untackv.1
/(ˌ)ʌnˈtak/, U.S. /ˌənˈtæk/ 1.
a. transitive. To take apart, break up.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > separate into constituents [verb (transitive)] > take apart
to-lithec1000
unjoinc1400
joint1530
unpart1536
disjoin1579
disjoint1587
untruss?1605
untack1641
ravela1658
disartuate1660
to take apart1744
demount1756
disarticulate1808
dismount1859
disassemble1881
destructure1951
deconstruct1973
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 54 The little adoe, which me thinks I find in untacking these pleasant Sophismes.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 401 If they [sc. the Lords] should untack the Bill, and separate one from the other. [Cf. tack v.1 5.]
b. To detach (from something); to set free.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > detach [verb (transitive)]
undoc1275
unwork1548
ungluea1617
unhinge1655
disattach1658
disengage1662
untacka1677
unglutinate1683
detach1686
unshackle1694
unship1793
unhitch1876
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 49 It alone can untack our minds and affections from this world.
a1678 A. Marvell Last Instr. to Painter in Coll. Poems Affairs of State (1689) III. 22 Ruyter forthwith a Squadron does untack.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 21 Besides, I must all undress me in a manner to untack [the papers].
2. To detach by the withdrawal of tacks. Also absol.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > detach [verb (transitive)] > detach in other specific manner
unnaila1400
to pull offa1425
nipc1450
unlink1569
unhook1611
unhinge1616
unsling1630
to pinch off1654
untack1693
unstring1697
peel1787
unbolt1793
unthong1829
unswing1835
unshackle1840
unsnap1862
unbraze1898
delink1899
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. iv. xxix. 41 We must never begin to Prune an Espalier..until it be quite untack'd.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 138 When the Blanket..is full, they untack it and carry it away, and empty it.
1718 J. Laurence Fruit-garden Kal. 43 To Exercise his Knife..in correcting the great Disorders of his..Peach-trees; first untacking them from the Wall.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
untackv.2
/(ˌ)ʌnˈtak/, U.S. /ˌənˈtæk/ transitive. To remove the saddle and bridle from (a horse). Also absol.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [verb (intransitive)] > unharness
untack1962
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
1962 W. Faulkner Reivers viii. 185 We went back to the barn and untacked and Lycurgus brought a bucket and a rag and Lycurgus washed him down..before stabling and feeding him.
1977 F. Parrish Fire in Barley iv. 40 Would you like me to untack her?.. Take off the saddle and bridle?
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