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单词 to unsheathe the sword
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to unsheathe the sword
2. To draw (a weapon) out of the sheath or scabbard. to unsheathe the sword, to begin hostilities or slaughter. (Cf. sheathe v. 2.)
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > use or wield (a weapon) [verb (transitive)] > unsling or unsheathe
drawlOE
unsheathea1542
unsling1630
unsheaf1658
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > strike with sword [verb (transitive)] > draw (sword)
abraidOE
braidOE
adrawlOE
drawlOE
ydrawlOE
out-braidc1330
outsheatha1400
undrawc1400
outhelea1500
unsheathea1542
nake1607
unscabbard1611
dissheathe1614
dismounta1616
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > use of knives > stab with knife [verb (transitive)] > draw
to-drawc1275
to loose out1382
unsheathea1542
society > armed hostility > [verb (intransitive)] > begin hostilities
asty1297
to take weapon in handa1538
to raise one's standard1548
to rise in arms1563
to take (up) armsa1593
to break into arms1594
to unsheathe the sword1649
to take up the hatchet1694
to throw away the scabbard1704
to fly to arms1847
a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 76 They have vnsheathed eke their blouddy bronds.
a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Fourth Bk. Aeneas (1554) iv. sig. Diiiv Aeneas..hys glysteryng sword vnshethes,..[and] the cables cut in twayne.
1600 A. Munday et al. First Pt. True Hist. Sir I. Old-castle sig. K3v Wherefore were your sharpe edgde kniues vnsheathde?
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης ix. 78 Never was King less in danger of any violence from his Subjects, till he unsheath'd his Sword against them.
1683 E. Waller Invasion of Turks 60 Unsheathing the destructive sword.
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad vi. 240 Are these..the swords Thy hand unsheath'd and gave the savage hordes..?
1884 A. R. Pennington Wiclif v. 176 The sword of the persecutor would be unsheathed against him.
figurative and in extended use.a1713 A. Pitcairne Babell (1830) 287 He did his trustie tongue unsheath... It was a blade that he could trust.1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 335 Nature has furnished her [sc. the grasshopper] with an instrument at her tail,..which she can sheathe and unsheathe at pleasure.1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xvi. 178 The Beast.., His mouth half-open, and his teeth unsheath'd.1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxvii A tame leopard, whose claws might be unsheathed..at any moment.
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