单词 | unclosed |
释义 | unclosedadj. 1. a. Not closed; open.In quot. a1500 (of troops): not in close ranks; dispersed. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] openeOE opec1275 unshutc1384 uncloseda1398 unstoken1421 unclosec1540 the world > animals > birds > egg > [adjective] > hatched uncloseda1398 unshelled1799 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vi. xxv. 334 Oþir bestis..slepen wiþ open eiȝe and vnclosid. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxix. 597 Than thei..be-helde towarde the see where thei saugh the cristin a litill vn-closed. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. aiiv The berne bovnit to the burgh with ane blith cheir Fand the yettis vnclosit and thrang in full thra. 1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Ciii The other side is lefte vnclosed. 1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. B2v Couering with Mosse the deads vnclosed eye. 1684 F. N. W. Hist. Rev. Phanatical Plot 5 The unclosed Wounds of the Nation were Fresh and Bleeding. 1737 G. Lillo Fatal Curiosity i. ii. 17 My unclosed and watchful eyes. 1799 M. Pilkington Biogr. for Boys 87 The casement of the window remained unclosed. 1827 W. Scott Highland Widow in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. I. xi. 194 Night by night..she removed from her unclosed door to throw herself on her restless pallet. 1888 H. Morten Sketches Hosp. Life 35 If a man..has the smallest unclosed wound on his body. 1970 News (Frederick, Maryland) 8 Oct. b7/1 An X-ray of the spine..may reveal a small unclosed portion of the spine. 2001 I. McEwan Atonement 5 Her big sister's room was a stew of unclosed books, unfolded clothes, unmade bed, unemptied ashtrays. b. Of an account: not settled; not paid in full. Also of a sale, a deal, etc.: not completed; unfinished. Cf. close v. 8a, unclinched adj. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [adjective] > not closed unclosed1722 1722 R. Steele Conscious Lovers iv. 63 I don't love to leave any part of the Account unclos'd. 1780 G. Norton Let. 19 Sept. in F. Mason John Norton & Sons (1968) 441 The Sale has been so long unclosed. 1856 Rep. Court Common Pleas Upper Canada 5 263 Unascertained damages arising out of unclosed transactions. 1880 Railway News 28 Aug. 322/1 The total amount of the unclosed accounts was £52,000. 1917 Motor World 21 Nov. 25/3 Codify the results of the week and go hard after any unclosed sales. 2014 C. Gervich How to manage your Agent xii. 255 The last thing you want is to sign with an unstable agency that closes shop overnight, leaving you..with unclosed deals in limbo. 2. Not enclosed or shut in; (of land, fields, etc., often with reference to the enclosure of common land) not surrounded with a fence or other boundary; unenclosed (now rare). Formerly also: †exposed (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] > open or not enclosed openOE plaina1375 uncloseda1425 patent?1440 fenceless1587 ungardened1623 unenclosed1653 a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 3921 I wole with siker wall Close bothe Roses and Roser I haue to longe..Left hem vnclosid wilfully. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 3208 Thogh thow sest hem bothe two Ber swerd And keyes in ther hond Naked & vnclosyd. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. cccvi/2 And a thre leages in ye way there stode the towne of Mardyke, a great vyllage on the see syde vnclosed. 1544 Act 35 Henry VIII xvii. §2 in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 978 Everie moneth that the same Coppies..shall happen to lye or be unclosed and not fenced saved or preserved. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 13v The Tynners constitutions..inable them to digge for Tynne in any mans ground, inclosed, or vnclosed, without licence. 1863 Jrnl. Assembly Wisconsin (15th Sess.) 14 Jan. 853 An ordinance allowing horses, mules, and cattle to run at large upon unclosed lands in said county. 1896 D. C. Scott In Village of Viger 14 The boys of Viger roamed over the unclosed fields. 1947 Ann. Rep. Dept. Agric. Nyasaland Protectorate 1945 11 The distribution of all unclosed land by the village headmen. 3. Of a geometric figure or collection of lines: not joined at the ends so as to enclose a space. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective] > disjoining or disconnecting > not joined, united, or connected uncoupled1377 unjoined1538 unclosed1551 unknitting1587 ununited1587 unknit1603 incommunicated1646 discontiguous1656 incontiguous1660 open1686 inconnected1742 disconnected1751 incoherent1768 uncemented1783 unconnected1829 disaffiliated1839 disconnect1845 inarticulate1852 unarticulated1861 ununified1862 1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. Defin. To speake properlie, a figure is euer made by platte formes, and not of bare lines unclosed. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. vii. 184 Compound Figures of Magnitude Lineary by unclosed Lines. 1707 J. Oldfield Ess. Improvem. Reason i. xiv. 89 By three Lines Triangularly plac'd, but the Angles not form'd, or..by a Ring unclos'd. 1886 P. S. Michie Elements Analyt. Mech. 63 The force polygon of any system of co-planar forces is therefore the closed or unclosed figure. 1896 Math. Gaz. 1 51 Straight lines are unclosed and infinite. 1967 Arctic Anthropol. 4 45/2 Mesh work, honeycombed in appearance, made of regular hexahedrons which become elongated lengthwise..and terminate with unclosed lines. 1994 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 107 43 There is a gross spatial inconsistency here resulting in an ‘unclosed’ figure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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