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† unˈshale, v. Obs.
[un-2 5.]
1. trans.
a. fig. To disclose, reveal, expound.
c1576Thynne Animadv., etc. (1875) 108 To vnshale this dowte, and laye abrode this clowdye hidden speache. 1606Marston Parasit. iv. G 2, I wil not vnshale the rest before it be ripe. 1611in Coryat Crudities l 2 marg., Those courteous Dames called cortesans (as M. Thomas himselfe hath elegantly vnshaled the word vnto vs). a1652Brome Novella ii. i, Nic. I could unshale a plot. Pi. Ny noble Nicolo out with't I say.
b. To strip.
1604Marston Malcontent i. iii. B 2 b, Pietro. Speake: vnshale him quick. Mal. With most tumbler-like nimblenes.
2. To unhusk.
1611Cotgr., Goussepiller,..to vnshale, or take pulse out of the swads. 1681R. Knox Hist. Ceylon 11 They unshale their Rice from its outward husk by beating it in a mortar. |