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unˈhead, v.
[un-2 4. Cf. MDu. onthoveden, onthoofden (also Du.), MLG. enthoveden, MHG. enthoubeten, -houpten (G. enthaupten).]
1. trans. To behead (a person).
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints i. (Peter) 377 For, lo, as I vnhevdyt wes,..Þe thrid day, as I sad to þe, I am resine. Ibid. xxxi. (Eugenia) 432 Scho..gert þe lord þe ȝerle ta, &..At hyr tysinge gert hyme vnhed. a1704T. Brown Wks. (1720) II. 260 You..did not only dare to uncrown, but to unhead a Monarch. a1734North Exam. iii. vii. §98 (1740) 580 Legs and Arms lay scattered about, Heads undressed, and Bodies unheaded.
2. To deprive or divest of a head, top, or end.
1611Florio, Scapezzare, to vntop, to vnhead, to shred or lop trees on the top. 1725Fam. Dict. s.v. Verjuice, And when you have a mind to have your Verjuice you must un⁓head the Barrel, and you will find it very good. 1778W. Pryce Min. Cornub. 98 They often meet with a Cross-Gossan, which..unheads and breaks off the continuity of the Lode they work upon. 1843Tizard Brewing 473 When steam is not to be had, stinking casks need unheading. |