uncordv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈkɔːd/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkɔːd/, U.S. /ˌənˈkɔrd/ transitive. To unstring (a bow); to free or disengage from a cord or cords.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > use of bow and arrow > shoot (arrow) [verb (transitive)] > relax or unstring (bow)
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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
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c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. lviii. 204 Þe corde [with] which þe bowe was corded, and þat j haue vncorded.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desencordé, vncorded, vnstrung.
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 73 His servants punctually performed that, which his Master had commanded him; vn-cording..the very selfe~same Trunke.
?1712 Dangerous Present 4 If the Box had been uncorded, and the Cords drawn leisurely.
1754 Connoisseur (1755) No. 33. 198 Pinning baskets, and cording trunks; as again..in unpinning, uncording, locking up foul linnen.
1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain I. viii. 149 The fellow..began to pull the trunks off the sumpter mule, and commenced uncording them.
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