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unˈhook, v.
[un-2 4 b.]
1. trans. To detach from a hook; to disengage or unfasten in this way. Also refl. See also hook v. 5 b.
1611Cotgr., Desaccrocher, to vnhooke. 1662J. Bargrave Pope Alex. VII, etc. (1867) 136 To break a fall, they will hang by the horns, and, when they have taken breath, they unhook themselves and take another leap. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 132 If the wind should blow against the back sides of the said sails..the said bars or rods will be unhooked and set at liberty. 1856Lever Martins of Cro' M. 147 In an instant she had unhooked the heavy chain. 1878T. Hardy Ret. Native v. viii, Venn unhooked the lantern and leaped down. 1892[see unhooker].
fig.1640C. Harvey Synagogue, Ch.-gate iii, Unhook'd from him, we quickly turn aside. 1669Barrow in Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men (1841) II. 70 My mind being indeed unhooked from these things. 1672Marvell Reh. Transp. i. 324 Striving to unhook himself hence, p. 152 of his Second Book, swallows it deeper. 1966Guardian 17 June 22/8 Girls who have been in trouble over drugs have been helped to stay ‘unhooked’. 1977B. Garfield Recoil xxxiii. 328 We..made a junkie out of her... I'll just get her unhooked.
2. To take out the hooks of (a dress). Also with personal object.
1840H. Cockton Val. Vox xiii, The ladies [began] to unhook their dresses behind, in order to enjoy another small glass of gin. 1898Longm. Mag. Aug. 366 She..remarked that..I must have my frock unhooked and be tried on. I submitted silently to be unhooked.
3. To disengage from a curved position.
1865Dickens Mut. Fr. ii. i, As she said it, she unhooked her arm.
Hence unˈhooker.
1892Labour Commission Gloss., Unhookers, old men or boys who stand on the plank connecting a ship with the dock and unhook the coal when it is in a stable position on the back of the men who carry it. |