单词 | unspar |
释义 | unsparv. transitive. To unbar (a door, etc.); to open. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > a door, gate, etc. > unlock, unbolt, etc. undoc950 unloukOE unsparc1175 unsteekc1250 unpinc1300 unshutc1315 loosec1400 unbarc1400 unlockc1400 open?a1425 unbolt1598 unlatchc1625 unpadlock1769 unsneck1785 undub1807 unslot1827 unsnib1905 snick1927 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close an aperture or orifice ditc1000 shut1362 steekc1380 stopc1400 quirt1532 to close up1542 to fill up1598 unspar1611 caulk1616 cork1650 busha1659 instop1667 close1697 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 12158 Cristess þohht wass sperrd swa wel..Þatt naness kinness sinnfull lusst. Ne mihhte itt næfre unnsperrenn. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 37 Heo schal habbe leaue forte unsperren [a1250 Nero openen] hire þurl eanes oðer twien. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxi. 89 The blood sprang doun by þe sper, and vnsperrede þe knyghtes eyen. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxi. 272 A spirit..bit vnsperre þe ȝates. a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) ccxlvi. 2 Like as the byrde in the cage enclosed, The dore vnsparred and the hawke without. 1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 12 How feately then vnsparred she the doore. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desverouiller vn huis, to..vnsparre a doore. 1808 W. Scott Marmion i. iv. 26 Forty yeomen..The lofty palisade unsparred, And let the draw-bridge fall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.c1175 |
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