undrawv.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > strike with sword [verb (transitive)] > draw (sword)
abraidOE
braidOE
adrawlOE
drawlOE
ydrawlOE
out-braidc1330
outsheatha1400
undrawc1400
outhelea1500
unsheathea1542
nake1607
unscabbard1611
dissheathe1614
dismounta1616
c1400 Trevisa's Higden (Rolls) V. 373 Rosamunda..bonde so faste þe kynges swerd..þat it myȝte not be undrawe [MS. γ. y-drawe] out of þe scaberke.
2. To draw back (esp. a curtain); to unfasten by pulling.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > uncover and expose > remove (a covering cloth, etc.)
drawc1330
undraw1677
withdraw1797
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > a door, gate, etc. > unlock, unbolt, etc. > draw (a bolt)
drawa1500
slot1695
undraw1791
unslip1892
shoot1894
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > undo specific fastening
unbucklec1386
unnail1485
unclasp1530
unsolder1538
disbuckle1562
unpin1587
unrivet1591
unlink1595
unloop1599
unpeg1604
unhasp1610
uncord1611
unhoop1611
unwedge1611
unsplint1615
refibulate1623
replumb1623
unlatchc1625
unscrew1651
unclamp1655
unrope1673
unstring1681
unlash1796
unkey1802
unspring1802
unwire1823
unstrap1828
unscotch1839
unclap1846
unspike1846
uncramp1851
unspear1859
untoggle1859
unsnap1862
undraw1872
disbutton1887
uncinch1891
disimpale1904
unzip1927
zip1927
unzipper1936
1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Hhhv/1 To Undraw the curtains, ouvrir les rideaux.
1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Seventh 40 Death's inexorable Hand Draws the dark Curtain close; undrawn no more.
1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Seventh 55 Angels undrew the Curtain of the Throne.
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. iv. 135 The door was held by two strong bolts. Having undrawn these, it disclosed a flight of steps.
1839 Lady Lytton Cheveley (ed. 3) III. iii. 71 He undrew the window curtain, and sat in the window.
1872 J. L. Sanford Estimates Eng. Kings: James I 324 In the cause of the Palatine..the purse-strings of the English people would have been willingly undrawn.
3. intransitive. To move back on being pulled.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > on being pulled
undraw1794
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > become open [verb (intransitive)] > of a door, gate, etc. > be unbolted, unbarred, etc. > of bolts
undraw1794
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. viii. 238 Emily presently heard..the heavy chain fall, and the bolts undraw of a small postern door.
1845 R. Browning How they brought Good News in Bells & Pomegranates No. VII: Dramatic Romances & Lyrics i. 3 ‘Good speed!’ cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew.
Derivatives
unˈdrawing n.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [noun] > action or process of opening > unbolting
undrawing1797
unbolting1829
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. viii. 240 She distinguished the undrawing of iron bars.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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