unbolt
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unbolt (third-person singular simple present unbolts, present participle unbolting, simple past and past participle unbolted)
- (transitive) To unlock by undoing the bolts of.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
- Then, sweet my lord, I’ll call mine uncle down;
He shall unbolt the gates.
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unlock by undoing bolts
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