchement, an vnstopping. 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxxvii. 314 Upon the unstopping of the Glass. 1676 H. More Remarks 2 Disc. 83 Upon the unstopping of the lower end, all the water..will run down. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1398 |
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