单词 | unshut |
释义 | unshutadj. 1. Opened, unclosed; not closed or shut. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] openeOE opec1275 unshutc1384 uncloseda1398 unstoken1421 unclosec1540 c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame iii. 1953 And be day..Been al the dores opened wide And be nyght echon vnshet. 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 23403 The gate..Of the castel stood vnshet. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. cclix/2 An hous the whiche byfore outwarde is moche ornate..but behynde all vnshytte &..ruynous. ?1606 S. Rowlands Terrible Battell (Hunterian Club) 36 From eare to eare thou hast a mouth vnshut. 1691 E. Taylor J. Behmen's Theosophick Philos. 331 Whereby we ascend into his Arms, the unshut Light-World. 1849 M. Arnold Forsaken Merman 44 Where great whales come sailing by, Sail and sail, with unshut eye. a1851 D. M. Moir Tombless Man iii, in Poet. Wks. (1852) And, in the midst,..An unshut gateway. 2. Not shut up. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > [adjective] > free from confinement freeOE deliverc1300 loose1303 unironedc1450 unbandoned1487 slack1565 unshut1610 unpinioned1621 unthronged1648 untrapped1648 unconfined1649 footloose1702 unensnareda1711 uncaged1731 unlockeda1740 unfettered1748 uncramped1797 unshackled1816 unleashed1825 foot-free1837 unhandcuffed1861 1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists lv. 134 The plague..of sinne vnshut vp and vncouered. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). unshutv. 1. a. transitive. To open or unlock (a door, etc.); †to undo (a lock). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > a door, gate, etc. to do upOE to-thrustc1175 to weve upc1275 unshutc1315 to set upa1387 unyarka1400 to let up1400 yark upc1400 reclude?1440 dupa1549 dub1699 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 c1315 Shoreham i. 2228 Nou, lord, þat coudest maky open Þet no man coude ounschette. 1370–80 Visions of St. Paul 198 in Old Eng. Misc. 228 He opened þe Mouþ of þat put, Hit stonk foule wȝon hit was vn-schut. a1400 Coer de L. 4212 On schal dwelle the clos withinne, The gate to unschette and unpynne, And stylly to unschette the lok. c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 679 My purs I wole vnschete. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xi. iii. 574 Anone as he had vnshet the wyndowe. c1475 Mankind 52 in Macro Plays 3 On-schett yowur lokke, & take an halpenye. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 768/2 I unshote, I open, je defferme. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 768/2 Unshote the doore. [Cf. 285/2 Unshittyng, deffermure.] 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Deffermer, to open; to vnshut, or vndoe a thing shut. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iv. 274 Compare such paragon With any scarabæus of the brood That..keeps wing in wing-case..the couple yonder..never bade unshut from sheath the gauze. b. intransitive. To become open. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > become open [verb (intransitive)] openOE undo1122 unlouk1340 unfoldc1350 unshut1390 unclosea1398 opena1400 waltc1400 unstopc1440 twirl?1523 disclosec1586 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 102 Ther is no dore, which mai charke, Wherof an yhe scholde unschette. a1400 Stockholm Med. MS. ii. 390 in Anglia XVIII. 317 Ley hem on neuer so strong a lok, It schal onschetyn & onstrok. a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V cxxix, in Poems (1878) IV. 133 Wee..need not feare an Asse's Load Of Solar Earth, can force the Gates vnshutt. 2. dialect. To unharness (a horse). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [verb (transitive)] > tack or harness > unharness untackle1574 ungear1598 unharness1611 unclose?1614 unrig1690 outspan1815 unshut1817 untack1962 1817 in Burne Folk-Lore (1883) 611 His team's unshut, his whip's laid up. 1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua Gloss. Unshut, to unlink, or ungear horses. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. 310. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1384v.c1315 |
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