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▪ I. unˈsight, n.
[un-1 12.]
Lack of sight or seeing.
c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 5002 The ymages..Maken folke þenke on god..Whan þe ymages þei be-holden & seen; Were oft vnsyte [v.r. vnsight] of hem causith restreyntes Of þoughtes gode. 1898Hardy Wessex Poems 163 In vain do I urge my unsight To conceive my lost prize.
▪ II. unˈsight, v.
[un-2 6 b.]
1. trans. To deprive of sight. rare.
1615Chapman Odyss. ix. 595 Their full bags so sore, With being vnemptied; but their shepheard more, With being vnsighted. 1638N. Whiting Il Insonio Insonnadado 468 His armed brow fell down; and lighting right His antlers did the marching god unsight.
2. In pa. pple. Of a coursing dog: Deprived of a sight of the hare.
1825Sporting Mag. XVI. 268/2 If one or both dogs be unsighted, owing to the hare running through bushes or a live hedge,..the course shall be deemed to end there. 1876Coursing Calendar 124 Miss Alice on a strong inside led Handicraft, who threw her head up as though unsighted.
3. trans. Of a participant in a game: to deprive (another player or an official) of a clear view. Freq. in pa. pple.
1923Daily Mail 15 Jan. 11 The referee..was unsighted and so, apparently, was the linesman to whom he appealed. 1928Daily Express 8 June 17/2 Gibbons..would have been caught by slip if the wicketkeeper had not unsighted that fieldsman. 1951Sport 30 Mar.–5 Apr. 10/2, I felt sorry for Hendon's goalkeeper, Reg Ivey, who was unsighted both times and had hitherto played a very sound game! 1972Times 3 Mar. 7/2 Mr Kelly was travelling some two to three lengths behind Mr Smith and inevitably that unsighted him for a reasonable distance in front of Mr Smith. 1976Alyn & Deeside Observer 10 Dec. 3/2 It was afterwards revealed that the umpire had been unsighted and had not seen the ball hit by a Chester player in the circle.
4. To make unseen. nonce.
1914Hardy Satires of Circumstance 17 Nor God nor Daemon can undo the done, Unsight the seen.
▪ III. † unˈsight, ppl. a.1 Obs.
[? var. of unsighted ppl. a. 1.]
Only in phr. unsight, unseen, without inspection or examination.
1622Middleton & Rowley Old Law iii. i, Take that at hazard, sir... Unsight, unseen, I take 3. to one. 1632Brome North. Lasse ii. i, I would I had his Neece unsight and unseen I faith for her monies sake. 1710Palmer Proverbs 352 A generous mind..gives unsight and unseen, and trusts the Divine Goodness for the return. 1764Chesterfield Lett. (1774) II. 479 He tells you true as to Comtesse Cosel's diamonds, which certainly nobody will buy here unsight unseen, as they call it. 1790Cowper Private Corr. (1824) II. 217 My very best compliments attend Mrs. Hill, whom I love, unsight unseen, as they say. 1810Splendid Follies I. 167 So you don't dance with me?.. Bernard, I find, is to enjoy that felicity, unsight unseen.
▪ IV. unˈsight, ppl. a.2
[un-1 8 b.]
Unsighed for.
a1618Sylvester Elegiac Epistle 8 What Sea..Could..drown a Sidney's Name..so quickly,..So vn-bewayled, so vn-sigh't, vnsung? |