单词 | unspike |
释义 | unspikev. 1. transitive. To extract a spike from (a cannon). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > putting weapons or equipment out of action > put weapons or equipment out of action [verb (transitive)] > silence a gun > by spiking > unspike unnail1562 unspike1680 1680 Exact Jrnl. Siege Tangier 6 The Moors took our Guns.., and unspik'd them, & clear'd them. 1842 R. Burn Naval & Mil. Techn. Dict. French Lang. 63 Désenclouer,..to unspike a piece of ordnance. c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 14 Suppose your gun is spiked.., how will you unspike it? 2. To release by the removal of a spike. ΘΚΠ 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 1846 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 504 In this case the iron bar [sc. rail], worn thin and unspiked, gets detached from the plank. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1680 |
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