† unlokeadj.
Obsolete.
Unfastened, unlocked.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > loose, unfastened, or untied > loosened, unfastened, or untied
yloused1387
unlokec1410
undone1565
loosened1680
diffixed1727
unreeved1730
dissoluteda1777
adrift1834
c1410 (c1350) Gamelyn (Harl. 7334) l. 438 Thow schalt stonde vp by þe post as þou were hond-fast, And i schal leue hem [sc. the fetters] vnloke, awey þou may hem cast.
c1450 (c1405) Mum & Sothsegger (BL Add. 41666) (1936) l. 1241 (MED) Hye þe hens to his hows..þough his loigge be lite, hit is vnloke euer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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