单词 | uncock |
释义 | uncockv.1ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > raise cock > put (match) in cock > remove uncock1598 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 35 Let him vncocke his match, clap his musket vpon his shoulder..and so retire. 1639 Verney Papers (Camden) 240 Charles Price..bedd them uncock theyr peeces. 1650 R. Elton Compl. Body Art Mil. (1659) 192 Uncock, and return your Match. 2. To lower the cock or hammer of (a firearm) in order to prevent accidental discharge. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > raise cock > lower unbend1632 uncock1804 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Uncock, to let down as the brim of a hat, to let down the hammer of a gun.] 1804 tr. J. H. F. La Martelière Three Gil Blas I. 30 One of my pistols, which..I had forgot to uncock, went off. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 77 Ravenswood..uncocked and returned his pistol to his belt. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller (1849) 422 The pistol was uncocked; the burden was resumed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). uncockv.2 (un- prefix2 1a. Cf. cock v.2) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > harvest (a crop) [verb (transitive)] > make into stooks > take (hay) down from cocks uncock1746 1746 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd II. Aug. x. 80 Then this Nobleman thought it high time to uncock all the Wheat again. 1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows I. v. 128 To uncock and toss about Farmer Read's hay. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.11598v.21746 |
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