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uncase, v.
[un-2 4 and 5.]
1. trans.
†a. To skin or flay (an animal or person). Obs.
1575Turberv. Faulconrie 12 As well the browne Eagles as the blacke are skynned and uncased as the Vultures be. 1591Spenser M. Hubberd 1380 The Foxe, first Author of that treacherie, He did vncase, and then away let flie. 1638Guillim's Heraldry iii. xiv. 176 You shall say a Foxe is Vncased. 1658–9Morrice in Burton's Diary (1828) IV. 191 Cambyses once uncased a corrupt judge, and made a cushion of his skin for his son to sit on. 1677W. Hubbard Narrative Postscr. 10 As men use to do with a slaughtered Beast before they uncase him.
absol.1712Steele Spect. No. 473 ⁋1 It can be proved upon him, that he cuts up, disjoints, and uncases with incomparable Dexterity.
b. To strip (a person); to undress.
1570–6Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 147 He was openly uncased, boxed about the eares, and sent to the next Iustice. 1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe Wks. (Grosart) V. 261 He tare him from his throne, and vncased him of his habiliments. 1600Holland Livy xxix. ix. 715 Whiles there was some time spent in turning them out of their apparrell and uncasing them. 1635[Glapthorne] Lady Mother i. i. in Bullen O. Pl. (1883) II. 107 If you uncase him, you will find his sattin dublett naught but fore sleaves and breast. 1699Farquhar Constant Couple v. ii, I'll ha' you into the dungeon, and uncase you. 1823Mrs. Sherwood Henry Milner iii. xxi, He..uncased him from a huge great coat.
refl.1588Greene Pandosto (1843) 42 Dorastus..went to the grove where hee had his rich apparel, and there uncasing himself as secretly as might be [etc.]. 1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. i. i. 212 Tranio at once Vncase thee: take my Coulord hat and cloake. a1634Chapman Alphonsus iii. i. 227, I..straight untruss'd my points, uncas'd myself. 1704Norris Ideal World ii. vii. 338 It seems impossible that bodies should thus intirely and simultaneously strip and uncase themselves of these their outer coats or membranes.
c. absol. To put off a garment or garments.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. v. ii. 707 Do you not see Pompey is vncasing for the combat? c1622Fletcher Prophetess iv. vi, I know that glory Is like Alcides's Shirt..: when we would uncase, It brings along with it both flesh and sinews. 1691J. Wilson Belphegor iii. v, The Sham won't pass on me—Come, come—uncase. 1733Fielding Don Quix. in Eng. ii. vi, Sancho, uncase this instant, and handle that squire as he deserves. 1781C. Johnston Hist. J. Juniper I. 192 As soon as they arrived at the Jew's Kennel in Houndsditch, our hero directly uncased. 1837Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. i. Leech of Folkestone, Quick, Master Marsh! uncase, or you perish!
2. fig. To uncover, lay bare, expose to view or observation.
1587Holinshed Chron. I. 77/1 He vncased the crooked conditions which he had couertlie concealed. a1591R. Greenham Wks. (1599) 56 Nakedly to vncase thy sins before God, is a hard thing to flesh and blood. 1627Hakewill Apol. (1630) 520 His hypocrisie shall be uncased and laid open to the view of the world. 1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. v. viii. 390 Thus God at last shall uncase the closest dissembler to the sight of men. 1677Gilpin Demonol. (1867) 23 Those secret thinkings;..the very inside and outside of them are uncased, cut up and anatomised by his eye. 1710Palmer Proverbs 167 A hypocrite shou'd be uncas'd and shewn to the world.
b. To strip or deprive of something.
1583B. Melbancke Philotimus T ij b, Thy prickemedaintie Cornelius shallbee vncased of his vaine vizarde, and disburdened..of his hypocriticall apparitions. 1613Day Dyall xii. (1614) 326 What? to uncase themselves of al they had, and to give it to the Poore?
c. To take out of the body.
1629Quarles Argalus & P. i. Wks. (Grosart) III. 252/2 Death could ne'r uncase Thy soule. 1631― Samson Ibid. II. 160/1 Betwixt them both, his fury did uncase A thousand soules.
3. To free from a casing or covering.
1643A. Rosse Mel Helic. 41 O Lord, when thou dost call on me, Uncase my eyes, that I may see.
4. To draw or take out of a case or cover.
1589Greene Tully's Love Wks. (Grosart) VII. 126 As the foes of Perseus when hee vncased the head of Medusa. 1600–9Rowlands Knaue of Clubbes (Hunterian Cl.) 8 A swaggering rogue breakes open dore, And's Rapier did vncase. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. xix. (Roxb.) 153/1 Take forth your Granade. Shut your pouch. Vncase your fuse. 1742Lond. & Country Brew. i. (ed. 4) 19 Here they save the Charge of emptying or uncasing it out of the Bin. 1791Cowper Iliad iv. 122 So Pallas spake, to whom infatuate he Listening, uncased at once his polish'd bow. 1802James Milit. Dict., To uncase, in a military sense to display, to exhibit—As to uncase the colours. 1826P. Pounden France & Italy 66 A crystal coffin in a small repository..being uncased to our view. 1893Daily News 14 Dec. 2/2 The gun was here uncased by an officer and handed to the witness.
†5. To cast, throw off. Obs.—1
1582Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 58 The owtpeaking from weeds of poysoned adder,..His slougth vncasing.
Hence unˈcased ppl. a.1
1598E. Guilpin Skial. (1878) 42 Who for deluding vs, to plague their sinne, Are turnd to counterfaits, which their vncasde skin Quickly discouers. 1611Cotgr., Salcoque, an vncased Prawne. 1658J. Robinson Endoxa i. 19 What an uncased or discovered Hypocrite is, I could never apprehend. 1760Impostors Detected iv. viii. II. 232 D. Nunez was not a little surprised at seeing me at that time of night, and so uncased. 1791Cowper Odyss. xi. 741 With uncas'd bow and arrow on the string. 1809Malkin Gil Blas i. ix. ⁋4 Leaving the carriage and the uncased carcases by the road-side. 1818Scott Rob Roy xxxi, He arose a forked, uncased, bald-pated, beggarly-looking scarecrow. |