单词 | unsneck |
释义 | unsneckv. Originally northern and Scottish. transitive and intransitive. To unlatch. 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 > condition of being open or not closed > become open [verb (intransitive)] > of a door, gate, etc. > be unbolted, unbarred, etc. unlocka1470 unbolt1470 unlatch1742 unbar1748 unsneck1948 1785 W. Hutton Bran New Wark (E.D.S.) 199 The girl unsneck'd the raddle heck. 1806 R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads II. 339 She drew the bar, unsneck'd the door. 1932 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Sunset Song i. 77 She unsnecked the door of the kirkyard wall, passing through to the Manse. 1948 A. Jobson This Suffolk iii. 50 A little wicket gate..snecks and unsnecks, to let one in or out. 1967 ‘G. North’ Sgt. Cluff & Day of Reckoning xv. 139 Mole..unsnecked the door of the bedroom. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < v.1785 |
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