He pressed wine upon me, and soon had finished a bottle himself, only to gesture Brutus to uncork a second.

Uncork the bottle; place it in a saucepan of hot water until the jelly is reduced to a liquid state; taste it, to ascertain whether it is sufficiently flavoured, and if not, add a little wine.

Occasionally the thirst of an old-time compositor would get the better of him and he would uncork a bottle.

"He'll uncork himself after the second pipe," said the sage Ajax.

Shawls were spread, plates handed round, bottles gurglingly uncorked, and chicken and "pâté de foie gras" distributed until everyone was steadily at work.

The champagne was uncorked and in the finest condition.

He wanted to sit down and call it a day, I mean, but the thought that gave him pause was that, if he did, he must then either uncork Gussie or take the Fink-Nottle speech as read and get straight on to the actual prize-giving.

And when I saw a dark figure emerging from the porch to meet me, I prepared to let myself go and uncork all that was fizzing in the mind.

He had but to uncork it, and set it under his nose, and the wit shot up to its place at once.

970. unfetter &c 751, untie &c 43; loose &c (disjoin) 44; loosen, relax; unbolt, unbar, unclose, uncork, unclog, unhand, unbind, unchain, unharness, unleash; disengage, disentangle; clear, extricate, unloose.

[Uncorks the bottle, pours out champagne, and offers it to him] To our dear friend Afrikán Savvich!

Let the world uncork its buffets till he's bruised from toe to crown; Let it thump him, bump him, dump him, but he won't stay down.

destapar, to uncover, uncork, open.

So my master starts up in his chair, and Jason uncorks the whiskey.

The evening after the examination Monsieur Servien uncorked a bottle with a special seal, which he had hoarded for years in anticipation of this domestic solemnity, and the contents of which had turned from red to pink as they slowly fined.

The least I can do under the circumstances is to uncork a bottle of Pommard, and drink the health of so loyal and helpful a colleague.

" "Go away!" said the editor, "and dud-don't come back here till you can uncork yourself like a man and a Cuc-Christian!

Without any further ceremony he seized the bottle, uncorked it, and swallowed a large quantity of the burning liquid, till he was nearly strangled.

Poor Ibrahim's weeping eyes must be relieved at once,' and he would produce the bottle, uncork it, and hold it over Ibrahim's face as he writhed and screamed and twisted in his bonds.

and he turned to Ibrahim the Weeper, with the uncorked bottle in his handthe bottle from which came forth smoke, though it was cold.

Was it because he never tried to uncork himself?

" "And the odor of tobacco?" He got a little vial out of his pocket, uncorked it, and again I caught the sweet and heavy odor of Peter Magnus' cigar.

This, in his English is open the letter; and he facetiously mingles it with some pompous instances, most I believe of his own framing; which in plain terms signify no more than, See, whose there; snuff the candle; uncork the bottle; chip the bread; to shew how ridiculous actions of no consequence are, when too much exalted in the diction.

Margaret, who had been about to uncork the bottle, paused, surveying Victoria with her head on one side.

" Collins darted away to despatch the message, and returning presently with the pale ale, uncorked it dexterously, and stood at the side-board, serenely indifferent.