| 释义 |
† unˈseize, v. Obs.
[un-2 3.]
1. trans. To detach from something held or that holds; spec. in hawking.
1575Turberv. Faulconrie 95 When she hath fedde, take it from hir and vnseaze hir. 1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d' Alf. i. To Vulgar, Who is hee that can be so happy as to..unseaze himselfe from thy griping talons? 1635Quarles Embl. i. xii. 1 Be thy lips skrew'd so fast To th' earth's full breast? For shame, for shame unseise thee. Ibid. 3 Unseise thy lips. 1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Falcon, To which if she come well..and hastly seize it, let her cast two or three bits thereon. That done, unseize, take her off the Lure.
2. To let go, take one's hands off.
1663Tuke Adv. 5 Hours i. 8 He, at the stroke, unseas'd me, and gave back. |