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unˈcord, v.
[un-2 4 b.]
trans. To unstring (a bow); to free or disengage from a cord or cords.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iv. lviii. (1869) 204 Þe corde [with] which þe bowe was corded, and þat j haue vncorded. 1611Cotgr. s.v. Desencordé. 1622 Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. ii. 73 His servants punctually performed that, which his Master had commanded him; vn-cording..the very selfe⁓same Trunke. 1712Dangerous Present 4 If the Box had been uncorded, and the Cords drawn leisurely. 1754G. K. in Connoisseur No. 33. 198 Pinning baskets, and cording trunks; as again..in unpinning, uncording, locking up foul linnen. 1842Borrow Bible in Spain viii, The fellow..began to pull the trunks off the sumpter mule and commenced uncording them. |