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† unˈseel, v. Obs.
[un-2 3.]
1. trans. To unsew (the eyes of a hawk, etc.); fig., to open, unclose.
1530Palsgr. 766/2, I unceyle a haukes eyes, or other byrdes, I cut the stytches that closed his eyes togyther. a1587Queen Elizabeth in Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xx. (Arb.) 255 Then dazeld eyes with pride, which great ambition blinds, Shalbe vnseeld by worthy wights. 1612J. Davies (Heref.) Muse's Sacr. Wks. (Grosart) II. 37/1 Vnseele mine Eyes, that long thy Light to see. 1652Benlowes Theoph. xi. xxx, Still to have toting waits unseel thine eyes In bed, at board.
2. To unsew or uncover the eyes of (a hawk, etc.). Also fig.
1530Palsgr. 766/2 Unceyle your pigyon and..he wyll go from your hauke. 1575Turberv. Falconrie 91 Watche hir all that nighte that you unseale hir. 1612Warner Alb. Eng. xiii. lxxvi. 315 This Athiest and that Epicure grant thou whom they offend That I vnceele, and of my Verse thy Glory be the end. 1618Latham Falconry xxvii. 124 Let them haue the rest [sc. doves] giuen vnseild with some few feathers drawne from them. 1686R. Blome Gentl. Recr. ii. 36 In the Evening by Candle-light unseal her, giving her something to tyre upon. 1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Falcon, Give her a bit or two upon the Lure, and unseel her. |