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unˈbonnet, v.
[un-2 7 and 4.]
1. intr. To remove the bonnet.
1810Scott Lady of L. v. xvii, With that he..Unbonneted, and by the wave Sate down his brow and hands to lave. 1850Mrs. Gaskell Let. in Life of C. Bronte (1857) II. vii. 171, I went up to unbonnet, &c.; came down to tea.
b. esp. To do this as a mark of respect; to uncover. Also refl.
1821Scott Kenilw. vii, They hurried to bespeak favour by hastily unbonneting. 1829― Anne of G. xxxii, Do nothing but rise, unbonnet yourself, and be silent. 1879Dixon Windsor I. ii. 14 His pride disdained to unbonnet in the presence of a King of Scots.
2. trans. To remove the bonnet from.
1828Miss Mitford Village II. 62 She sat down on her dear sofa, and was forthwith unclogged..and unbonneted. 1868F. E. Paget Lucretia 183 When people attempt to exert a power which they do not possess,—be they judges unbonneting quakers, or bishops exasperated at ‘ribbons’. 1896Daily News 4 Apr. 2/3 Even a foreigner may only disregard the pious custom..at the imminent risk of being rudely ‘unbonneted’ by any devout Russian whom he may happen to encounter.
Hence unˈbonneting vbl. n.
c1844Mrs. Browning Lett. R. H. Horne xliii. (1877) II. 24, I excuse the unbonneting. You are Orion, and I can estimate you. |