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unˈcork, v.
[un-2 3.]
1. trans. To draw the cork of (a bottle, etc.).
1727Pope, etc. Art of Sinking 113 Uncork the bottle. 1784Phil. Trans. LXXIV. 375 The funnel was taken out,..and uncorked over a weighed cup. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair vi, He made the salad; and uncorked the Champagne. 1894H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Rom. 222 Timothy..brought out a fresh bottle of brandy. This he uncorked cautiously.
b. transf. and fig.
1749Fielding Tom Jones xvii. iv, The froth bursting forth from his lips the moment they were uncorked. 1892Zangwill Childr. Ghetto i. x, In the ferment of freethought he had uncorked his soul, and it had run over with much froth. 1894A. Robertson Nuggets, etc. 17 Their courage had been uncorked.., and they felt as limp as a wet rag.
2. To draw out, withdraw (a cork, etc.).
1740Cheyne Regimen p. xlix, To uncork the Plugs, and concreted Recrements, that stop the Mouths of the perspiratory Glands.
Hence unˈcorker; unˈcorking vbl. n.
1855Owen in R. Owen Life (1894) ii. 8 The uncorker uncorks the bottle. 1881M. E. Braddon Asph. I. 250 She sat..sipping her lemonade, half of which had been lost in the process of uncorking. |