单词 | unplait |
释义 | unˈplait, v. (un-2 3.)
c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. pr. viii. (1868) 61 It is a wondyr þat I desyre to telle, and forthi vnnethe may I vnpleyten [L. explicare] my sentense with wordes. c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. civ. vii, Oile, whose juyce unplaites the folded brow. 1638N. Whiting Albino & B. 76 Dull-aged Saturne..his waightie head did bow, And with a smile unplaited every frowne. 1865Cornh. Mag. Oct. 487 She unplaited her hair and threw it back..over her shoulders. 1867E. F. Bowden Fathers of Desert 160 Paul unplaited all the fifteen ells, and then plaited them together again. Hence unˈplaiting vbl. n.
1611Cotgr., Desplissure, an vnfoulding, vnplaiting. 1902M. Barnes-Grundy Thames Camp iv, This seemed a sensible idea, but why the unplaiting of her hair? |

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