单词 | unrake |
释义 | unrakev. Now rare. transitive. To uncover or expose by raking; to remove by raking. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > uncover and expose > expose by raking unrakea1500 a1500 As Ofte as Syghes (Cambr. Ff.1.6) f. 18, in Middle Eng. Dict. (at cited word) As charbokyll casteth ryght bemys With rody lighte, as cole that is vnrake. ?1587 R. Southwell Epist. Comfort ix. f. 119v When death commeth in deede, & these ashes shalbe vnraked, we maye rather reioyce, that our flame hath found a vente to mount to hir natural Sphere. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xiii. 598/1 This againe vnraked the burning coales of enuie..against the said Lord Duke. 1650 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans 58 And thou unrak'st thy fire, those sparks will bring New flames. 1650 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans 58 When thy Nap's over, stir thy fire, unrake In that dead age. 1707 L. Echard Hist. Eng. ii. iv. 507 The thin Ashes..which cover'd these glowing Coals were easily unrak'd and blown away. 1805 I. C. Bates Oration Pronounced at Northampton 6 The ashes of the dead are unraked, with deliberate coolness, to glut the rage of envy. 1861 L. L. Noble After Icebergs 91 At every dip of the oars it was like unraking the sparkling embers. 2001 W. Dubie Field Notes 54 Cats unrake the gutters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.a1500 |
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